{"id":7712,"date":"2012-08-12T16:50:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T20:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=7712"},"modified":"2012-08-17T15:01:22","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T19:01:22","slug":"fear-of-an-un-toured-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/?p=7712","title":{"rendered":"Fear Of An Un-Toured Planet: Chuck D and Questlove Join GrindXDesign!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rF1I7HAmXsc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;83 tours, 82 nations.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Chuck-in-Egypt2.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7722\" title=\"Chuck in Egypt\" src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Chuck-in-Egypt2-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Chuck-in-Egypt2-300x212.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Chuck-in-Egypt2-1023x726.jpg 1023w, http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Chuck-in-Egypt2.jpg 1682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>That&#8217;s <strong>Chuck D<\/strong> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicenemy.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\">Public Enemy<\/a>, right, giving a terse description of his career as a global artist.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, he has steadfastly carried the flag &#8220;in the name of hip-hop,&#8221; as he often notes, to many places, just to firmly, lovingly plant it. That&#8217;s the best reason for having him co-lead the <strong>Wednesday, September 19th <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/grindxdesign.com \"  target=\"_blank\"><strong>GrindXDesign.com<\/strong><\/a><strong> tutorial<\/strong> on working as an international artist.<\/p>\n<p>(When I asked Chuck to speak and take questions on this issue, he said &#8220;Yes,&#8221; <em>immediately<\/em>. Immediately. He doesn&#8217;t say yes, immediately, to anything, certainly not to me. So, in part, that&#8217;s when I knew I was on to something.)<\/p>\n<p>That he&#8217;s been so many places, though, is not my only reason to host him. The other one is that he often took me with him, and he didn&#8217;t have to do it. Ghana. Australia. Hawai&#8217;i. France. Brazil. The aforementioned Germany, and many more places. (That, above, is a picture I took of Chuck, one morning, in Egypt, in front of the pyramids.) These, and others, were all sites I <em>never<\/em> thought I&#8217;d see, but did, doing so on behalf of the culture, and P.E., courtesy of Mr. Chuck. Thank you, sir.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Questlove.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7724\" title=\"Questlove\" src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Questlove-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Questlove-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Questlove-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Questlove.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Getting someone else to help Chuck carry the ball for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/grindxdesign.com\"  target=\"_blank\">Grind<\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/grindxdesign.com\"  target=\"_blank\">X<\/a><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/grindxdesign.com\"  target=\"_blank\">Design<\/a><\/strong> wasn&#8217;t a struggle, though. (I say his, despite the fact that far too many U.S. hip-hop artists give side-eye to touring overseas. It&#8217;s the food, they often say.) That&#8217;s because I reached out to the inimitable <strong>Questlove<\/strong>, of <a href=\"http:\/\/theroots.com\/\"  target=\"_blank\">the Roots<\/a>, and bandleader at <em>Late Night with Jimmy Fallon<\/em>, right. (Before doing the TV show, his crew&#8217;s 200-shows-a-year churn was legendary, which is much of how they got so astounding as a live act.) In fact, when I DM&#8217;d him, Quest was, actually, on tour in Europe. Getting him booked required nimble mediation from his manager, Rich Nichols, to get it done, but it was.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Get on the horn and hear what these two giants have to say about this often overlooked aspect of being a modern musical artist<\/strong>. Purchase your ticket to the entire <strong>Grind<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">X<\/span>Design<\/strong> series of 8 live, one-hour &#8220;modules,&#8221; presented one-per-week for eight weeks, by phone.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grindxdesign.com\"  target=\"_blank\">Tickets<\/a> are $77 until midnight, tonight; $97 after that. (Save 20 bucks, spend it on more hip-hop.) Everything starts this Wednesday, August 15th, with Rap Coalition&#8217;s <strong>Wendy Day<\/strong> and Booth Sweet LLP&#8217;s <strong>Dan Booth<\/strong>. Subject: &#8220;How To Get A Record Deal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/GRIND-X-DESIGN-logo1.jpg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-7655\" title=\"GRIND X DESIGN logo\" src=\"http:\/\/harryallen.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/GRIND-X-DESIGN-logo1-300x86.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;83 tours, 82 nations.&#8221; That&#8217;s Chuck D of Public Enemy, right, giving a terse description of his career as a global artist. In other words, he has steadfastly carried the flag &#8220;in the name of hip-hop,&#8221; as he often notes, to many places, just to firmly, lovingly plant it. 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