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May 31, 2023 26 min

Public Enemy x Mass Incarceration

from Being Black- The '80s Hosted by theGrio

“Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos” is Public Enemy’s look at prison and mass incarceration. In this episode, we leap from that song into talking about the New Jim Crow and mass incarceration and how being in America is like being in a prison. Guests: Dr. Christina Greer, Fordham Professor Hank Shocklee, Producer Adam Bernstein, Director, Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos Jim Jones, Rapper Credits: Public Enemy - Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos Writer: Chuck D, Eric Sadler, Hank Shocklee & Flavor Flav Label: Def Jam Recordings & Columbia Records Publisher: Shocklee Music, Songs Of Reach Music, Songs Of Universal Inc, Terrordome Music Publishing Llc, Your Mother S Music Inc Public Enemy - Fight The power Writer: Flavor Flav, Gary G-Wiz, Chuck D, Hank Shocklee, Eric Sadler & Keith Shocklee Label: Def Jam Recordings Publisher: Reach Global Songs, Shocklee Music, Songs Of Reach Music, Songs Of Universal Inc, Terrordome Music Publishing Llc, Your Mother S Music Inc Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn Writer: Ice Cube, Big Daddy Kane, Chuck D, Keith Shocklee & Eric Sadler Label: Def Jam Recordings & Columbia Records Publisher: Cold Chillin' Music Publishing Inc, Gangsta Boogie Music, Universal Music Corporation Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet Writer: Chuck D, Eric Sadler & Keith Shocklee Label: Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records Publisher: Bridgeport Music Inc, Reach Global Songs, Songs Of Universal Inc Jay Z - 99 Problems Writer: JAY-Z, Rick Rubin, Ice-T, DJ Aladdin, Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, N.D. Smart II, Leslie West, Bun B, John Ventura, Norman Landsberg, Billy Squier & Felix Pappalardi Label: Def Jam Recordings & Roc-A-Fella Records Publisher: Carter Boys Music, EMI April Music, Rhyme Syndicate Music, Copyright Control, Ammo Dump Music, Carrumba Music, Songs of the Knight, Spirit Two Music, Warner Music Group, Universal - Songs of Polygram International, BMG & Careers-BMG Music Publishing Muhammad Ali Gives His Stance On The Vietnam War, The Dick Cavett Show Muhammad Ali Refuses Induction, Opposing Vietnam War, The Boys Who Said NO! Michelle Alexander Extended Interview, Religion and Ethics Weekly, PBS Speaking Freely: Chuck D, Freedom Forum House Negro/Field Negro, Malcolm X Message To The Grassroots

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