This is rap music, not the garbage we have today.

@nadiesu3870

3 ай бұрын

When you got an education along with a song

@honeycone71

3 ай бұрын

Real talk!

@prodmyle

3 ай бұрын

bffr

@salvatorescarcella7361

3 ай бұрын

This is more than music

@MOTU-SUPERJUDGE

2 ай бұрын

Correction. This is Hip Hop. What they try to pass off today as Hip Hop is what we call Rap. Anyone can rap just ask Captain Crunch, Fred Flintstone, Ice Spice etc.

For me, this album is the greatest rap album of all time.

@karmaisreal111

2 жыл бұрын

I second that

@NBC.SATURDAY.NIGHT.LIVE.

2 жыл бұрын

This Canadian loves it

@durterebelz

2 жыл бұрын

Facts. #realheadsknow

@Openmountain1

2 жыл бұрын

I say the before this one was better It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

@justintime8922

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely

I cannot get over how INSANE this beat is.

@Xillasun

11 ай бұрын

Could never replicate the technique. Wall of the nastiest, grimiest, dirtiest sonics.

@tayfuny824

10 ай бұрын

Same here 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@black-dot-life

9 ай бұрын

Prince guitar riff.

@Xillasun

9 ай бұрын

@@black-dot-life 100%. And isn't that Prince screaming "Grind Grind Grind Grind" in the choruses?

@miami-blac

9 ай бұрын

@@Xillasun Yes it is.

The days when hip-hop taught you something! Truth tellers! Made u proud of what u were.

@sidebite2533

9 ай бұрын

Exactly 👉👍

Dear PE thanks for existing. 💎

Most IMPORTANT group in Hip Hop!!

The voice of Generation X and 90s Hip-Hop!!! Let's work IT OUT!!!🌍🎧✊🏽

@debussychopin2766

2 жыл бұрын

millennials and genyers got nothin on us

@Jimmy1982Playlists

9 ай бұрын

​​@@debussychopin2766 I'm a millenial and this album is the first music I ever fell in love with. I was 7 yrs old, and it was 1989. 😉

@ronniethompson9877

9 ай бұрын

Will we every work it out

@willnell

8 ай бұрын

@@debussychopin2766I’m gen Z and I love this album lol

Chuck D has one of the smoothest voices in music point blank period

@jumahamis227

2 жыл бұрын

It’s magnetically go along with any beats and he spits all conscious thoughts 💭 😂.

@jasonbrown467

9 ай бұрын

i used to think his voie was fake, same with rakim from eric b and rakim

@jesusneverexisted300

16 күн бұрын

@@jasonbrown467: Heeeey those are two of my favorite all time mc's! What you mean fake?

@jasonbrown467

15 күн бұрын

@@jesusneverexisted300 i dont know, i was a little kid a the time, btw i like them too

@jesusneverexisted300

15 күн бұрын

@@jasonbrown467: Thumbs ^!

We need hip hop to make a come back this is real music knowledge and power

@metadelic6338

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely !!

@emmastanford8774

2 жыл бұрын

Grime has been doing a good job of filling this gap atm, at least if you live in the UK. Kano is a BOSS.

@Skip1629

2 жыл бұрын

agreed

@anthonytriplett4231

2 жыл бұрын

And I second that

@paulsteward2051

2 жыл бұрын

This video just encourages division among the people. Bad cops and good people come in All colors. Any music/music/art that promotes media narratives and does not focus on encouraging people of all colors to come together to govern themselves, is propaganda.

SALUTE TO THE BROTHERS IN ALABAMA 💯✊🏿

I was at Virginia Beach when the riot happened. It was crazy watching it happen. This video was in response to that. It’s hard to believe it’s been over 30 years!

@21inchwide

2 жыл бұрын

I'm going there this Summer. I didn't know that until you mentioned it. I wonder if the locals remember.

@kevyster

3 ай бұрын

Police didn't cause the riot despite what this soft woke wants us to believe. Don't expect those who made this soft woke video that acts like there wasn't any good reason why the town residents didn't like those who came to spring break there didn't cause a ruckus. There's a reason Miami Beach doesn't want those who started the riot here to come to Miami. Oh how come I can't find any songs from PE addressing KKK Planned Parenthood and gun control racist origins and why 80% of KKK Planned Parenthood abortion on demand clinics are in Black communities. Oh wait they like Buying Large Mansions BLM are KKK Planned Parenthood biggest supporters. WTF?

Prince guitar... expert sampling right there, so powerful!

@djtommy1227

4 күн бұрын

let's go crazy

We're living in a de - sensatised society. Songs like this unfortunately don't make enough noise for people to realise anymore.

@benbeaumont8110

2 жыл бұрын

Disintegrated

@augustcleavitt

Жыл бұрын

Disinterested

Chuck D + Flava Flav= genius.

Chuck D: “Soon you will see what I’m talking about!” 👏🏾

@McRemmyBaby

2 жыл бұрын

Hahahah

Public Enemy are badass. Chuck D is a legend.

God this beat is the stuff of legends. It's such a great example of the influence and timeless quality the Bomb Squad had. They made Prince's guitar feedback sound good, and threw in some Melvin Bliss and George Clinton for good measure. There is a solid argument to be made for this being the best Public Enemy song.

@empiricallands

3 ай бұрын

rebel without a pause is the best PE song , but that is only my opinion

Classic joint with the classic Prince sample 🔥🔥🔥

@richardadlam7351

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the guitar...

@anthonythegreat72

2 жыл бұрын

Let's Go Crazy!

PE taking no prisoners as usual. Education for the masses, telling it like it is. MIGHTY music!

I wasn’t alive at their prime but I can feel their lines, I don’t think there will be another amazing conscious hip hop group like public enemy 😢

UNdoubtly the best rap group of all time, 3 times awarded as BEST RAP GROUP

The best team ever... The community need this energy called hiphop... 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 This style never die course is more than music...

@emeraldthunda536

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, its energy, that's why it's in danger, massive dumbing down is in process..

@Sean1877

2 жыл бұрын

It's a movement 😎✊🏽

Prince MUST have liked this track, cause he RARELY relinquished sample rights.

@the2ndcoming135

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@DJDaddyAbraham

2 жыл бұрын

@Mister Happy let's go crazy, the guitar sample in this song

@Mythical444

2 жыл бұрын

This was before the sample police and artists (including Prince) were anal about people using their music for beats.

@LexusGX460-OFF-ROAD

3 ай бұрын

*Prince don't OWN his own art. The company does. The company released it to PE.... Artists never own their own material... it's donated to the company and they simply get a percentage royalty. Dats how da hustle works* 😉

@pisceslove9

Ай бұрын

​@@LexusGX460-OFF-ROADThis is why Prince eventually had his own record label and fought for rights as an artist.

Real hip-hop

Public has always had deep meaning in their songs. Truth tellers actually stimulating your mind with knowledge.

@reginaldseawright220

Ай бұрын

Knowledge and Wisdom = Understanding…..120 X 3 = 360 DEGREES .. Can’t Be 1….Have too have All 3…Not one or Too..

Straight punk Seriously I was into punk and metal and PE instantly appealed to me. They are heavy as fuck and telling truth the system doesn't want us to hear

@alexv1331

Жыл бұрын

Straight DC Hardcore Punk. But PE (and Beastie Boys) are my favorite Hip-Hop group. A big Slayer fan (13 times live), which Rick Rubin also produced and Kerry King played A lot of the guitar riffs on PE's 1st 4 albums. Early DefJam was a great label.

@cress_albane

4 ай бұрын

This comment is so relatable to me. Hits me as hard as most punk or metal music

The prince guitar sample is incredible

Flav, Chuck D, Terminator X, and Griff laying it all out there! 🔥

@kevinconley1575

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Sister Souljah

My friends and I were at this incident, and witnessed/experienced the harrassment without provocation. We appreciated this video which chronicled and made public this terrible event. 🔥🙏🏼

@cathycrago2722

2 жыл бұрын

And now Miami 2022

@ChristopherPoindexter

2 жыл бұрын

Is it Jones Beach or Greek Fest they are talking about in the video?

@lnloutsidework2581

2 жыл бұрын

How did you stay safe I heard they was randomly attacking black men for mo reason which is common today I can tell you from experience?

@jasonwilson8671

Жыл бұрын

Yep I remember they were coming up on the pier with riot gear on.

@rcole718

Жыл бұрын

​@@ChristopherPoindexterGreekfest at Virginia Beach.

We need KENDRICK LAMAR with the bomb squad and we NEED AN ALBUM LIKE PUBLIC ENEMY

The best group of all time

I really love the Polaroid scenes. Foreshadows a video camera in everyone's hands keeping the police theorhetically accountable.

@the2ndcoming135

2 жыл бұрын

👀

@jdrukman

Ай бұрын

I came here to say pretty much this. Crazy how ahead of the time they were. They knew that the only way to hold police accountable was for the public to be able to record them.

'90s hip-hop at its finest!

That searing Prince guitar sample.

This vid bring back some memories! I used to rock the African medallions heavy back in the day, when this classic P.E. joint first dropped. Those were the days 👌🏾💯

@prodac

2 жыл бұрын

So did I! Although probably didn't look as dope since I was a 14 year old white English kid,,, My heart was in the right place.

@straightlead8

2 жыл бұрын

I had the X joint

@MrBlueHaze

2 жыл бұрын

Red black and green you know what I mean

Public Enemy never wasted a video, their videos always added more content to the song.

Public Enemy always brings that heat always.

The Greatest PE track ever! Timeless classic

@SamarIqbal1-2-1

2 жыл бұрын

Nah! *Rebel Without a pause or a black steel in the hour of chaos* pisses all over this. 😊

@profdab

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the Terrordome is up there.

@bboydudva01

2 жыл бұрын

@@SamarIqbal1-2-1 Ya man, Rebels my other favorite

@ojstoical4044

2 жыл бұрын

*Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos".

@bboydudva01

2 жыл бұрын

@@ojstoical4044 "Can't Truss It" also bangin'

I have this on an old VHS somewhere... This is a lot easier to access!

The type of rap music with a positive message

DROP IT!! Back Breaking Beat!! Goosebumps!!! Every time!!

Chuck D is in his 60s now and I'm 48. To this day this man is my HERO! I didn't jump on the bandwagon when It Takes A Nation, dropped. I was a fan since Yo! Chuck made me THINK, he made me WANT to learn who the people were behind names like Farrakhan, Chesimard, Vesey, etc. I was in the 10th grade in 88 and while I loved my school, they weren't teaching me about my TRUED kulcha. More to learn about than slavery, MLK, etc. I am ashamed to say I didn't even know who Malcolm was (another hero of mine) Chuck was the reason I became a Black Nationalist and me being an adult I don't feel I have to clarify, "I'm a Black Nationalist, but I'm NOT a RAYSIS!" Think what ya want to! Peace to the 98 Posse!

@jgrubbz

Жыл бұрын

✊🏾❤✊🏾

@kiplupinetti3700

7 ай бұрын

I'm 48 now and I remember this is 1990, sophomore year in high school. Watched it on mtv raps, I had the cassette

Chuck is a preacher/teacher. As a “narrow ass white boy in the south” this dude blew my mind open with the truth about shit, as well as the beats and rhythmic layers that the Bomb Squad layer down…helped to fuel my musical endeavors. No one can touch the mighty PE in my opinion. The pinnacle…

This song and all their songs are still relevant today. Beats don’t go nasty like this anymore 😢 🔥 bomb squad, lord, flave n Chuck D and everybody just went crazy on these records. These songs put me in a trance every time

The, the, the rhythm, the rebel… Timeless track 👊🏻

Anothe great PE song, 2 songs in 2 days... Great!!!. From 🇨🇱 Chile.

Classic PE finally get to see this video in HD

This PE album was super dope when it first came out. Amazing sampling, killer rhymes and dope beat. Still awesome to listen to taday.

Hip hop classics like this will live forever.

This was a racial incident that happened in 1989 in Virginia Beach VA. A lot of the beach goers were college students (kids) who are now in their fifties and still haunted by these attacks to this very day

@Jacksonrox13

2 жыл бұрын

What happened? (asking as an Australian born in 1995, so excuse the naivety)

@kareemsupremet.v.5189

Жыл бұрын

@@Jacksonrox13 it was an event called the Greek fest in 1989. The national guards were called in because they were getting complaints of black kids partying on the beach. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hJefy7Kzp7y-Ybg.html

@kareemsupremet.v.5189

Ай бұрын

​@@Jacksonrox13Non-Provoked racial attacks by the Virginia Beach Police department during the 1989 Greek fest

Public Enemy Bringing it!

Public Enemy Number 1!

rap with meaning forever

@McRemmyBaby

2 жыл бұрын

This was murder before killing the mic…

"study history not his-story", black folks need to do this more often from elementary to college.

Timeless!!!

Гитарные рифы просто безумные на заднем плане - качает до сих пор))))))🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

Hall of Famers. 🏆

I'm 50 now, I remember this like it was yesterday. White boys love this music too

PUBLIC ENEMY WAS no. 1 and GOD.

I got the f#cking goosebumps while listening to it. It's a real masterpiece. PERIOD 😎👍

I had the maxi single cassette. Still bumps, just like it did in 8th grade. Beats and knowledge, nothing better. Especially during adolescence.

United we stand, yes divided we fall together we can stand tall

The best track of the album "fear of a black planet", with also "fight the power"!! Timeless track with the same social problems! PUBLIC ENEMY N°1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My favorite, FAVORITE HIP HOP GROUP OF ALLLLLLLLLLLL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!

FLAVOR FLAV 🖤 PISCES ENERGY ♓️

The prince let’s go crazy guitar sample drives me crazy fam. That shit 💩 is Ill. BOYYyyy

The messed up part we're still living this now like we did 33 years ago

i found this cassette from a flea market as a kid.. that intro, still got the same feeling

BROTHAS GONNA WORK IT OUT!!! CHANNEL ZERO SPITSLAM FAM!!

The Wall of noise of the Bomb squad in this track it's something epic!

Classic 🔥 flavor Flav best hype man off all time

One of the best tunes ever made ✊🏼

Chuck d had a powerfull voice , class original rap artist .

The producers of the album is essential for learning.

LEGENDS NEVER DIE!

@McRemmyBaby

2 жыл бұрын

Facts

Why does this video still feel relevant in 2021? Aint nuthin changed at all since 89

Street music for street people! Cheers from a lover of real (!) hip hop in Sweden! Happy new year folks - and take good care will you! Jesus Christ! We are not alone - at all! I'm 59! This very tune is the bomb! Peace - and love! God bless!

PE is the greatest hip hop crew of all time.. the knowledge in the songs the powerful beats Chuck D strong voice and Flav (the greatest hype man ever)had dope rhymes Terminator X on the tables and the S1W's holding it all down

Spoiler alert: Brothas still haven't worked it out.

@JoshSmith-xd5fl

2 жыл бұрын

MESSAGE!

@GantzIsSloppy

2 жыл бұрын

🤷🏿‍♂️

@muskegontribune

2 жыл бұрын

We have at times: October 16, 1995, if no other time, we did that day!

@hallmark1969

2 жыл бұрын

will never

@jimminjimmygreig3390

2 жыл бұрын

😪 true, so true brother

production on this album was MAD!

CHUCK D def in my top 3 OAT, mad love from ALGERIA 🇩🇿🇩🇿🇩🇿

Public Enemy has an iconic fashion and it's very distinguished. Trendsetters and top 3.

That video FEELS like 1995! Thank you Chuck!

@McRemmyBaby

2 жыл бұрын

I can’t stop finding gems from the 90’s… Omggggg y’all!!!! Year after yr I’m 🤯

@Watchme262

Ай бұрын

Nah, more like 90-91. By 95, PAC, Big, Nas, Snoop etc. was it. Love PE though

I was at this shoot. Long Beach represent

for those of you born in 95...we had to deal with the same type of people. all we wanted was fun, peaceful protests and just live equally amongst everyone

This is serious! 🔥🎤 Public Enemy online Museum

@McRemmyBaby

2 жыл бұрын

Fucking SSSSERRRIOUAAAAAASLY!

flavor flav best hype man ...and dope jordan track suite ....been down since 88 ...before wu we had p.e

The Brothers ARE going to work it out!

amazing.

Legend !

"There you have it. The police version" - followed by comparing images. My story exactly!

Thank you for this! The quality is excellent!

Classic cut!!

Great video!

dope track 🔝💣🔥👊🎙🎤

Man that prince sample 👌 OMG.....

Will always be my favorite rap song. Not a single cuss word either.

CLASSIC 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Flava Flav best hype man ..PE the hardest group ..

That's brutal