{"id":81301,"date":"2014-08-02T18:13:58","date_gmt":"2014-08-02T16:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=81301"},"modified":"2014-08-02T18:13:58","modified_gmt":"2014-08-02T16:13:58","slug":"dj-raydar-ellis-the-chuck-d-birthday-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/dj-raydar-ellis-the-chuck-d-birthday-mix\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ Raydar Ellis &#8211; The Chuck D Birthday Mix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"540\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/160868116&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Chuck D is Public Enemy #1 in our book, not just one of the most underrated rappers of all time but a visionary, voice of reason and a role-model demonstrating how to make art that engages pop culture without being swept away in the mainstream like a soggy boot in the Bronx River. Although Chuck D is, on one hand, a persona that embodies the immortal spirit of rebellion inside all of us, he is, of course, contained within the vessel of mild-mannered author, producer and real human being Carlton Ridenhour. As an archetype, Chuck D has been throwing a slow-motion trash can through the pizza shop of oppression pretty much from creation. But as a human being he was born on August 1st, 1960 (right about the time, I like to imagine, that Aretha Franklin stepped into a Detroit studio for her very first session and halfway around the world the African Nation of Benin celebrated its independence from French colonizers).<\/p>\n<p>Today is also August 1st. So not only is it time to say Happy Birthday to Carlton Ridenhour but also to pay tribute to Chuck D the rhythm, the rebel. We could not think of a better way to do both of those things in one shot than a megamix of every essential Chuck D verse cut together by turntable virtuoso DJ Raydar Ellis. That\u2019s what we wished for\u2026and that\u2019s what we got. Wait, that\u2019s a lie. This cannot be every essential Chuck D verse because he is still making essential verses (and we look forward to hearing more of them very soon). Stream Raydar\u2019s mix below to get the Chuck D story\u2026so far.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.okayplayer.com\" target=\"_blank\">okayplayer.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chuck D is Public Enemy #1 in our book, not just one of the most&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-l9j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}