And I was trying to secure them a deal at Warner Brothers. SHOCKLEE: Well, I remember that I was working with the Jungle Brothers. The same people - we were trying to get in your area of being noticed, really. SHOCKLEE: We were kind of like - we flow around so many different people then. SHOCKLEE: You know something? None of us remember how we met because at that time, right, it was more of a synergy thing. KELLEY: Do you remember when you guys first met? Sorry to cut you off.
SHOCKLEE: But then when we found out, I was like, "Ah!" I'll come by." I was going to say a few words on the camera and that's it. SHOCKLEE: I thought it was just her, her show. And I said, "Look." You said, "I want you to come to this show that I'm doing." And I didn't even know that she was doing it with you. Because what else am I going to say? Because people are like, "Well, who? Yeah, right. SHOCKLEE: It's funny because I have to always preface that. I produced for Public Enemy." And I was like, "I know who you are. I met Hank Shocklee out of nowhere like at ten o'clock two nights ago? Something like that. At SXSW 2015 in Austin, Texas, Microphone Check spoke with Hank Shocklee about hip-hop's underappreciated technical ingenuity and why pop music doesn't appeal to him.ĪLI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD: Hank Shocklee! What up, Hank? Racking up production credits for a diverse list of collaborators that ranged from Ice Cube to Bell Biv Devoe, the Bomb Squad was an inspiration to a generation of influential musicians like Microphone Check' s own Ali Shaheed Muhammad. front man Chuck D and Eric "Vietnam" Sadler - was an architect of Public Enemy's distinct, attention-grabbing sound, and helped sampling evolve into an art form unto itself. Shocklee - alongside his brother, Keith, P.E. And so I just want to create this collage, almost like a Romare Bearden kind of a painting." But what I do have is a turntable and records. I'm not going to pick up a bass or a guitar or keys and I'm going to, you know, put some virtuoso stuff down. I understand scales and musical arrangements and that stuff but I didn't have - I was not a player. And I wanted to prove that it was the records that inspired me.
that the object was deemed harmless.People often refer to the multi-layered, cacophonous style of Public Enemy's production team the Bomb Squad as a "wall of noise" - similar to Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" - but to let Squad member Hank Shocklee tell it, their sample-heavy approach was less like Spector's and more akin to a particular collage-based visual artist's: Via an SFPD officer, SFist learned as of 1:30 p.m. These were spotted by a Sheriff's deputy patrolling the area around 11:15 a.m. Update: The SFPD sent a release relaying that there was both a suspicious object found on top of a newspaper rack on the southwest corner of Noe and 17th, as well as an unattended bag found on the 300 block of Noe.
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We'll update as the situation develops, or clears up. People are also being told to avoid the area. As Hoodline tells us, the investigation, with bomb suits was ongoing as of 12:15 p.m.ġ7th Street was closed between Hartford and Sanchez Streets, and Noe is blocked off between 16th/Market and 18th Street as well, and residents are being told to stay indoors. The bomb squad descended on 17th Street near Noe this morning after a suspicious package was identified in the vicinity. bsErBywvbv- Steven Bracco September 23, 2015 SFPD Bomb Squad just arrived in Castro on 17th St btwn Noe & Hartford.
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