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Thursday, May 10 2018, 6AM
Good morning Seattle, and welcome to 6 Degrees of Chuck D! For the next twelve hours of programming, we'll be linking the music of Public Enemy co-founder and Prophets of Rage front man Chuck D to...well, everything. (And yep, this includes our on-going Sub Pop Count Up) bit.ly
Cover of Chuck D's song "Black Steel" that appears on Tricky's debut album Maxinquaye
And after Tricky's cover, here is the original "Black Steel" from Public Enemy, which appears on their second full-length album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Our previous song, Public Enemy's "Black Steel in the Hours of Chaos" features a sample of this track from Stevie Wonder's 1973 album, Innervisions
This Stevie Wonder cover of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song" appears on the soundtrack for the 1996 Spike Lee film "Get On the Bus." Spike Lee featured Public Enemy in his movie "Do The Right Thing" in 1989
Alright, and now we have the original "Redemption Song" to link to the Stevie Wonder cover!
It's still the first hour of 6 Degrees of Chuck D and we've already made our way to The Clash. Another cover of "Redemption Song"
You're listening to 6 Degrees of Chuck D ALL DAY here at KEXP! We've managed to start off with Chuck D's song "War" and work our way into "Straight to Hell" from The Clash. We're doing this till 6PM today, stay tuned for more crazy connections www.kexp.org
Annnnnnd this track from London-born artist M.I.A. (Maya Arulpragasam) samples our previous song, "Straight to Hell" from The Clash. The song also appears in the film Pineapple Express, which features actress Rosie Perez, who also appears as a dancer in the 1989 Spike Lee film "Do the Right Thing"
And here's Suicide's "Ghost Riders" which M.I.A. sampled for her song "Born Free"
Linking to our previous song, Alan Vega is one half of the group Suicide! "Bye Bye Bayou" shows up on his 1981 solo self-titled album
And now we have LCD Soundsystem's cover of our previous song from Alan Vega, "Bye Bye Bayou." You're listening to 6 Degrees of Chuck D here at KEXP!
Wait for it, cause this debut single from our previously played artist, LCD Soundsystem, features a sample from a song we're going to play next...
This 1982 song from Afrika Bambaataa gets sampled in our previous song from LCD Soundsystem, "Losing My Edge"
Wheeeee we've made our way back to Chuck D! "Fight the Power" has got our previous song, Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock" sampled in it
Okay folks, this Rick James tune off of his 1981 album Street Songs was sampled in our previous song, Public Enemy's "Fight the Power"
This 1985 single from actor and comedian Eddie Murphy was written and produced by our previously played artist, Rick James! You've got it tuned to 6 Degrees of Chuck D here at KEXP, and we're going to be making crazy connections all day: www.kexp.org
We're back to Chuck D, and this Public Enemy song features samples from "Hit by a Car" and "Singers" by our previous artist Eddie Murphy!
This track from the world's best-selling album is sampled in our previous song, Public Enemy's "911 Is A Joke" And here's the video for "Thriller" because how could we not link that here: bit.ly
Yep, that's the Vincent Price laugh sampled in this A Tribe Called Quest track that's featured in our previous song, "Thriller"
Linking to our previous song for 6 Degrees of Chuck D, A Tribe Called Quest member, Q-Tip, is featured on this track from electronic duo The Chemical Brothers!
This track from our previous artist features backing vocals by Flaming Lips members Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd. We're gonna wind our way back into Chuck D at some point, stay tuned!
Annnnnnnnd now we have a Madonna cover from the Flaming Lips, the band featured on our last song from The Chemical Brothers
YEAH, WE WENT THERE. Our previous song from The Flaming Lips was a Madonna cover, so here is the Material Girl herself! You're tuned in to 6 Degrees of Chuck D here at KEXP: www.kexp.org
Ciccone Youth is the side project of Sonic Youth that pays homage to our previous artist, Madonna!
Heyoooo! We just went from Sonic Youth's side project, Ciccone Youth, to an actual Sonic Youth song that features Chuck D....tell it like it is!
Linking to our previous artist, Mudhoney, Green River features Mark Arm, the frontman for this local group formed in 1984
And to link to our previous song, Green River opened for PIL in 1985, and "Seattle" is often thought to be a rebuke to the band. To quote John Lydon from a 2015 Stranger interview though, "It's an homage to Seattle, a town that's never done us any harm. A town we feel quite warm about... great atmosphere, the gigs are always amazing. It feels like home to me."
To link to our previous song, this one from The Rapture was featured on the soundtrack from The Rules of Attraction film. BUT WAIT! Did you think we'd forget our Sub Pop Count-Up today? This one is #505, released on May 21, 2001
And now you're hearing a track from Girl Talk that uses the drum sample that was also featured in our previous song from The Rapture. This is 6 Degrees of Chuck D here on The Morning Show! www.kexp.org
And (naturally) here is Queen's "We Will Rock You!" PHEW. Yes, we're working our way back to Chuck D somehow....
OH YEAH, WE'RE BACK! Yep, this Public Enemy song features a sample from our previous song, Queen's "Flash"
Here we go again....this James Brown tune showed up as a sample in our previous song from Public Enemy, "Terminator X to the Edge of Panic." We're circling the influence of Chuck D all day here at KEXP, find out more here! www.kexp.org
This track from Philly rapper Bahamadia features a sample from our previous song, James Brown's, "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved"
DJ Premier, featured on this Beastie Boys track, also produced our previous song from Bahamadia, "3 tha Hard Way"
Beastie Boys "Jimmy James" takes a sample from the 1978 Cheap Trick song "Surrender." If you've just tuned in, this is 6 Degrees of Chuck D here at KEXP!
Alright, and now here is "Surrender" from Cheap Trick, the opening track off their 1978 album Heaven Tonight
SUB POP COUNT-UP #506! We have somehow managed to hit two of these here on The Morning Show during 6 Degrees of Chuck D: www.kexp.org
And now we have Captain Poon of Gluecifer taking us into this Ramones song, as he once served as touring guitarist for Ramones member, Marky Ramone!
Cee Lo Green was asked by the NFL to provide a theme song for a season of 'Thursday Night Football' so he set lyrics to this Ramones song for the task. And there's your link for our previous song!
Soul duo, Gnarls Barkley, features member CeeLo Green, our previously played artist here on 6 Degrees of Chuck D!
Danger Mouse is the other half of Gnarls Barkley, and this track samples The Beatles "I'm So Tired"
And of course, now we're at The Beatles! You're tuned in to 6 Degrees of Chuck D, and we're doing this all day: www.kexp.org
BOOM. And now here's Public Enemy's "Who Stole the Soul?" which samples our previous song, The Beatles "A Day in the Life"
Watch Seattle-based artist and illustrator Andrew Wicklund drawing to our 6 Degrees of Chuck D day, LIVE from our Gathering Space right here! bit.ly