“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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Muhammad Ali Refuses Induction, Opposing Vietnam War, The Boys Who Said NO!

Michelle Alexander Extended Interview, Religion and Ethics Weekly, PBS

Speaking Freely: Chuck D, Freedom Forum

House Negro/Field Negro, Malcolm X Message To The Grassroots