Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos (6:24)
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This track by Public Enemy was released in 1989 from their album It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back. The song is built on a high-pitched piano sample from the Isaac Hayes song “
Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic” from the album Hot Buttered Soul and tells the story of prison escape.
The vocals are done mostly by lead Public Enemy rapper Chuck D, with sidekick Flavor Flav appearing in between verses, seemingly speaking to Chuck over the phone. Flavor went to another room and did actually call the studio to achieve this effect.
The live version can be heard hereBlack Steel In the Hour of Chaos (Live)
Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic” from the album Hot Buttered Soul and tells the story of prison escape.The vocals are done mostly by lead Public Enemy rapper Chuck D, with sidekick Flavor Flav appearing in between verses, seemingly speaking to Chuck over the phone. Flavor went to another room and did actually call the studio to achieve this effect.
The live version can be heard here
Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos (Live)
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steveisms wrote:
great classic track RESPECT P.E !!!!..............................
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OlSchool90 wrote:
YA!
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klmklm194 wrote:
@ lutollo- anythin but the truth on record
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klmklm194 wrote:
compare the tricky cover
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brianrentz wrote:
F.T.P
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lutollo wrote:
ONE OF THE BEST REVOLUTIONARY SONGS EVER PERFORMED...AS A MATTER OF FACT P.E IS THE REASON WHY THE INDUSTRY PREFERS 'GANGSTA' MUSIC INSTEAD OF CONSCIOUS MUSIC..IT WASN'T A MATTER OF PREFERENCE BUT PROMOTION.
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Micahdogg wrote:
Chuck has talent
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SirhanDuran wrote:
the reasons are several, most of them federal
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spectralbeard wrote:
damn this is good.
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NikitaBland wrote:
I don't get why critics tend to rate Bring The Noise as the best Public Enemy song when PE has this song.
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gabethevegan wrote:
A short P.S To that Twat who criticized Flav he should listen to this
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gabethevegan wrote:
Lyrically this is my fave PE...It occured to me the Suckers had Authority..Chuck D for Prez of the Universe..Not just A black prez..but one with balls
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thefragileninja wrote:
Pure awesomeness
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jloza74 wrote:
"now they got me in a cell......"
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seasidekg wrote:
essential listening for anyone who claims to love hip hop. this is how i began to educate myself in all things political. an excellent springboard to progressive thinking.
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golfmade wrote:
Still hard hitting in this day and age.
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Quishap wrote:
I agree with Mann72 ... Chuck D was ahead of his time and his lyrics cut deep. Gotta luv P.E., one of the best groups of all time!
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anagramsci wrote:
only gets better with time!
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dirtybottom wrote:
dig it still
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spacehxc wrote:
my fave PE song
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