An Interview With Chuck D 
(CD was released around 1994 release of Muse Sick In Hour Mess Age)

1. DID YOU REALLY SAY THAT 1987 WAS HIP HOP'S GOLDEN AGE?

2. WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO HIP HOP IN THE NEARLY 10 YEARS THA HAVE PASSED SINCE THEN?

3. ON THE NEW ALBUM THE TRACK "I STAND ACCUSED" IS GETTING A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS?

4. THE SONG "LOOKING FOR THE PERFECT BEAT" BY AFRIKAA BAMBATAA & THE SOUL SONIC FORCE WHICH WAS RELEASED IN THE EARLY 80'S WAS ONE OF THE FIRST RAP SONGS. IF THIS SONG CAME OUT TODAY, DO YOU THINK IT WOULD GET SIGNED AND IF SO HOW WOULD IT GET REVIEWED?

5. WHAT DO YOU THINK SHOULD BE THE CORRECT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIP HOP MEDIA AND HIP HOP?

6. WHAT ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HIP HOP AND MAINSTREAM MEDIA?

7. SURPRISINGLY THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW NOT SO FAVORABLE REVIEWS OF YOU NEW ALBUM MUSE SICK-N-HOUR MESS AGE IN THE STATES. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO THIS?

8. SPEAKING OF AGE, SEVERAL ARTICLES HAVE MENTIONED YOUR CURRENT AGE WHICH IS 34. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOU TTHIS?

9. WHAT WAS NEW AND EXCITING ABOUT MAKING MUSE SICK-N-HOUR MESS AGE?

10. LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR LAST RELEASE GREATEST MISSES.

11. HOW DO YOU RESPOND TO CRITICISM THAT SAYS THE NEW ALBUM IS NOT AS GOOD AS SOME OF YOUR PREVIOUS RELEASES SUCH AS IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK?

12. SO IN 1988 WHEN YOU WERE A NEW GROUP, PEOPLE WERE SURPRISED AND EXCITED BY IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK, BUT SINCE YOU SAY THAT YOU WILL NEVER BE THAT NEW GROUP AGAIN WHAT WILL YOU DO NOW TO SURPRISE AND EXCITE LISTENERS?

13. IT SEEMS LIKE IN THE PAST WHEN PUBLIC ENEMY WOULD DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR SURPRISING PEOPLE WOULD SWARM TO IT, AND YET NOW WITH THIS ALBUM YOU ARE MET WITH SOME RESISTANCE.

14. YOU MAY BE THE ONLY HIP HOP ACT IN AMERICA THAT CONDEMS SMOKING BLUNTS. WHY?

15. DO THESE PEOPLE THAT YOU SPEAK TO IN PRISONS BLAME "GANGSTA" RAP ARTISTS FOR THEIR OWN PROBLEMS BECAUSE THESE ARTISTS GLORIFIED THE "GANGSTA" LIFE?

16. LOOKING AT RAP VIDEOS TODAY IN WHICH YOUNG RAPPERS DRINK ALCOHOL AND SMOKE BLUNTS, IT SEEMS THAT NOT ONLY ARE THEY SENDING A NEGATIVE MESSAGE, BUT ONCE THIS TYPE OF MUSIC LOSES POPULARITY THESE ARTISTS WILL BE LEFT WITH NOTHING INCLUDING THEIR HEALTH.

17. AND WITH ALL YOU SAY AGAINST DRUGS AND ALCOHOL, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO IMMEDIATELY QUESTION WHY YOU ALLOW SOMEONE IN YOUR BAND WITH A SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM, SPEAKING OF FLAVOR FLAV.

18. HOW'S TERMINATOR X?

19. UNLIKE MOST HIP HOP ARTISTS PUBLIC ENEMY ALWAYS MADE AN EFFORT TO SEE AND TOUR THE WORLD OUTSIDE AMERICA. WHY?

20. ONE CRITICISM THAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT MUSE SICK-N-HOUR MESS AGE IS THAT IT IS AN ALBUM WITH NO RHYTHM. HOW DO YOU RESPOND?

21. WHEN HIP HOP EXPLODED ONTO THE SCENE PEOPLE SAID IT WAS A PHASE AND NOW THEY SAY IT IS STILL GROWING. WHY?

22. IN THE PAST RECORD SCOMPANIES WOULD NOT SIGN HIP HOP ACTS WHO WERE AFROCENTRIC ON THE BASIS OF CONTENT, WHERE AS NOW IT SEEMS NOT TO MATTER.

23. WHY DO YOU THINK THAT NOW SOME RECORD COMPANIES ARE SIGNING RAP ACTS THAT SUPPOSEDLY DO NOT PROMOTE DRUGS AND VIOLENCE?

24. WHAT WAS THE HARDEST SONG FOR YOU TO WRITE ON THE NEW ALBUM?

25. SO GETTING BACK TO "SO WHATCHA GONNA DO NOW?" YOU SAID IT WAS DIFFICULT TO WRITE FROM YOUR HEART. WHY?

26. WHAT WAS THE MOST DIFFICULT SONG FOR YOU TO WRITE TECHNICALLY?

27. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO PEOLE WHO SAY THA THE LYRICS ON THIS ALBUM ARE NOT AS CHALLENGING AS ON PREVIOUS ALBUMS?

28. HOW HAVE YOU BEEN AFFECTED THROUGHOUT TH EYEARS? DO YOU THINK YOU ARE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR SUCCESS AND PERHAPS LESS HUNGRY THAN YOU USED TO BE?

29. I'VE HEARD THAT THE ALBUM COVER FOR MUSE SICK-N-HOUR MESS AGE HAS BEEN BANNED IN THE U.S. COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHY?

30. HOW DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL THAT THE ALBUM ARTWORK WAS BANNED?

31. WHAT DOES THE ALBUM COVER ARTWORK MEAN OR REPRESENT?

32. HOW SHOULD SOMEONE FEEL AFTER SEEING THIS ALBUM COVER?

33. WHAT ARE YOUR TOURING PLANS?

34. SINCE YOUR LAST PROJECT I'VE HEARD THAT YOU'VE MOVED FROM LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK TO ATLANTA, GEORGIA. HOW DO YOU LIKE ATLANTA?

35. IT'S SEEM THAT LAND IS VERY IMPORTANT TO YOU. WHY?