Public Enemy and X-Clan Bring the Noise to SF !!

San Francisco (the sucka free), CA
Rap groups have come and gone, and are still forming everyday... but one still stands atop the Hip Hop legacy, Public Enemy. The group consisting of the great MC Chuck D, the best hypeman on the planet Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, and the Security of the 1st World (S1WS), have been holding it down since 87'. Always a voice for the Afrikan Diaspora, the conscious lyrics and revolutionairy beats has enabled PE to be the soundtrack for the Struggle of Afrikans worldwide. PE, Xclan, The Banned, and Prozack (Cfunk)put it down last week at the Mezzanine in San Francisco.

Rage and CLG stepped out to the Mezzanine in San Francisco on a wet Wednesday to see the packed event. The concert started out with the one and only Cfunk, now Prozack, from EPA. Pro put out the classic Rated X album back in the day.. (more on that on upcomming post) and came out with a couple songs. Of course a majority of the crowd, except the old skool heads knew who the cat was.. Kevy Kev from KZSU was in the house, ironically he was the first to play PE on bay area radio. Xclan had the crowd moving doing old skool, and couple of the new album kutz. Check the XClan Site to hear some of the musik, and get some news. RIP to Professor X who was surely missed in spirit in SF, but the Xclan crew still holds it down on stage. African flags, Red, Black and Green(blood,people,land), and African Martial arts on stage can only be outdone by PE. PE came on stage with the S1Ws (Security of the First World) with Griff, Flavor Flav, Chuck D, DJ Lord with The Banned. The Banned was the live live band who help open up the show... the call this group a band is an understatement, them cats could jam with the best, especially the guitarist. PE performed like always a great, long show full of education and energy. Flavor Flav brought many new fans out, as easily seen in the hyped crowd. Flav even performed Flavor Man and some of his new kutz. Waaay back in the day I enjoyed PE at their first Bay performance at the Fresh Fest in Oakland, at the Colesium...boy that was a show... and the group is just as great now. Check some of the clips from the Daundaground Mobile below..