Tune of the Week: Malcolm X No Sell Out

Keith LeBlanc is a drummer and producer who has been on the scene for many of the 20th Century’s most notable musics. He was a session musician for the Sugarhill Gang at the beginning of recorded HipHop. He also a session musician connected to producer Adrian Sherwood at a time when he was producing both UK reggae and Industrial music, including working on Nine Inch Nails’ seminal first album “Pretty Hate Machine”. After hearing Grandmaster Flash mix together breakbeats and spoken word, LeBlanc recorded this funky tribute to Malcolm X. Utilizing bits from various speeches, LeBlanc provided the Industrial Dance scene a blueprint for a style that would transform club music in the late 80s and early 90s.