“Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos” is Public Enemy’s look at prison and mass incarceration. In this episode, we leap from that song into talking about the New Jim Crow and mass incarceration and how being in America is like being in a prison.
Guests:
Dr. Christina Greer, Fordham Professor
Hank Shocklee, Producer
Adam Bernstein, Director, Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
Jim Jones, Rapper 
Credits:
Public Enemy - Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

Writer: Chuck D, Eric Sadler, Hank Shocklee & Flavor Flav
Label: Def Jam Recordings & Columbia Records
Publisher: Shocklee Music, Songs Of Reach Music, Songs Of Universal Inc, Terrordome Music Publishing Llc, Your Mother S Music Inc

 
Public Enemy - Fight The power

Writer: Flavor Flav, Gary G-Wiz, Chuck D, Hank Shocklee, Eric Sadler & Keith Shocklee
Label:  Def Jam Recordings
Publisher:  Reach Global Songs, Shocklee Music, Songs Of Reach Music, Songs Of Universal Inc, Terrordome Music Publishing Llc, Your Mother S Music Inc

 
Public Enemy - Burn Hollywood Burn

Writer: Ice Cube, Big Daddy Kane, Chuck D, Keith Shocklee & Eric Sadler
Label: Def Jam Recordings & Columbia Records
Publisher: Cold Chillin' Music Publishing Inc, Gangsta Boogie Music, Universal Music Corporation

 
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet

Writer: Chuck D, Eric Sadler & Keith Shocklee
Label: Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records
Publisher: Bridgeport Music Inc, Reach Global Songs, Songs Of Universal Inc

 
Jay Z - 99 Problems 

Writer: JAY-Z, Rick Rubin, Ice-T, DJ Aladdin, Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, N.D. Smart II, Leslie West, Bun B, John Ventura, Norman Landsberg, Billy Squier & Felix Pappalardi
Label: Def Jam Recordings & Roc-A-Fella Records
Publisher: Carter Boys Music, EMI April Music, Rhyme Syndicate Music, Copyright Control, Ammo Dump Music, Carrumba Music, Songs of the Knight, Spirit Two Music, Warner Music Group, Universal - Songs of Polygram International, BMG & Careers-BMG Music Publishing

 
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Speaking Freely: Chuck D, Freedom Forum
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