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Public Enemy featuring Paris: Remix of a Nation
By James Shahan, www.urb.com
Remix of a Nation is sure to give listeners just what they were looking for: the fist-pumping, self-empowering anthems that are so desperately needed in hip-hop music.
Public Enemy featuring Paris: Remix of a Nation
By Omar Mouallem, www.exclaim.ca
If there's any good that's come out of these last seven Bush years, it's the resurgence of Public Enemy.
Public Enemy featuring Paris: Remix of a Nation
By Jonathan Phillips, www.basslinemagazine.com
Of all of the music that is politically orientated that only shines light on the problems, Remix of a Nation gives solutions to the current events ranging from Katrina, 9/11, the war in Iraq, the lack of education to politicians' wrongdoing and black on black crime....Listen to this disc very closely. You'll be a better person for it.
Public Enemy featuring Paris: Remix of a Nation - 4 out of 5
By www.jivemagazine.com
In 2006, Public Enemy along with Bay Area producer/rapper Paris, dropped Rebirth of A Nation. Addressing such issues as the Bush administration and Katrina, PE provided a call for change that so many others wanted to say but didn't have the courage to do so. Paris' production brings the noise of these previous PE tracks at an even louder decibel.
Oakland's Race For Mayor Brings Hip-Hop Into Politics
By Davey D, San Jose Mercury News
Recently, a who's who of Bay Area hip-hoppers gathered for a news conference in front of the popular Oakland hangout Lucky's Barbershop to announce plans for "Vote Fa Sheezy," a campaign encouraging fans to take part in Oakland's primary election.
Public Enemy Rap Activist Talks Revolution With FTP
By Kalonji Jama Changa, ftpmovement.tk
On Friday June 2, 2006, I caught up with Professor Griff at Lush Life Cafe in the West End of Atlanta and what followed was this interview. Brace Yo' self!
L.A. Rapper Kam And The Politics Of Love
By Ben Quinones, La Weekly
The game is on, and Kam - whose name in ancient Aramaic means "land of the blacks" - wants no part of it. His attention is focused instead on discussing the new "Gangbusters" bill that will incarcerate more of his black and brown brothers.
Timely & True - The Motivation Of Paris
By Max Sidman, Mesh Magazine
Most MCs get into the rap game for a love of wordplay combined with a serious and sadly stereotypical jonze for material achievement. That's obviously not the case for Paris. This East Bay native, record label owner, and veteran MC and producer is known for his outspoken contempt for the increasingly failing health of American government.
Rapper Paris Raises Controversy
By Ramy, TheOG.net
Our homie Ramy sat down with one of rap most incendiary and thought-provoking artists, Paris, to share with you a piece of his mind and his music.
Paris: Enemy Alliance
By Anil Prasad, Innerviews.org
Hip-hop artist and producer Paris has never shied away from infusing his music with incendiary, thought-provoking messages. His most recent solo album, 2003's Sonic Jihad, offered a fiery indictment of the Bush Administration's track record of deceit, destruction and incompetence, as well as a brutally honest look at issues plaguing America, including inner city decay and black-on-black violence. Now he's back producing Public Enemy's latest.
Spotlight on Guerrilla Funk
By Flatline, Rapstation.com
Guerrilla Funk is the label. The one that will pull out all the stops to bring forth nothing but hardcore, political material. Unfiltered, uncensored, raw and uncut. Guerrilla Funk is the real deal. Paris is the man for putting it down like no one else and bringing along some of the best in the biz to put it down with him...sparking a legacy and engaging thought processes around every turn and track.
Public Enemy Featuring Paris - Rebirth Of A Nation
By John Benson (Kid Rock), Colorado Springs Independent
Even though this is the first Public Enemy album not fully written by Chuck D - virtually all those duties went to Paris - it still possesses a distinct Fear of a Black Planet vibe that will entice longtime fans.
Flavor Flav Takes A Back Seat On 'Rebirth'
By Kyle Lund, Royalpurplenews.com
Rebirth of a Nation is a powerful record. Paris has a thing for the Superfly soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield. Many samples early on the record are a fitting tribute to the late, groundbreaking artist. Yet, just when the music starts to get predictable a different song emerges with a new sound. The bottom line is this: Chuck D. not only still has plenty to say, he still has one of the boldest, coolest voices in music today.
Public Enemy Featuring Paris - Rebirth Of A Nation
By Darryl Gudmundson, HipHopDX.com
What began as a thinly veiled reference to the Public Enemy revolutionary classic, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back, ends with an experiment for the group as a whole to become a collective mindset once again or a tempered example of what may be on the minds of many American's today.
Public Enemy Featuring Paris - Rebirth Of A Nation
By Ruben Diaz, Ballerstatus.net
With 16 tracks full of Chuck D's potent lyrics, it's a decent outing, but doesn't quite have the same impact PE music once had. Partially, or perhaps, mostly to blame, is Bomb Squad's absence on the production end of things, though Paris attempts to breathe life back into Public Enemy with futile attempts on "Raw Sh--", "Hard Rhymin'," and "Plastic Nation."
Public Enemy Featuring Paris - Rebirth Of A Nation
By Chloe Sasson, Syndey Morning Herald
Rebirth is distinctly Public Enemy, with Chuck's signature gruff delivery, but Paris's powerful rock-infused production - old-school funky basslines and peppering of political samples - raises this album above their recent but underwhelming New Whirl Odor.
T-K.A.S.H. - Turf War Syndrome
By Morley Seaver, Rocknworld.com
The record encompasses a wide selection of material, going from the hard-hitting "American Nightmare" to the funk of "In My Drawz". The title cut is a harsh but riveting song with an aggressive beat, also featuring Guerilla Funk Recordings Pres Paris who also did production work on the record.
T-K.A.S.H. - Turf War Syndrome - 3 Out Of 4
By Jane Dark, Blender
The Coup's compadre's seen-it-all drawl lingers just behind the beat as he adds the misapprehension that most everything is the President's fault, surely learned from his label boss Paris, Mr. "Bush Killa" himself, where intelligent hoodlums are "mobbin' in the whip with camcorders to follow pigs."
Public Enemy Featuring Paris - Rebirth Of A Nation - A-
By Robert Christgau, The Village Voice
PE's best album in nearly a decade was overseen by Oakland Muslim-stockbroker-revolutionary Paris, who puts his stamp on its functional funk and unyielding class consciousness.
T-K.A.S.H. - Turf War Syndrome
By Eric K. Arnold, XLR8R
Dispensing with most, if not all, of the cliches of gangsta or turf rap, T-Kash-a former Coup member and current protege of Paris-absolutely flips the script with one of the hardest-hitting political rap albums ever to come from the West Coast.
T-K.A.S.H. - Turf War Syndrome
By C.Wulf, Platform8470.com
Guerrilla Funk - the label of Paris, Public Enemy, Lench Mob and more - took T-KASH under their wings and offered him the perfect platform to spread his knowledge under the form of street tales. It takes about 40 seconds for 'American Nightmare' to really grab your attention and to (re-)introduce the strong-voiced KASH to the world: 'The return of the real, American nightmare, black man with a plan, that's me right there'.
T-K.A.S.H. - Turf War Syndrome
By AR, Generation-one.de
German Review.
T-K.A.S.H. - Turf War Syndrome
By Thomas Quinlan, Exclaim!
T-K.A.S.H.'s debut album chronicles the tragedy and redemption of street life, giving voice to the underrepresented in the process. It's a call for action; and perhaps a call for armed revolution, if necessary.
Public Enemy Featuring Paris - Rebirth Of A Nation
By Evocator Manes, 411mania.com
It still sounds like Public Enemy, even though Chuck D contributed lyrics to only four of the songs here, the rest being written completely by Paris. Whatever his faults, not learning his history is not among them for Paris. He clearly has done his homework here, picking up samples from the illustrious past of Public Enemy, which both contributes to the theme as presented by the album title as well as making a nice tie-in and nod to the work Public Enemy has already done, even going so far as to remix Hell No (We Ain't Alright).
Public Enemy Featuring Paris - Rebirth Of A Nation
By J. Miller-Dean, Hiphopsite.com
The original revolutionaries of rap are back, and damn, are they pissed! After spending years watching the destructional retardation of rap music and the ditieration of America, Public Enemy is back with their new album, Rebirth Of A Nation. No, this isn't a public service announcement, its just stone cold Guerrilla Funk.
Public Enemy Featuring Paris - Rebirth Of A Nation - Grade: A
By Kevin Britton, Cincinnati CityBeat
Safely staying within Chuck D's preferred tempo and cadence, Paris masterfully recreates (as opposed to samples) much of the chaotic, urgent feel that characterized PE's early catalog while simultaneously adding the bouncy, synth-driven loops reminiscent of his own earlier work. Lyrically, there are few surprises -- what else would you expect when Chuck D, Paris, M1 and stic.man grace the mic? It's nation time.
Public Enemy Featuring Paris - Rebirth Of A Nation - 4.5 Out Of 5
By Richard Alverez, Timeoff.com.au
And so, some 20 years after PE's birth, enter the rogue force of Paris. The Washington maverick has written an album specifically for PE, but with the edge that he has, and PE once had - Rebirth Of A Nation is crackling with a fire and energy that is palpable. Paris's hard leftist militant themes are still right up front, but delivered by a voice as trusted as that of Martin Luther King Jr.
Public Enemy Featuring Paris - Rebirth Of A Nation
By Justin Strout, Orlando Weekly
Rebirth, for all its sound and fury, is not a catalyst for change; rap just doesn't serve that purpose any longer. However, there's still no more reliable source of agit-hop.
Public Enemy Featuring Paris - Rebirth Of A Nation
By Will Jordan, Rib Magazine
Rebirth, for all its sound and fury, is not a catalyst for change; rap just doesn't serve that purpose any longer. However, there's still no more reliable source of agit-hop.
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