From Andrew Hime Sent Thu, Apr 22nd 1999, 17:42
From Andrew Hime Sent Thu, Apr 22nd 1999, 17:42
> regarding public enemy: a lot mc's cite chuck d as an influence, but not > in the way you might expect. most attribute to him the green light to > speak on politics, say their opinions straight out, etc. i think in the > case of public enemy, they are so monolithic that it will take years > before we see more of their style distilled and copied...but the influence > is there. the bomb squad, on the other hand, influenced production styles > tremendously, in and out of hip hop. (honestly, take "tomorrow never > knows" by the beatles, give it bomb squad production, and you have the > chemical brothers.) And the Chemicals don't deny that.