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Livin up to hi name,
: Tra edy, The Intelli ent
• Hoodlum, recently hit by
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Tragedy i workin with
four different producers on
the new album which i yet
untiUed. Eric dler of the
Bomb Squad will produce a
, cut, the Large Pro(i r from
M in Source i producing
. "Adolescents At War",
Bpitomy of Scr tch i in­
volved on "GangstersInBlue"
and finally, the legendary
Marley Marl will finish up the
remaining cu .
Charge dropped
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m mb rDw yne
Charges were dropped
. again t TonylTonilTonel
member Dwayne Wiggin .
He allegedly to ed a glass of
. water in the face of a hotel
ecurity guard.
Wiggins had participated
in a Santa Clarita, California
charity oftball gam� to
benefit the Children With
AIDS Foundation. It was
reported that the reason behind
the water to ing incident w
due to Wiggin letting off
steam.
Jacke Save
The Day? (Ju t
Maybe .. )
The Royal Family has
chosen to deal head on with
the death of Redd Foxx, in an
episode airing November 27.
The producers will also in­
troduee another cast regular,
non other than Jackee (of
, "227" fame). Jackee resur­
faces as Della's younger half­
sister, moving in to help
Reese's character cope with
the death of her husband.
Don't be surprised if she once
again steals the show.
This is a perfect vehicle for
her, and after the memorial
episode featuring Slappy
White, the program's focus
will shift to the constant clash
between De.lla and her
younger, much more free­
spirited sister.
Jermaine
Jackson laid all
rumors to rest
Rumors about his recently
released single, "Word To The
Badd", were laid to t on a
recent edition of the "Today
Show".
"I was angry," he says of
the tune directed towards hi
brother Michael. "I couldn't
get to him so I put it in a song."
The single (never intended
for release my teriously found
its way to the airwave .
"We've spoken since then, and
we're fine now, he added,
while denying that he was
jealous of Michael as ister
Latoya had earlier charged.
"We've all shared success";
'Jermaine said. "It's about
family. What Latoya has been
saying is inexcusable."
13.!3.
the Cru der /Simply Red/Joe
Co er arne), eature Din
ong m tching King' e ring
guit and vocals with uch tellar
mil coll borato pi ni t Joe
S mple, yboardi t n,
drumm r Jim el tner . t
Freddie VI; hington.
King dedicated th album to
the memory of the I ie, re t
ongwri r Do Porn , uthor 0 the
ong "On Mort! Time," which
provide the di c' musical nd
them tic centerpiece. Porn had
wor ed- often with ing, who
recorded an album of Pomus
compo i lions, the Grammy-winning
Where Must Be a Better World
Somewhere (produced by Stewart
Levine) everal years ago. Ironically,
Levin played King' recording of
"One More Time" for the ailing
Pomu the day before the
songwriter' death.
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coatributor : U .. Colliu8ehiDd
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Chuck ·D. vs The World:
The Enel7JY Strikes Black
� MARK MUHAMMAD
Spec'" to Michigan Citizen
It's 3:30 in the morning. I've
been sitting in the hotel lobby wait­
ing for Chuck D. to come down for
an interview concert (Clubland
• 10/30/91), so now I'm chillin' wait­
ing in the lobby for the hard rhymer
Chuck D. All of a sudden (ding) the
hotel's elevator opens and Chuck ap­
peared. So, now it's time to grill this
brother! l! '
Mark Muhammad: Was this
album hard to make?
Chuck D: This album was not
hard to make, that's why it was hard.
I influenced on hard hitting beats.
MM: Why did you get new
producers on your new album?
Chuck D: I didn't change
producers. We're just developing
some new producers (the Imperial
Grand Ministers of Funk).
MM: Why did Bric "Vietnam"
Sadler leave the bomb squad?
Chuck D: He wanted to pursue
other projects.
MM: My favorite cut on the
album was "Move." What was your
motive on that ong?
Chuck D: Telling Black sell-outs
to get out the wayl
MM: Since you have a cut called
"A Million Bottle Bags" where you
dis brothers drinking alcohol; where
does thi leave you and Ice Cube
since he's promoting the beer St.
Ides? help out on.
Chuck D: Ice Cube knows MM: Why did you give credit to
what's right from wrong: We're still N. W .A., Next School, Donnie
friends, but I am suing St. Ides for $5 Wahlberg, Charles Barkley, Quincy
million dollars cause they use my Jones, etc. when they are sell-outs'?
voice on one of their commercials. Chuck D: They are influential in
MM: Why did you do that thing my music work. what other things
with the rock group Anthrax? ' they do is on them. Their self-
Chuck D: I'm not anti-white destructing themselves. No one is a
I'm pro-Black. I'm a musical! sell-out in the music business.
Music is universal. MM: What would you say to
MM: Would you trust Anthrax? some up-and-coming rappers? .
Chuck D: No. C,huck D: You know I was Just
MM: Why did you produce the talking to my partner Hank Shocklee
Young Black Teenagers (five white about that. He said "Too many
boys)? Black people are singing, rapping
Chuck D: We own the Young and dancing." My feelings exac�ly.
Black Teenagers. White people own We Bl�ck peop�e nee� ex�cuh.ve
Black entertainers. Why can't Black producing an� Mix Engineering, 10-
people own white people in the stead �f busting .rhymes. It really
entertainment business? doesn t mean g010g to school, you
MM: Yeah, at Highland Park can. But you can also study hard �nd
High School and at other schools in observe. .
metro Detroit we have multi-culture MM: Let me get your views on
classes (Black studies). What do s�m� rando� subjects like the con-
you think of that? fllct in Rus ia? .
Chuck D: I think it's cool. But Chuck D: ' White people realiz-
the whole curriculum needs to be ing time is running out they think it
based on that. is time to link up.
MM: Do you think T.V. i sub- MM: Jungle Fever? ,
liminal? Chuck D: I hope white people
Chuck D: Very ubliminal. know what they're entering.
Watch out for it! MM: Brothers and isters wear-
MM: How do you think Black ing the American flag?
people should build busines es? Chuck D: They have a serio
Chuck D: Answers are within problem. The colors are Red-for
yourself. Bl CD gotta learn how to the they k;icked; Bl.u ad ongs
live together. That' what we try to we lng: White--obviOUS.
I ADDITIO to the Pomu
tune, There Is Always One Mort!
Tune showcases King's vocal and
instrumental intensity on such key
tracks as the tightly-coiled urban
dramas "Back in L.A." and "I'm
Moving On" (both written by Joe
Sample and Will Jennings), the lyly
rootsy "Mean and Evil" and "I've
Got Something Up My Sleeve"
(written by blues vet Arthur Adams),
and the spellbinding "The Blues
Come Over Me," which eem
destined to emerge as a
contemporary blues classic.
The new' album is just the latest
ccompli hment in a legendary
career that bas earned B.D. King his
status one of the world' most
respected musicians, named a
eminal influence by virtually every
major rock guitarist. Never content
to rest on his laurels, King has
maintained a consistently prominent
profile on the internationaJ music
scene, keeping a busy chedule of
personal appearances, including an
average of 250 concerts a year.
King's work overseas - he was one
of the first Western musicians to tour
in the U.S.S.R., and be plans to play
in China in the near future - has
won him a r putation as an
international ambassador of the
blues.
Riley B. King was born on
September 16, 1925, on a cotton
plantation in Indianola, Mississippi,
and began singing and playing early
in his life. After growing tired of
playing on street corners for spare
change, King hitchhiked to the
musical 'mecca of the South,
Memphi , Tenne ee, here he
ived r zui r tutel e m
hi uncle, the revered blue m
B White.
While pl yin in emphi nd
DJ on the Ie endary
local r dio tion DI King
dopted the fl hy profe ion I
mont er " e Beale Street Blue
Boy," I ter hOTtened to the Jmpler
"B.B." King. He w recording
regularly by the I te 19 , and
began touring tionally in the early
, 5 . Since then, King been too
b y making m ic to pend much
time looking hac
On the rare occaslo when he's
not performing live or working in the
recording tudio, King managed
to find time to eng e in numero
entertainment and phil nthropic
projec . H lectured on college
camp , dabbled in din in 'IV
and film, and recently tarred in
three-volume home-video
guitar- tudy series.
King i also a leading dvocate of
prison reform, and is a co-founder of
the Foundation for the Advancement
of Inmate Recreation and
Rehabilitation (FAIRR), through
which be played numerous free
concerts at prisons aero the nation,
represented on uch albums the
classic Live at Coole COUIIly Jail and
1990' Live at San Quentin. King
also been the recipient of prestigious
musical nd humanitarian awards
too di verse and numerous to li t here
(including four GralDltly Awards, the
Presidential Medal of Freedom and
hi own tar on the Hollywood Walk
of Fame).
RECENT YEARS h ve al 0
found King engaging in musical
partnership witli ome of the
younger mu Iclans who e work
bears hi influence. Hi
collaboration with U2 on "When
Love C01rU!S to ToWPl, " for that band '5
aJbum and film Rattle and Hum, ..
remains an AOR taple. King' duct
with Bonnie Raitt on a cover of the
Dr. John hit "Right Place Wrong
Time" w featured in the movie Air
America. King ha 'al 0 recently
joi ed forces with a diverse list of
stars for the prorecycling ingle and
video "Yakel}' Yale - TaJce It Baclc. "
In the' endle ly fickle
entertainment world, B.B. King
continues to thrive, playing hi
timelessly passionate mu Ic for
longtime fans as well a recent
converts, and showing no signs of
slowing down. "What else am I
gonna do?," "I've got bills to pay.
Mark Muhammad of Highland Park, MI greets Public Enemy leader
ChuckD.
MM: What's the next thing for
Public Enemy?
Chuck D: Going to Africa,
South America. Lots and lots of
production, Flavor Flav' album late
'91, Sister Souljah's album January
'92, and Terminator X's album Mid­
'92. Tell 'em the new album for
Terminator X will be called "Ter­
minator X Assault on the Midwest"
and we're going to tart looking for
talent in the midwe t very oon, 0
get ready til
MM: But Chuck, you forgot
about A.U.T.H.O.R.1.T.Y. brand
new B.P. that' about to lam in
Detroit in a couple of wee with
their soon-to-be hit "Key to Your
Shackles".
buck D: That' true also.
MM: What did you learn on this
tour?
Chuck D: Well with these rock
group howtime, everything i 0
the point, which cut our show down
in time.
MM: Are you going on tour
again?
ChuckD: Yes. Late '91 with Ice
Cube and Ice T.
MM: Ya'll coming back to
Detroit for that tour?
Chuck D: You Know mu
MM: On the serious tip give a
me ge to the Brothers and Si ters
out there?
Chuc D: listen, Watch, Learn
and Talk what. you know. If you
don't know a lot don't talk a lot.