Last week, we confirmed Hank Shocklee to be interviewed during the Incubate Pirate Conference on September 17. Hank will tell his story of the heavy-sampling production method he created mid ’80s together with the other members of The Bomb Squad. Their technique of engineering, sampling, scratching, constructing, deconstructing, reconstructing was groundbreaking at the time and still is a technique that has hardly ever been duplicated. Hank will also shed light on his views on copyright, sampling for the future and will offer artists an insight in how to deal with these developments.

Music platform Pitchfork shared some footage of Public Enemy performing the album live in 2008, together with some really interesting backstage interviews with the producers of this album: It would be difficult to overstate the importance of Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. As a political statement, as a sonic experience, as a hip-hop album, and as music, period, it just doesn’t get much better than this 1988 LP. Commemorating the 20th anniversary of its release this year, Public Enemy performed the record in its entirety, including on Friday night at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival, presented with All Tomorrow’s Parties. Chuck D, Hank and Keith Shocklee of the production team the Bomb Squad, and long-time associate and “media assassin” Harry Allen also appeared on a panel here in Chicago to discuss the record. Incorporating footage from these events and additional interviews, Pitchfork.tv presents the story of this album as told by the people who made it happen. Check out the videos below:

If you can’t get enough, also make sure to read this interview by Stay Free! with Hank Shocklee and Chuck D.