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From:
Andrew Hime
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Date:
Thu, 22 Apr 1999 11:42:01 -0500 (CDT)
Subject:
Re: (idm)long-ass Hip-hop history
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quoted 9 lines regarding public enemy: a lot mc's cite chuck d as an influence, but not> 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.