Rapper Paris' Guerrilla Funk Recordings has reached an agreement to manufacture and distribute an exclusive, Paris-produced Public Enemy album entitled Rebirth Of A Nation.
"I’ve had admiration for Public Enemy since the inception of their career," Paris told AllHipHop.com. "They are one of the most important groups in hip-hop history and represent a time when music that made sense for us as a people wasn’t watered down and made accessible to the masses."
The relationship between the two politically charged hip-hop powerhouses began in 2002, on Public Enemy's Revolverlution, which featured Paris on the remix to the lead single.
Both Paris and Public Enemy stepped it up a notch on Paris' current album Sonic Jihad by collaborating with Dead Prez on the cut "Freedom."
"The production approach I’m taking with this project will be to capture the essence of what I love about them - controlled chaos - with potent, razor-sharp lyrics and unrelenting hardcore music," Paris revealed. "These are the styles that we’ve both built our careers on, and it’s necessary to show comradery among those of us who live to uplift through entertainment."
Rebirth Of A Nation, a name spin on D.W. Griffith's controversial 1915 Civil War movie "Birth Of A Nation," is slated for a summer 2004 release date and will be available exclusively through Guerrilla Funk Recordings.