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Track Listing
1. Mistachuck
2. No
3. Generation Wrekkked
4. Niggativity...Do I Dare Disturb the Universe?
5. Free Big Willie
6. Horizontal Heroin
7. Talk Show Created the Fool
8. Underdog
9. But Can You Kill the Nigga in You?
10. Endonesia
11. Pride, The
12. Paid
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Chuck D, Kyle "Ice" Jason (vocals); Abnes "Abnormal" Dubose (vocals, drum programming); Isaac Hayes (keyboards); Gene Tores (bass); Hydraulic Funkahaulics Horns, Professor Griff, Da Brat.
Producers include: Chuck D, Isaac Hayes, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, Gerald "Soul G" Stevens, Mark "Mr. Elite" Harrison.
As former front man for Public Enemy, the most politically charged hip-hop group of the `90s, Chuck D famously remarked, "Rap music is CNN for black people." Over the years, competing ambitions from the commercial rap industry took some of the urgency out of P.E.'s potent reportage, and later records were met with a far more muted critical and commercial response. Chuck D's debut solo album, 1996's THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISTACHUCK, loses none of the fiery invective of his best lyrics for P.E., but tones down some of the Bomb Squad's rapid-fire aural assaults in favor of a `70s-influenced soul and R&B vibe. Railing against the media, record labels, and sell-out rap artists, AUTOBIOGRAPHY takes essential aspects of P.E.'s patchy MUSE SICK-N-HOUR MESS AGE (1994), and wraps up Chuck's insightful polemic within a groove-friendly package.
Industry Reviews
3 Mics (out of 5) - ...Chuck D shows that he has come to terms with a few issues--the big one being his status in hip-hop....AUTOBIOGRAPHY does a decent job for fans fiending to hear the old Chuck...
The Source (10/01/1996)
...Chuck rolls solo with a gritty, stripped-down-'n'-dirty sound, reminiscent of an era in hip hop when digging in the crates meant looking to the old to create something new and different...
Vibe (11/01/1996)
3 Stars (out of 5) - ...the 36-year-old Chuck D speaks as a rap elder statesman, not so much embroiled in the music's ongoing controversies as commenting on them from a distance....Chuck successfully reinvents the sound he defined with Public Enemy, slowing the beats down and introducing stylish R&B elements...
Rolling Stone (10/03/1996)
...Beyond the familiar Isley Brothers grooves with distorto effects (somewhat smoothed out now), Mistachuck's massive ego puts this one over occasionally...
Spin (10/01/1996)
4 Stars (out of 5) - ...Public Enemy's polemic is here but the hype isn't....this is no longer the bombastic stuff of his old group; it's funky rap in the raw....Chuck didn't bring the noise but he's brought the nous. Respect due, Mista.
Q (10/01/1996)
...breeds enough distrust, unease and political vigilance in the listener AGAINST the corporate threat to be worthwhile. More importantly, it's a BLAST...
Melody Maker (09/07/1996)
...breeds enough distrust, unease and political vigilance in the listener AGAINST the corporate threat to be worthwhile. More importantly, it's a BLAST...
Melody Maker (09/07/1996)
4 Stars (out of 5) - ...Public Enemy's polemic is here but the hype isn't....this is no longer the bombastic stuff of his old group; it's funky rap in the raw....Chuck didn't bring the noise but he's brought the nous. Respect due, Mista.
Q (10/01/1996)
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