[Reader-list] Public Enemy vs Arizona: Sonic Immigration

[Paul D. Miller]

Again - this is strange non sense.
1) the track is a free giveaway so no paycheck etc

Josh - this is stupid. Either up the level of the discourse or come up  
with something more interesting.

I think you'd be hard pressed to find someone that would say either me  
or Chuck D are racist, and no, Flava Flav isn't on the track. So...

What's your point? I'm just getting on a flight to Khartoum, Sudan for  
a project with ex child soldiers doing electronic music.

Josh - if you would like to dialog about the merits of Arizona's  
immigration, that's ok. But being an asshole, as we've seen in  
Arizona, doesn't solve anyone's problems.

By the way way, no, I'm not racist, and no, Public Enemy isn't racist.

And I have nothing to do with Al Sharpton.

Paul

Sent from my iPhone

On May 4, 2010, at 4:02 PM, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>   sorry for getting all up in your grill hommie, but racism cuts  
> both ways.
>
>   maybe you can get Flavor Flav all up in hizouse too?  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzhpB1X-6ok
>
>   it's pretty simple that illegal aliens are modern day slavery and  
> they destroy the lives of white and black Americans alike.   
> Unfortunately we've got selllouts like you who are willing to say  
> anything for a paycheck.
>
>   check ya later holmes, jmz
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Paul D. Miller  
> <anansi1 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Very strange and reactionary response.
>
> Joshua - can you please enlighten me on my 'racist politics' and my  
> relationship to Al Sharpton?
>
> You're sounding a bit shrill and to be completely honest, totally  
> irrational.
>
> Paul
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 4, 2010, at 3:22 PM, Joshua Zeidner <jjzeidner at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>>
>>   I'm writing this from the Arizona Capitol.
>>
>>   Paul, we don't want your racist politics here.  Al Sharpton has  
>> nothing in common with the illegal aliens.  You are not only a  
>> traitor to your country but a traitor to your own people.  How can  
>> you turn against a country that has given you so much?
>>
>>   we do remember history.  We remember it very well.
>>
>>   Check it:  http://www.buffalosoldiermuseum.com/?linkid=410&webid=1000
>>
>>   -jmz
>>
>>
>> On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Paul D. Miller <anansi1 at earthlink.net 
>> > wrote:
>> Hey people - I just finished a studio session with Chuck D from  
>> Public Enemy. In the wake of Republican Governor Jan Brewer's  
>> appalling anti-immigrant law, me and Chuck D were rappin' and we  
>> decided to put together an update of his classic track "By The Time  
>> I get To Arizona."
>>
>> You can download the track from here:
>>
>> http://www.djspooky.com/music_download_form.html
>>
>>
>> Anyone who knows about hip hop from the early 90's remembers John  
>> McCain's unwillingness to endorse creating a local version of  
>> Martin Luther King's birthday. The update here is a 21st century  
>> look in the rear view mirror. The cliché that "those who don't lea 
>> rn from the past are doomed to repeat it" still holds sway in our  
>> hyper amnesiac culture. I remixed D.W. Griffith's infamous film Bi 
>> rth of a Nation  with a bit of Public Enemy in mind, and later on, 
>>  they named an e.p. with the same name as my project. Me and Chuck 
>>  D have done several projects in the past around progressive, non  
>> knucklehead hip hop.
>>
>> Please feel free to download this track and pass it around. We are  
>> the media. Feel free to pass it around!
>>
>> By the way, this is a mashup, and it's basically not really for  
>> sale. I just took a riff from Philly Sound (www.funkadelphiarecords.com 
>> ), and flipped it. The result, is what you hear here. It's free,  
>> and open. No $!!
>> You can download a better resolution version of the track here:
>>
>> http://www.djspooky.com/music_download_form.html
>>
>> Check it!
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>
> -- 
>