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.
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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.
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‘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.
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‘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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