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Long Island, New York, United States (1982 – present)
Public Enemy, also known as P.E., is a seminal Golden Age era Hip-Hop group known for their densely layered production and politically charged lyrics demonstrating their interest in the concerns of the African American community.
PE formed in Long Island, New York, in 1982 around a WBAU radio show as Spectrum City. After one less-than-successful single, they regroup and signed to the still developing Def Jam record label after Rick Rubin heard Chuck D freestyling on a demo. Their debut, ‘Yo! Bum Rush The Show’, was released in 1987 to mild critical acclaim, although the Hip-Hop climate changed dramatically due to sampling during the time of release. As a response, they went on to release the revolutionary ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’ in 1988, which performed better in the charts than their previous release, and included the hit single ‘Don’t Believe the Hype’.
Slightly less militant than their previous releases Public Enemy’s, ‘Fear Of A Black Planet’ was officially recognised as being the most successful and influential of the Public Enemy recordings when, in 2004, it became one of 50 recordings, chosen that year by the Library of Congress, to be added to the National Recording Registry. Sales-wise it was the most successful of any of their albums to date. It included the powerful and controversial singles ‘911 is a Joke’ (which criticized emergency response units for taking longer to arrive at emergencies in the black community than those in the white community), and ‘Fight the Power’, which is considered by many to be the group’s premier self-describing anthem.
PE formed in Long Island, New York, in 1982 around a WBAU radio show as Spectrum City. After one less-than-successful single, they regroup and signed to the still developing Def Jam record label after Rick Rubin heard Chuck D freestyling on a demo. Their debut, ‘Yo! Bum Rush The Show’, was released in 1987 to mild critical acclaim, although the Hip-Hop climate changed dramatically due to sampling during the time of release. As a response, they went on to release the revolutionary ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’ in 1988, which performed better in the charts than their previous release, and included the hit single ‘Don’t Believe the Hype’.
Slightly less militant than their previous releases Public Enemy’s, ‘Fear Of A Black Planet’ was officially recognised as being the most successful and influential of the Public Enemy recordings when, in 2004, it became one of 50 recordings, chosen that year by the Library of Congress, to be added to the National Recording Registry. Sales-wise it was the most successful of any of their albums to date. It included the powerful and controversial singles ‘911 is a Joke’ (which criticized emergency response units for taking longer to arrive at emergencies in the black community than those in the white community), and ‘Fight the Power’, which is considered by many to be the group’s premier self-describing anthem.
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
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Fear of a Black Planet
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He Got Game
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Yo! Bum Rush the Show
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911 Is A Joke
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Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
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Shoutbox
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Kaytleah22 wrote:
love Public Enemy,anyone wanna webcam chat? the link is in my profile.
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MahatmaGUNdie wrote:
THEY are Real Rebels Without A Pause!!!! FUCK YEAH!
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OSIRUS187 wrote:
Fight the power for peace Cant forget the war mode Overload !!!
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secretpassage wrote:
you blind baby, you blind from the facts
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Twiggy_Manson wrote:
Whuh oh guys! Looks like I just got Aardvarked!
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Aardvarked wrote:
I wonder if you could be any more of a tryhard.
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Twiggy_Manson wrote:
I'm not boring, I completed Final Fantasy VII in two days.
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Aardvarked wrote:
Lol @ all the ignorant dumbasses whining about hip-hop "dying" in the mid-nineties, try looking deeper than the billboards you boring sheep.
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AstralAndArcane wrote:
Todays black music isn't what black music has been in the end-80s or early 90s. Crappy shit , what the kids listen to today. Dumb & cheap R'n'B....
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wheelofsteel747 wrote:
Best Hip-hop/rap group ever. (3)
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Twiggy_Manson wrote:
I genuinely believe Vanilla Ice to be the superior rapper.
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ontheupside wrote:
=D
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Spark_and_Spark wrote:
ontheupside, I'm gonna hate you if I start thinking of coffee every time I hear that song now.
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U-Behrends wrote:
harder then U think is a beautiful thing
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ontheupside wrote:
Chuck D orders a coffee. The barista hands it to him, Chuck takes a sip, grimaces and then hands the cup back to the barista. His complaint? "Too black. Too strong."
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humorbot wrote:
I agree. Real Hip-Hop seemed to die some where towards the middle-end of the Nineties.
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Hildesheimer_ wrote:
This simply proves that today's generation is just listening to crappy mainstream hip hop.
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kjmacphee wrote:
Cannot believe they have so few plays ...
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TheHriday wrote:
"this is decent rap!!!U.S.A needs more rap groups like this!" Decent? Try spectacular.
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Rizhais wrote:
yo
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Ageism in Hip-Hop?
30 Oct 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/publicenemyofficial
THE SOURCE
Ageism in Hip-Hop? Is there room for a new generation of rappers? If
so, what happens to the rappers that came before?
Im a sports fan.
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29 Jun 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/publicenemyofficial -
29 Jun 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/publicenemyofficial
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