NPR: Ali Shaheed Muhammad hosts ‘Microphone Check’ with the Legendary ‘Pete Rock’ On His Career Path, Influences, and More (Audio)

July 5, 2014

Mutual admiration expressed right from the start of the interview. Ali Shaheed Muhammad (of A Tribe Called Quest) talking with Golden Era producer extraordinaire Pete Rock.

“I was musically charged, man. I had some adrenaline going on then. I’m serious, ever since I â€” I think after I met James Brown as a kid. I was seven years old. I wasn’t the same since.”
– Pete Rock

Ali Shaheed and Frannie Kelley host NPR’s Microphone Check. They talk with PR about his meeting James Brown the great and later attending his funeral, his other influences and upcoming in Hip-Hop, 9/11, J Dilla and so much more. Settle in and listen to the audio stream. It’s an hour-and-a-half… a wonderfully worthwhile trip between then and now.

DOWNLOAD: MICROPHONE CHECK WITH PETE ROCK