He Got Game - Public Enemy - MP3 backing track. All files available for download are backing tracks, they're not the original music.

00:04:19 • • • • • • Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Tony Prendatt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Masta Killa, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Keith Shocklee, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - Mario Rodriguez, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - James Henry Boxley III, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Kenneth Lewis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Princess Tiye, ComposerLyricist - D.R. Period, Producer, ComposerLyricist Copyright: ℗ 1998 The Island Def Jam Music Group • 2 He Got Game (He Got Game/Soundtrack Version). 00:04:45 • • • • • • Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Keith Shocklee, Producer - Ricciano Lumpkins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Stills, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - ROB CHIARELLI, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mario Rodriguez, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - James Henry Boxley III, Producer - D.R. Period, Producer - Voices Of Shabach Community Choir Of Long Island, Choir - LuQuantum Leap, ComposerLyricist - Rawle Gittens, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - House Of Tre, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer Copyright: ℗ 1998 The Island Def Jam Music Group • 3 Unstoppable (He Got Game/Soundtrack Version). 00:05:08 • • • • • • Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - Rasheed Goodlowe, Asst.

Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Abnes 'Abnormal' Dubose, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Corey Brewer, Producer, Associate Producer, ComposerLyricist - Johnny Juice, Mixer, Participant, StudioPersonnel - Chris Champion, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tom Hughe, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel Copyright: ℗ 1998 The Island Def Jam Music Group • 6 House Of The Rising Son (He Got Game/Soundtrack Version). 00:04:10 • • • • • • Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Tony Prendatt, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Keith Shocklee, Producer - Tragedy, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - Ken Lewis, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Hank Shocklee, Producer - Minnesota, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Supernatural, ComposerLyricist - Paul Falcone, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - LuQuantum Leap, ComposerLyricist - Dolo, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel Copyright: ℗ 1998 The Island Def Jam Music Group • 8 Game Face (He Got Game/Soundtrack Version). 00:03:47 • • • • • • Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Danny Saber, Producer, Mixer, Programming, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Reeves Gabrels, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Public Enemy, MainArtist - CHRIS HAYNES, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jack Dangers, Producer, Mixer, Programming, Participant, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - John Penn, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel Copyright: ℗ 1998 The Island Def Jam Music Group • 13 Sudden Death (Interlude) (He Got Game/Soundtrack Version).

Rap group Public Enemy is known for speaking out – especially band member Chuck D. The group is famous for radical lyrics in songs like 'Fight the Power' and '911 Is a Joke.' When it comes to the controversy surrounding the distribution of audio on the Internet, Chuck D is true to form. 'As far as the industry [goes], fuck 'em all,' he said. 'Now they're all fucking scared. The means of distributing the fucking product [is] in anyone's hands.' Public Enemy runs an extensive Web site, with audio files of their music, video clips, message boards, photos, and song lyrics.

In the past three weeks the band posted portions of a longer remix for free download in the MP3 format, according to Chuck D. They planned to release one sample a week from an unreleased 27-minute remix of old Public Enemy songs called Bring the Noise 2000. 'We were looking for [PolyGram] to shut us down anyway,' he said. 'This industry is one-sided and Public Enemy has always been one to make a statement.' The brouhaha between Public Enemy and PolyGram is part of a larger issue in the distribution of music online. Most music industry players see promoting and selling music online as inevitable.

But just how to do that is the controversy. The music industry is fighting against the MP3 audio format, which compresses audio files for easier transmission over the Internet. MP3 delivers CD-quality sound, but it drives the Recording Industry Association of America nuts that users can distribute songs without paying royalties.

Gary G-Wiz admitted that, legally, PolyGram has the right to make the band remove the songs from its Web site. Public Enemy doesn't own the rights to the songs, Gary G-Wiz said. 'We weren't selling them – they were just there [on the site] for promotional purposes. But it's their call. They can make us take them down.' Public Enemy would like to offer more audio samples, but it remains to be seen whether PolyGram will allow it, he said. A proponent of MP3 argued that the format is good for reaching the huge audience of MP3 users on the Internet.