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Chuck D Is Still Fighting The Power With One Of His Best Verses In Years (Audio)

Chuck D Is Still Fighting The Power With One Of His Best Verses In Years (Audio)

Today (April 10) marks the 28th anniversary of Public Enemy releasing its third album, Fear Of A Black Planet. The platinum-certified Def Jam Records LP that housed “Fight The Power,”
April 10, 2018 Audio
Public Enemy Are Being Inducted Into The Grammy Hall Of Fame Because They Fought The Power

Public Enemy Are Being Inducted Into The Grammy Hall Of Fame Because They Fought The Power

Public Enemy is a legendary Hip-Hop act that never received a Grammy Award. The Long Island, New York-based collective joins icons such as Eric B. & Rakim, Scarface, Nas, and
January 17, 2018 News
Ambrosia For Heads Presents: G.O.A.T. Producers – The Pete Rock Edition (Playlist)

Ambrosia For Heads Presents: G.O.A.T. Producers – The Pete Rock Edition (Playlist)

Ambrosia For Heads’ G.O.A.T. Producers series takes in-depth looks at the production discographies of some of Hip-Hop and R&B’s greatest of all-time producers. As part of an exclusive partnership with Pandora,
January 16, 2018 Audio, Video
Scarface’s Life Story Is Told Against The Soundtrack Of His Latest Song (Video)

Scarface’s Life Story Is Told Against The Soundtrack Of His Latest Song (Video)

Plenty of Hip-Hop legends are living, but not nearly as many are releasing consistent, quality product. Scarface is approaching 30 years on wax, and his newest single, “Black Still,” finds
December 21, 2017 Exclusive, Now You See Me, Video
Scarface Updates A Powerful Public Enemy Classic For The Chaos Of 2017 (Video)

Scarface Updates A Powerful Public Enemy Classic For The Chaos Of 2017 (Video)

Back in August, Scarface previewed some new music for Ambrosia For Heads and TBD. Backstage at his concert with upcoming EP collaborator DJ Quik, the Houston, Texas Hip-Hop legend played
December 1, 2017 The Bridge, Video
9th Wonder Explains Why Soundbombing & Rawkus Kept His Hip-Hop Dreams Alive (Video)

9th Wonder Explains Why Soundbombing & Rawkus Kept His Hip-Hop Dreams Alive (Video)

Hip-Hop news and culture move fast, and it’s easy to miss significant developments. Every week, Ambrosia For Heads takes a look back at the LAST 7 days. This video series, hosted by Justin
October 24, 2017 Exclusive, Last 7, Video
The Smithsonian Will Tell The History Of Hip-Hop In A 120-Song Anthology Led By Chuck D & MC Lyte

The Smithsonian Will Tell The History Of Hip-Hop In A 120-Song Anthology Led By Chuck D & MC Lyte

“#Make Hip-Hop History” is the slogan for the campaign launched today by The Smithsonian Museum, with the help of Chuck D and MC Lyte, to fund a nine-CD, 300-page anthology
October 17, 2017 News
A Video Traces The “Migos’ Flow” Back To Public Enemy, Bone Thugs & Biggie

A Video Traces The “Migos’ Flow” Back To Public Enemy, Bone Thugs & Biggie

Back in 2014, Snoop Dogg criticized what he said was the conformity of rappers in the contemporary scene. “Everybody’s trying to rap the same style, I don’t know who created
September 16, 2017 Video
Ball So Hard: LaMelo Is The Youngest Athlete Ever With His Own Shoe (Video)

Ball So Hard: LaMelo Is The Youngest Athlete Ever With His Own Shoe (Video)

Hip-Hop news and culture move fast, and it’s easy to miss significant developments. Every week, Ambrosia For Heads takes a look back at the Last 7 days. This video series, hosted by Justin
September 6, 2017 Exclusive, Last 7, Video
Chuck D Speaks On The Flavor Flav Lawsuit. He Lovingly Checks His P.E. Partner

Chuck D Speaks On The Flavor Flav Lawsuit. He Lovingly Checks His P.E. Partner

This past week, Flavor Flav sued Public Enemy co-founder Chuck D. That suit also accused P.E. management and longtime producer Gary “G-Wiz” in holding back royalties. In the suit, the
September 2, 2017 News
Flavor Flav Brings The Noise To Chuck D In A Lawsuit Over Public Enemy Royalties

Flavor Flav Brings The Noise To Chuck D In A Lawsuit Over Public Enemy Royalties

Groups from Wu-Tang Clan to the Cash Money Millionaires have experienced internal lawsuits. In a year otherwise dedicated to their 30th anniversary of releasing Yo! Bum The Rush The Show,
August 30, 2017 News
Public Enemy Still Got Game & Chuck D Wants The Ball (Video)

Public Enemy Still Got Game & Chuck D Wants The Ball (Video)

Public Enemy already blessed fans with a free new album this summer. Nothing Is Quick In The Desert (Except Death) is still making its rounds. Meanwhile, in addition to Chuck D
August 23, 2017 Video
Scarface Has A New Album Coming & He Shares Exclusive New Music (Video)

Scarface Has A New Album Coming & He Shares Exclusive New Music (Video)

It’s been a busy month for Scarface. The Houston, Texas legend closed July with footage of himself and longtime producer N.O. Joe in the studio. The MC/beat-maker pair responsible for
August 19, 2017 Exclusive, TBD, Video
Chuck D, B-Real & Rage Against The Machine Get Radical For Freedom (Audio)

Chuck D, B-Real & Rage Against The Machine Get Radical For Freedom (Audio)

Approaching their self-titled full-length debut, Prophets Of Rage are armed with new music and plenty going on in the world, for material. “Radical Eyes” is the latest. With a funky
August 8, 2017 Audio
Chuck D, B-Real & Rage Against The Machine Stand Up For Those In Poverty (Video)

Chuck D, B-Real & Rage Against The Machine Stand Up For Those In Poverty (Video)

Rap/Rock supergroup Prophets of Rage, a revolutionary assembly of Public Enemy, Cypress Hill and Rage Against the Machine members, just released the second video single to their self-titled debut, dropping
July 20, 2017 Video
Respect The Sole: A New Collection Of Hip-Hop Sneakers Is Genius (Video)

Respect The Sole: A New Collection Of Hip-Hop Sneakers Is Genius (Video)

Sneakers and Hip-Hop have been hand-in-hand for more than 30 years. In 1986 Run-D.M.C. screamed “My Adidas” so loud that the German apparel brand responded with a check. That relationship
July 19, 2017 Video
Public Enemy Release Their Free Album 5 Days Early. Listen Now. (Audio)

Public Enemy Release Their Free Album 5 Days Early. Listen Now. (Audio)

AUGUST 16 UPDATE: The YouTube post of the album has been added below. ORIGINAL JUNE 29 STORY: Earlier this week, it announced that Public Enemy’s 14th album Nothing Is Quick
June 29, 2017 Audio
Chuck D Confirms Public Enemy’s 14th Album Is 1 Week Away & It’s Free.

Chuck D Confirms Public Enemy’s 14th Album Is 1 Week Away & It’s Free.

Public Enemy is both legendary and active. Thirty years after their debut Yo! Bum Rush The Show hit record store shelves, the Long Island, New York group is still putting
June 27, 2017 News
How Prison Transformed Tupac But Could Not Save Him From Death Row

How Prison Transformed Tupac But Could Not Save Him From Death Row

On Valentines Day 1995, Tupac Amaru Shakur was processed into general population at Clinton Correctional Facility. Approximately eight months later, Pac left the maximum security prison in Dannemora, New York.
June 10, 2017 Food for Thought
Chuck D Tells Kool Moe Dee That Spike Lee Did For Public Enemy What Radio Wouldn’t (Video)

Chuck D Tells Kool Moe Dee That Spike Lee Did For Public Enemy What Radio Wouldn’t (Video)

Kool Moe Dee is one of the first Hip-Hop solo stars. As Public Enemy’s Chuck D points out, Kool Moe Dee went from one third of the Treacherous 3 MCs
June 9, 2017 Throwback, TV/Film, Video
Watch 40 Years Of Hip-Hop History In 4 Minutes In A Mind-Blowing Mashup (Video)

Watch 40 Years Of Hip-Hop History In 4 Minutes In A Mind-Blowing Mashup (Video)

It ain’t nothin’ like Hip-Hop music…Over the last 40 years, there have been few forces in pop culture with more impact than Hip-Hop. Like Rock & Roll before it, the
June 5, 2017 Video
Chuck D, B-Real & Rage Against The Machine Will Not Silently Watch The World Go To Hell (Video)

Chuck D, B-Real & Rage Against The Machine Will Not Silently Watch The World Go To Hell (Video)

The Prophets Of Rage took 2016 by storm. A new chapter in the careers of Chuck D, B-Real, P.E.’s DJ Lord, and three-fourths of Rage Against The Machine was welcomed
June 1, 2017 Video
Black Thought, Logic & Chuck D Unite To Fight The Power In 2017 (Audio)

Black Thought, Logic & Chuck D Unite To Fight The Power In 2017 (Audio)

Life is too short to listen to bad music. So…let us fight through it for you and only supply you with that great stuff. Despite the reports, Hip-Hop is alive
May 5, 2017 Audio, Playlists
Hank Shocklee Reveals Don’t Believe The Hype Wouldn’t Have Been Released Without D.M.C.

Hank Shocklee Reveals Don’t Believe The Hype Wouldn’t Have Been Released Without D.M.C.

Producer Hank Shocklee is attached to some of Hip-Hop (and R&B’s) biggest records. As a founding member of The Bomb Squad, the Long Island, New Yorker made history with Public
March 2, 2017 Video
Finding The GOAT Producer: Pete Rock vs. Kanye West. Who Is Better?

Finding The GOAT Producer: Pete Rock vs. Kanye West. Who Is Better?

“Finding the GOAT Producer,” the third installment of Ambrosia For Heads’s annual battle series features Hip-Hop’s greatest producers vying for the #1 spot. Thirty producers were pre-selected by a panel
February 24, 2017 Finding the GOAT
Jay Z Creates A Playlist Of MCs Who Should Join Him In The Songwriters Hall Of Fame (Audio)

Jay Z Creates A Playlist Of MCs Who Should Join Him In The Songwriters Hall Of Fame (Audio)

Yesterday (February 22), Jay Z made history, again, by becoming the first Hip-Hop artist chosen to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. As one of the most successful
February 23, 2017 Audio, News
Ice Cube Names Chuck D His Favorite Rapper & Bomb Squad His Favorite Producers (Audio)

Ice Cube Names Chuck D His Favorite Rapper & Bomb Squad His Favorite Producers (Audio)

February 21 UPDATE: The video interview of Ice Cube from The Combat Jack Show has been added below, along with the existing audio stream. Original Post: Starting in 1990’s “Endangered
February 14, 2017 Audio, Video
An Oral History Of Yo! Bum Rush The Show Reveals How P.E. Launched A Revolution

An Oral History Of Yo! Bum Rush The Show Reveals How P.E. Launched A Revolution

Thirty years ago today, one of Hip-Hop’s most consistent forces unleashed its game-changing first album. On February 10, 1987, Public Enemy debuted Yo! Bum Rush The Show. The story began
February 10, 2017 Throwback
Finding The GOAT Producer: The Bomb Squad vs. DITC. Who Is Better?

Finding The GOAT Producer: The Bomb Squad vs. DITC. Who Is Better?

“Finding the GOAT Producer” begins. The third installment of Ambrosia For Heads’s annual battle series features Hip-Hop’s greatest producers vying for the #1 spot. Thirty producers were pre-selected by a
January 24, 2017 Finding the GOAT
The Prophets of Rage Will Host The Anti-Inaugural Ball As We Prepare To Fight Back

The Prophets of Rage Will Host The Anti-Inaugural Ball As We Prepare To Fight Back

On Friday, January 20, Donald J. Trump is scheduled to be inaugurated as President of the United States. His swearing in will signal far more than a new executive branch
January 18, 2017 News
This Documentary On Sampling Highlights Some Rap Classics (Video)

This Documentary On Sampling Highlights Some Rap Classics (Video)

A documentary on the evolution of music production has been airing this fall. Soundbreaking on PBS examines what music producers do, how the craft and technology has advanced, and the
November 26, 2016 TV/Film, Video
“Got To Try A New Position.” How Public Enemy Made Prince Change His Sound

“Got To Try A New Position.” How Public Enemy Made Prince Change His Sound

For the latest episode of Questlove Supreme, The Legendary Roots Crew drummer’s new weekly Internet radio show, Quest traveled to Minnesota, for a special Prince edition of the broadcast. For
September 29, 2016 Fresh
Chuck D Explains How The #1 Public Enemy Anthem Truly Was Before Its Time (Video)

Chuck D Explains How The #1 Public Enemy Anthem Truly Was Before Its Time (Video)

Public Enemy has a litany of power-packed jams. 1987’s “Public Enemy #1” is one of the singles that showcased the Long Island, New York collective as something different—in vocals, production,
September 24, 2016 Video
What’s The Greatest Opening Line In Hip-Hop History? Here Are 50 (Video)

What’s The Greatest Opening Line In Hip-Hop History? Here Are 50 (Video)

Hip-Hop is built on debates. Who is the greatest MC of all-time? What’s the best album? What’s the best song? The arguments are endless and often simultaneously the source of great
September 2, 2016 Video
Prophets Of Rage’s “The Party’s Over” Gets The Fight For Our Rights Started (Audio)

Prophets Of Rage’s “The Party’s Over” Gets The Fight For Our Rights Started (Audio)

After a Summer of touring and protests, Prophets Of Rage, the supergroup consisting of Public Enemy’s Chuck D, Cypress Hill’s B-Real and all of Rage Against The Machine, minus Zack
August 25, 2016 Audio
Flavor Flav’s 1984 Mix Shows What Time It Is (Audio)

Flavor Flav’s 1984 Mix Shows What Time It Is (Audio)

Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav is one of Hip-Hop’s all-time most recognizable personalities. While he only released one solo album, the man born William Drayton, III has brought mad flavor to
June 30, 2016 Mixes, Throwback
Chuck D Had Real Revolutions In Mind When He Wrote “Fight The Power”

Chuck D Had Real Revolutions In Mind When He Wrote “Fight The Power”

Public Enemy’s Chuck D has penned some of Hip-Hop’s most inspirational verses. While P.E. only had one official Top 40 single (1994’s “Give It Up”), songs like “Rebel Without A
June 22, 2016 Fresh
Masta Ace’s Latest Video Resonates Through Time & Shows Why He’s A Top MC

Masta Ace’s Latest Video Resonates Through Time & Shows Why He’s A Top MC

Masta Ace’s latest studio album, The Falling Season, is making noise for the 30-year Brooklyn, New York rhyme veteran. From the era of 12″ singles and un-skippable albums, Ace has
June 13, 2016 Video
Chuck D, Tom Morello & B-Real Are Raging Against The Republican Convention (Video)

Chuck D, Tom Morello & B-Real Are Raging Against The Republican Convention (Video)

Last month, via a cryptic announcement that took on an incredible groundswell, Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello, Public Enemy’s Chuck D and Cypress Hill’s B-Real announced they were forming
June 8, 2016 News
Prophets Of Rage Are Fighting The Power Across The Nation

Prophets Of Rage Are Fighting The Power Across The Nation

In less than a month, the Prophets Of Rage have gone from a grassroots digital whisper campaign to the revitalization of at least three legendary music entities. Three-fourths of Rage
June 6, 2016 Fresh
Chris Rivers Recaps The Week’s News In A Blistering Freestyle (Video)

Chris Rivers Recaps The Week’s News In A Blistering Freestyle (Video)

Bronx, New York MC Chris Rivers has supplied Hip-Hop Heads for years with a steady stream of freestyles, collaborations, and an acclaimed onslaught of mixtapes. The son of Big Pun now
June 2, 2016 Video
Chuck D & B-Real Talk Merging With Rage Against The Machine & Significance

Chuck D & B-Real Talk Merging With Rage Against The Machine & Significance

This month, it was revealed that members of Rage Against The Machine, Public Enemy, and Cypress Hill had come together to form Prophets Of Rage. The band, featuring R.A.T.M.’s Tom
May 31, 2016 News
The Return Of Rage Against The Machine Appears To Be Prophetic.

The Return Of Rage Against The Machine Appears To Be Prophetic.

It has been five years since Rage Against The Machine played a concert together. The Los Angeles, California mainstays of Zack De La Rocha, Tom Morello, Brad Wilk, and Tom
May 18, 2016 News
EPMD, Public Enemy, Mobb Deep, Naughty By Nature & More Announce Tour

EPMD, Public Enemy, Mobb Deep, Naughty By Nature & More Announce Tour

In 2015, Ice-T launched the Art Of Rap Tour. Taking its name from Ice’s acclaimed Hip-Hop documentary, the summer tour featured Rakim, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Doug E. Fresh & Slick Rick,
May 9, 2016 Fresh
Russell Simmons Crowns Def Jam’s Greatest Album & His Favorite Artist (Video)

Russell Simmons Crowns Def Jam’s Greatest Album & His Favorite Artist (Video)

Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin began releasing Def Jam Records singles in 1984. Started in a New York University dorm room (occupied by Rubin), the company would expand to become
May 2, 2016 Throwback, Video
In 2016, Public Enemy Still Brings The Noise Like Few Others Can (Video)

In 2016, Public Enemy Still Brings The Noise Like Few Others Can (Video)

No doubt some of the greatest recording artists of all time, the members of Public Enemy are also serious contenders when it comes to high-energy and memorable live performances. Known for
April 28, 2016 Video
Public Enemy’s It Takes A Nation Of Millions vs. A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders. Which Is Better?

Public Enemy’s It Takes A Nation Of Millions vs. A Tribe Called Quest’s Midnight Marauders. Which Is Better?

Last September, Ambrosia For Heads launched a debate among its readers seeking to answer one of Hip-Hop’s most hotly-contested questions: what is the greatest Rap Album Of All-Time? “Finding The
March 28, 2016 Finding the GOAT
Q-Tip Opens Up His Archive Of Live A Tribe Called Quest Recordings To Celebrate Phife Dawg (Audio)

Q-Tip Opens Up His Archive Of Live A Tribe Called Quest Recordings To Celebrate Phife Dawg (Audio)

While Q-Tip did not appear on last night’s edition of his Abstract Radio show on Beats 1, he dedicated the entire episode to his fallen A Tribe Called Quest brother,
March 26, 2016 Audio
There Are Only 8 Left. Which One Will You Name The Greatest Hip-Hop Album Of All-Time?

There Are Only 8 Left. Which One Will You Name The Greatest Hip-Hop Album Of All-Time?

Last September, Ambrosia For Heads launched a debate among its readers seeking to answer one of Hip-Hop’s most hotly-contested questions: what is the greatest Rap Album Of All-Time? “Finding The
March 22, 2016 Finding the GOAT
Got DJ Skills? We Need You To Make A Finding The GOAT Sweet 16 Mix

Got DJ Skills? We Need You To Make A Finding The GOAT Sweet 16 Mix

Last September, Ambrosia For Heads launched a debate among its readers seeking to answer one of Hip-Hop’s most hotly-contested questions: what is the greatest Rap Album Of All-Time? “Finding The
March 16, 2016 Finding the GOAT
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