Hank Shocklee !!!

luca · Post by **luca** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:06 pm

Taken from

http://coolehmag.com/frontEnd/feature.php?i=34&s=51

"Hank Shocklee is an icon. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know who he is or never heard of the Bomb Squad. When you can say you were Chuck D’s mentor you are an icon. When your production credits run from Public Enemy’s“It Takes a Nation of Millions” to Ice Cube’s “AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted” to Slick Rick’s “Great Adventures” to RUN-DMC’s “Down with the King”…you are an icon. His fingerprints are on half the significant hip-hop records in the late 80’s and early 90’s, and Hank Shocklee is nowhere near done. The man has an opinion on everything and isn’t afraid to share it, including what makes a great artist, the future of the music industry and why dubstep is speaking to him right now."

CE: So, who out there has Hank Shocklee excited right now? Who’s music are you vibrating with? If you were to go out and give a big cosign to one artist who would it be, like we are playing pickup basketball, who do you pick first?

HS: Oh shit…that’s rough because…okay, you really want to know? You really want to know? I would go pick up DMZ, I would go and fuck with [dubstep collective] Digital Mysticz and the reason why I say that is I think that there is a vibration that they got that the world needs to feel. And what it is, it’s weird, it’s not a person, it’s not an artist…it’s different, it’s almost a being in their sound.

paolo · Post by **paolo** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:36 pm

The Bomb Squad making dubstep would certainly be interesting

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:03 pm

Big up to Hank. He knows his shit. Hero.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:06 pm

seriously, one of the most inspired people i've ever had the pleasure to talk to.
you're talking to someone that took part in changing the face of hip hop. when "it takes a nation of millions" dropped, that album raised the production bar sky high. the whole hip hop industry was never the same. when he was at dmz vs dubwar here in nyc, he had an airhorn can, and was onstage with all of us.

legend!

chef · Post by **chef** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:08 pm

Living Legend

boomnoise · Post by **boomnoise** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:14 pm

there's only one hank shocklee

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:16 pm

required viewing:
http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/LECT ... ession=184

skrewface · Post by **skrewface** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 4:50 pm

That was one helluva inspirative and interesting reading.

Luca wrote:Taken from

http://coolehmag.com/frontEnd/feature.php?i=34&s=51

"Hank Shocklee is an icon. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know who he is or never heard of the Bomb Squad. When you can say you were Chuck D’s mentor you are an icon. When your production credits run from Public Enemy’s“It Takes a Nation of Millions” to Ice Cube’s “AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted” to Slick Rick’s “Great Adventures” to RUN-DMC’s “Down with the King”…you are an icon. His fingerprints are on half the significant hip-hop records in the late 80’s and early 90’s, and Hank Shocklee is nowhere near done. The man has an opinion on everything and isn’t afraid to share it, including what makes a great artist, the future of the music industry and why dubstep is speaking to him right now."

CE: So, who out there has Hank Shocklee excited right now? Who’s music are you vibrating with? If you were to go out and give a big cosign to one artist who would it be, like we are playing pickup basketball, who do you pick first?

HS: Oh shit…that’s rough because…okay, you really want to know? You really want to know? I would go pick up DMZ, I would go and fuck with [dubstep collective] Digital Mysticz and the reason why I say that is I think that there is a vibration that they got that the world needs to feel. And what it is, it’s weird, it’s not a person, it’s not an artist…it’s different, it’s almost a being in their sound.

kenneth sulu · Post by **kenneth sulu** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:23 pm

Sharmaji · Post by **Sharmaji** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:45 pm

it's kinda bananas here in NYC. you see a dude in his 40s holdin' up the wall and realize it's hank shocklee... next thing you know you're having a 30 minute conversation w/ him, not cuz you're just talking about how awesome PE/Bomb Squad was but because Shock is one mad inspired, and interested, dude.

He's out ALL THE TIME these days at dubstep gigs, Dub War, SubSwara... a tremendous inspiration for all the times that you think music's in a rut. Dude has done far more than his share to shape modern music and he's still out looking for things to feed him something new. prrrrrrrrrops to that!

fractal · Post by **fractal** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:52 pm

wow! thats dope

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 7:59 pm

been listening to bomb squad tunes since the days of the bum rush!

respcet that hank's still a forward thinker

big ups

tacospheros · Post by **tacospheros** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:05 am

hank shocklee's gonna be at konkrete jungle here in nyc in a few days

http://dubstepforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=22950

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:45 am

seckle wrote:seriously, one of the most inspired people i've ever had the pleasure to talk to.
you're talking to someone that took part in changing the face of hip hop. when "it takes a nation of millions" dropped, that album raised the production bar sky high. the whole hip hop industry was never the same. when he was at dmz vs dubwar here in nyc, he had an airhorn can, and was onstage with all of us.

legend!

What really pisses me off is that PUBLIC ENEMY have been written out of music history. They are barly considered a foot note. In actual fact they are one of the most important bands of the 20th century. And they should be given the fucking respect that they have earned.

Who stole the soul?

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:07 am

Oh and let me add. They are the most important pollitical band in the histoty of music. Having said that, Richard Strauss (1864-1949) was a little pollitical but, for all the wrong reasons.

'THE COUNTER ARRACK ON WORLD SUPREMACY'
PUBLIC ENEMY 1990.

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:13 am

What about Keith Shocklee though?

Don't hear anymention of him. What up with that?

kenneth sulu · Post by **kenneth sulu** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:07 pm

metalboxproducts wrote:
seckle wrote:seriously, one of the most inspired people i've ever had the pleasure to talk to.
you're talking to someone that took part in changing the face of hip hop. when "it takes a nation of millions" dropped, that album raised the production bar sky high. the whole hip hop industry was never the same. when he was at dmz vs dubwar here in nyc, he had an airhorn can, and was onstage with all of us.

legend!
What really pisses me off is that PUBLIC ENEMY have been written out of music history. They are barly considered a foot note. In actual fact they are one of the most important bands of the 20th century. And they should be given the fucking respect that they have earned.

Who stole the soul?

Easy now, there's plenty of people recognising PE. A couple years ago it was impossible to buy MOJO Magazine without Chuck being in some article or PE showing up in a "Best Ever" list.

thomas e. griffin · Post by **thomas e. griffin** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:33 am

anyone know if shocklee is producing dubstep?

I seem to remember reading somewhere (blackdown blog???) that he was.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:34 pm

thomas e. griffin wrote:anyone know if shocklee is producing dubstep?

I seem to remember reading somewhere (blackdown blog???) that he was.

shocklee 001 coming soon. watch this space.

thomas e. griffin · Post by **thomas e. griffin** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:13 pm

seckle wrote:
thomas e. griffin wrote:anyone know if shocklee is producing dubstep?

I seem to remember reading somewhere (blackdown blog???) that he was.
shocklee 001 coming soon. watch this space.

fucking strong.

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