I'm Chuck D. Public Enemy is the name of my group
and I'm going to show you some of the things that were in my bag.
See, I go to record stores, especially like Amoeba
and immediately I go to the DVD and the books departments
because those are what I collect and that's what I have space for.
So I'm rarely picking up music.
A lot of times people are looking for new music
but I tell them all the time, I say, well new music, it could be what's new to you.
Go backwards, you know, that that music exists. You don't know it exists in front of you.
So anyway, I pick up books.
This is the 100 Best-Selling Albums of All Time, the 90s.
I have the ones from the 60s and I think one from the 70s.
And usually the 90s is synonymous with terrible artwork.
Everything is made for the CD.
So I just got it just to be a reminder.
'Rock Albums.' This is an old book, one of the first.
Now with vinyl making a resurgence
album covers have really gone to the forefront of having to be right.
It better catch your eye because if it don't catch your eye, it's not gonna catch your ear.
Bought this CD about the induction celebration of Public Enemy we had at the House of Blues.
So I just found out about this today, that it was out.
And boom, I had to pick one up. Picked up two.
because Brother Malick picked up one.
Flashback at least 40 years before that.
'Midnight Special.'
Performances live on stage.
Marvin Gaye, O'Jays, Barry White, Gladys Knight and the Pips, B.B. King, Ike and Tina Turner.
So it's probably going to be dope.
'Mayor of the Sunset Strip.' I heard about it. I don't know why I didn't pick it up before.
This is the tour of the Bingenheimer Manor.
Ok, we're going into the hallway here.
Here's Elvis Presley's driver's license.
What is that?
Elvis Presley's driver's license.
His actual driver's license?
Yeah, his driving permit, actually.
How did you get that?
He gave it to me one time.
This I'm going to enjoy. 'Greenwich Village.'
And so they talk about the folk scene. Music that defined a generation.
Greenwich Village is mostly a state of mind.
We had chosen to be part of a socially relevant musical cultural experience
and we were giving it our best.
Folk music, music that says something.
Rap music can do the same, when it's at its best.
Two other books. 'JAMerica: The History of the Jam Band and Festival Scene.'
I normally wouldn't pick this up, but since it was on discount for $2.99, hey take advantage of it.
Y'know, the discounted price, the discounted book prices were incredible.
And because they were so incredible, I went and picked up Mavis Staples' new book.
'I'll Take You There.' Miss Mavis.
Hopefully, I have a song recorded with Miss Mavis
that I'm trying to get released.
She doesn't know about it yet, but it came from a session that we kind of put together.
So I'm looking to get in touch with Miss Mavis
who's a hero of mine.
So yeah, so that's what was in my bag.
And I'm gonna stuff these one-by-one back into my bag
and hit the road jack, in the words of Ray Charles.
So thank you. Peace.