“Public Enemy” (abbreviated as “PE” ; Russian: The Enemy of Society ) is an American hip-hop band from Long Island , known for its politicized texts, media criticism and active interest in the problems of the African American community. Their calling card is the song “ Fight the Power ”, first played in Spike Lee ’s film “ Do It Right!” "(1989).
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| Years | 1987 - present |
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| City | New York |
| Where from | New York |
| Language of songs | English |
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After the release of the scandalously radical album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988), they bypassed Run DMC as the most avant-garde hip-hop project [5] . In contrast to the erotic escapism of NWA , Public Enemy texts were dedicated to sensitive social topics and encouraged listeners to take an active life position. Both musically and politically, Public Enemy were revolutionaries [5] . Despite a sharp decrease in activity in the 1990s, for many connoisseurs of hip-hop, Public Enemy remains the benchmark for the rap group [5] .
The musical direction of the group was answered by the production team of The Bomb Squad , mixing a thick sound on avant-garde intersperses of unrecognizable samples against the background of screeching police sirens and a non-stop, deep funky beat. This seemingly chaotic music, coupled with Rydenauer's vocal vocals and comedic antics of Drayton, charged listeners with the energy of radicalism. Introduced by Public Enemy into the hip-hop stream of social protest became a hallmark of the 1990s hip-hop [5] .
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Members
- Chuck D (Carlton Douglas Ridenauer). Born 08/01/1960 in New York.
- Flavor Flav (William Jonathan Drayton Jr.). Born 03/16/1959 in New York.
- Professor Griff (Richard Griffin). Born 08/01/1960 in New York.
- Terminator X (Norman Rogers). Born 08/25/1966. Team DJ.
Discography
- 1987 - Yo! Bum Rush the Show (489th on the list of 500 greatest albums of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine )
- 1988 - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (48th place in the list of 500 greatest albums of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine )
- 1990 - Fear of a Black Planet (296th on the list of 500 greatest albums of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine )
- 1991 - Apocalypse 91 ... The Enemy Strikes Black
- 1992 - Greatest Misses
- 1994 - Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age
- 1998 - He Got Game
- 1999 - There's a Poison Goin 'On ...
- 2002 - Revolverlution
- 2005 - New Whirl Odor
- 2006 - Rebirth of a Nation
- 2007 - How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul ???
- 2012 - Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear On No Stamp
- 2012 - The Evil Empire Of Everything
- 2015 - Man Plans God Laughs
- 2017 - Nothing Is Quick in the Desert
Facts
- In the 1991 film Terminator 2: Judgment Day, John Connor ( Edward Furlong ) wears the band's t-shirt throughout the entire picture. In the directorial version of Terminator 2, T-1000 ( Robert Patrick ) finds John's cache of parcels from his mother just behind the Public Enemy banner.
- In 1992, they took part in the U2 band's Zoo TV concert tour as a warm-up group.
- A cover version of the song “Fight The Power” performed by Korn and Xzibit was included in the soundtrack of the film “Three X 2: A New Level” , with Ice Cube in the title role.
- In the series “ House Doctor ” in one of the series, House brings a boombox to the patient with “Fight the power” playing loudly on it
- Public Enemy, together with Reeves Gabrels recorded the soundtrack of the same name to Spike Lee 's film “ His Game ” (1998)
- In the episode "The Store Thief" from the documentary "Eccentrics" , the song "Sophisticated Bitch"
- You can hear Harder Than You Think in Patrol .
- Anthrax thrash metal band performs Bring The Noise along with Public Enemy
- Sepultura performed her version of the song Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
- A sample from the instrumental composition “Security of the First World” from the album “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back ” is the basis of Madonna’s song Justify My Love .
- With the same name, there was a wrestling team that played in the ECW, NWA, UWF, WCW, WWF, XWF promotions.
Notes
- ↑ Genre: East Coast Rap . AllMusic .
- ↑ Public Enemy on the AllMusic Political Rap website. Allmusic. Accessed July 2, 2008.
- ↑ Public Enemy - Biography & History . AllMusic . Date of treatment March 4, 2017.
- ↑ Rose, Tricia (1994). Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press. ISBN 0-8195-6275-0 .
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Stephen Thomas Erlewine. Public Enemy Biography . Allmusic (English) . Date of treatment November 15, 2014.