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Public Enemy rewrote the rules of hip-hop, becoming the
most influential and controversial rap group of the late
'80s and, for many, the definitive rap group of all time.
Building from Run-D.M.C.'s street-oriented beats and Boogie
Down Productions' proto-gangsta rhyming, Public Enemy
pioneered a variation of hardcore rap that was musically
and politically revolutionary. With his powerful,
authoritative baritone, lead rapper Chuck D rhymed about
all kinds of social problems, particularly those plaguing
the black community, often More...




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timeless message about the hype | Reviewer: Alfee E.
    ------ About the song Don't Believe The Hype performed by Public Enemy

Sometimes you just have to get away from something to truly appreciate it. Haven't heard this song in years but it still resonates today probably more than ever. The messages and commentary in this song hit on weak rappers (I don't rhyme for the sake of riddlin), a racist media (They claim that I'm a criminal...) and the legacy of slavery in this country(Attack the black cause they know they lack)while keeping an upbeat message to young men of color everywhere.

The brilliance of their allusion (No you can't have it back silly rabbit...),hyperbole (Some perpetrate, they drink Clorox)and smooth transitions mixed with catchy assonance make this song a candidate for a class dissection in a high school poetry class (Yes, I've done as a high school English teacher.)

Don't Believe the hype is old school rap at it's finest, lines with a purpose. Download the tune and print out the words of Flava Flav and Terminator X's baritone voice booming through your ipod. It will bring you back to militant times and boom box voices in the black community, something sorely missed and needed in these lean times both fiscally and culturally.

The Symbolism for this Antherm of the Impoverished | Reviewer: Anonymous
    ------ About the song Fight The Power performed by Public Enemy

This song served as a great instigator of revolution, or in the very least, change in the thought of African Americans. African Americans, and most minorities, continue to be repressed in what we believe to be this great and equal society in America. People needed a battle cry for their cause and this was it. And to the mention that Martin Luther King Jr is already placed in many places, it should also be noted that there are many literary, political , and artistic figures that have been completly ignored and disregaraded for the simple fact that they were of color. Notice that most "American Heroes" are white males...there is a corollation between racial sentiments and adored American figures. THe numbers for those under the poverty lines are also higher amongs minorities than any other race. I want everyone to realize that equality has not yet reached America.

hard rap | Reviewer: Anonymous
    ------ About the song Bring The Noise performed by Public Enemy

Great stuff, so great in fact that one of the hardest speed metal groups of all time wanted to work with them. Look at the lyrics and you get a sense that these people have some brain power working behind the scenes.


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