Public Enemy-Fight The Power. Crap not crap??

[top_biller]

Without exception, Public Enemy are my all time favourite group ever. That goes for eveything from Public Enemy No. 1 (my best tune of all time) to Fight The Power.

edited for drunken hyperbole

 

[psycherelic]

This must be one of the most one sided polls ever

 

[Julie]

True - It just looks crap when I'm dancing along in the front room.

A bit unco, are ya?

 

[kained&able]

Public enemy are one of those bands i have a hell of a lot respect for but wont listen to.

I can't really be arsed with the newer stuff and don't think the likes of it takes a nation have dated paticularly well, they just sound really really old and the production is dated as are the beats and beacuse they have a hevey sound it just doesn't really work anymore. Same way i feel about the clash really.

Reading chuck d's book fight the power at the moment. The man chats a hell of a lot of shite(mainly his views on nation of islam and some of his race stuff) but has a hell of a lot more that is worth listning to.(industry stuff & social stuff)


dave

 

[Pigeon]

To be honest I think modern Alternative acts have far more talent as a whole, or even Old School guys who've come back for a second try.

"Modern alternative" hip hop wouldn't sound the way it does without the Bomb Squad's blueprint. Fact.

 

[Belushi]

Nation of Millions and Fear of a Black Planet are two of the greatest albums ever made.

 

[Bazza]

Am I right to think Chuck D now presents a show where, similar to Rock School or whatever the hell it is called, a posh white college student learns to become a rapper?

If so, I think this goes against PE stood for.

I'm indifferent to Fight The Power although I love other stuff of theirs.

 

[kyser_soze]

Nation of Millions and Fear of a Black Planet are two of the greatest albums ever made.

Agreed - Yo! is a good album but doesn't really have that whole wall of noize that these both have.

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
1989! A number
Another summer
GET DOWN
Sound of the funky drummer
music's hittin ya hard
cos I know you got soul
brothers and sisters
Hey!

Fucking AMAZING tune; still reckon that Bassheads and Rebel Without a Pause are the best ever PE trax tho..

 

[nino_savatte]

Definitely not crap.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Wathcing balls of steel last night with Militant Black Guy & I forgot how good this tune is...indeed how good Fear of a Black Planet is.

Crap not crap ? (Fight The Power)

"Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me. Mutherfuck him and John Wayne"

Utterly not crap!

 

[nino_savatte]

Personally, I like Apocalypse 911: The Empire Strikes Black.

Imho, PE are up there with The Gang of Four and The Clash.

 

[Chairman Meow]

"Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me. Mutherfuck him and John Wayne"

Utterly not crap!

Too right!

I love PE, brings back great memories. And love that Rosie Perez dance - she's fab.

 

[Pugwall7]

Public Enemy are the living definition of not crapness

 

[Orang Utan]

Public Enemy are the living definition of not crapness

Only if we ignore the abomination that is He Got Game

 

[Negativland]

Am I right to think Chuck D now presents a show where, similar to Rock School or whatever the hell it is called, a posh white college student learns to become a rapper?

If so, I think this goes against PE stood for.

Chuck D is a college educated, not poor, Long Islander.

 

[King Biscuit Time]

I'd love to see this poll hit 100:1

 

[kained&able]

Am I right to think Chuck D now presents a show where, similar to Rock School or whatever the hell it is called, a posh white college student learns to become a rapper?

If so, I think this goes against PE stood for.

I'm indifferent to Fight The Power although I love other stuff of theirs.

thats ice T. its shit.


dave

 

[Iam]

Not crap.

 

[lights.out.london]

Imho, PE are up there with The Gang of Four and The Clash.

but done with love.

 

[Pugwall7]

Also when i saw them in leeds a few years ago im sure chuck d changed the line 'Elvis was a hero to most' to 'Tony Blair was a hero to most'.

 

[Treebeak]

Daft poll. A sure-fire not crap IMVHO.

Seconded.

To argue its alleged 'crapness' would be a pretty hefty task.

Public Enemy 4tw