Terminator X might not have ever spoken on record, but the Public Enemy DJ’s debut solo album was a primal, and triumphant, roar.
Read morePublic Enemy’s ‘Fear of a Black Planet’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
PE’s third LP is a sprawling, messy, politically charged, and ultimately humanistic album that finds Chuck D and Flavor Flav trying to envision the future, while taking chances as performers.
Read morePublic Enemy’s ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
Public Enemy’s landmark second LP is one of those rare albums that lives up to all of the superlatives that have been heaped upon it since its release three-and-a-half decades ago.
Read morePublic Enemy’s ‘He Got Game’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
‘He Got Game’ is an intriguing view into a legendary hip-hop group in transition, and overall it hits a lot more than it misses.
Read morePublic Enemy’s ‘Greatest Misses’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
‘Greatest Misses’ is one of the last examples of a hip-hop group dedicated to releasing conscious and political-minded music achieving mainstream success.
Read morePublic Enemy’s Debut Album ‘Yo! Bum Rush the Show’ Turns 35 | Anniversary Retrospective
An incredibly ambitious album for its time, Chuck D & crew’s debut long player took plenty of risks in sound and delivery, and the risks paid off.
Read morePublic Enemy’s ‘Apocalypse 91…The Enemy Strikes Black’ Turns 30 | Anniversary Retrospective
Although the sources of inspiration behind PE’s fourth LP may be historical footnotes now, the messages the group delivered remain relevant 30 years later.
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