This album is one of 20th century arts most important offerings. Not just rap music,or 80s hip hop culture. This belongs in the Smithsonian if it isn’t already.
This was a fucking missile on hip hop when it dropped. With the technology and flows of 1988 they pushed everything to the absolute extreme, beyond important to the culture
This was so huge, people not there don't get it. I was freshman year in college, their first LP had hit, I was waiting for this so hard and it delivered. First GREAT hip hop album.
The existence of Flavor is the absolute key to Public Enemy, he can be a hype man and comedy relief, otherwise it could come off to serious. It is a nice break when he leads a song
This was an awesome reaction! The Bomb Squad are arguably the best hip hop producers of the golden age era imo. They kicked some major ass on Ice Cube's "Amerikkkas Most Wanted" album from 1990; by far their best project in terms of production. Also, I think Public enemy is the best conscious hip hop group of all time. Majority of their lyricism is still relevant till this day...almost 35 years later. I can't wait until you react to Fear of a Black Planet. That album is a freakin' masterpiece.
I think this was the album that couldn't come out for a year or something, then PE (mainly Chuck D) heard Paid In Full and went, shit this changes everything and now we're gonna put out this album that's gonna sounded dated af. Interesting tidbit.
Yeah and their heavy influence on later rock too and of course rap-rock.. RATM wouldn't have a sound without PE's influence. And this was also the Internet before the Internet, like Chuck D said, "Rap is the black CNN." EDIT: Now I see that he mentions those things and other commenters too lol of course I jumped too fast
Flavor Flav does more rapping on his own project. Fun fact: Flav is very talented with instruments. When I was young he played the piano for me as I sung Greatest Love of All
William Jonathon Drayton aka Flavor Flav is absolutely a prodigy. There’s footage on the internet of him playing drums, bass, piano, singing, and he does it all effortlessly.
Haven’t caught the end of the video yet, but your assessment of them and Rage Against the Machine is spot on. The song Prophets of Rage is the inspiration for a supergroup that existed for a short time a few years back consisting of members of Rage, Public Enemy, Audioslave, and Cypress Hill
The Bomb Squad were basically the Phil Spector of Rap production: incredibly dense, "wall of sound" style production of wails, sirens and scratches that becomes an all out assault - conveying and supporting the urgency and power of Chuck's lyrics while still being catchy as hell. And true to their name they dropped a bomb on the industry at the time. Also in a surprise twist, "Security of the First World" was taken by Lenny Kravitz and used verbatim as the music for Madonna's "Justify My Love".
Pauls Boutique is fantastic. Definitely one that you'll get more now that you're deep into hip-hop. It's incredibly innovative in terms of production--over one hundred samples total. It's been called the Sgt. Pepper of hip-hop, which while I think is a bit of an exaggeration (I'd give that to Madvillainy or something else a bit weirder), its influence in the evolving production style of rap can't be denied.
One of the best pieces of music ever. So much still holds up so well. First time I heard Terminator X...it blew my mind something like that could be from 1988.
Public Enemy toured with Rage Against the Machine.. They have a song together called "Prophets of Rage".. Chuck D. had a Rock band too.. I was 16 when this P.E album dropped.. A Classic!!!!
The Bomb Squad is one of the most influential production groups in music history. They revolutionized the use of samples before sample clearance became what it is now
Bomb Squad produced all of Public Enemy’s music, as well as Ice Cube’s solo debut. Their sound is such a good balance of simple hard hitting rhythms and multilayered sampled instrumentals, eg the beat for Fight The Power layers samples from 4 different funk songs on top of each other for the chorus edit: you should definitely listen to Killer Mike’s RAP Music too, both him and El channel the spirit of this political late 80s/early 90s sound but with a modern twist
If you like the tie-ins with Anthrax, check out the Remix of Bring the Noize on their Apocalypse 91: The Enemy Strikes Black album. Anthrax is on the track and actually covers some of Chuck’s rhymes in the song! Super ILL!
Great reaction and I had goosebumps through half of it. I’ve listened to this album a million times, but I’m just thrilled that you get it. Amazing album, maybe my favorite PE album. Fear of a Black Planet is amazing too. Thanks!
Haven't heard this in a long time and it's amazing how many little things there are on this album - just a sound or a line or an ad lib or song title - that show up on countless hip hop albums for so many years afterwards
It’s crazy that you mentioned RAM, they toured for years with Public Enemy in the Prophets of Rage tours!!! They actually had a show with over a Million fans, festival style, where fans were a 1/2 mile away and could only see them on Big Screens
I cannot believe you reviewed this album. What a pleasant surprise. Did you realize that Terminator X to the edge of panic is the reverse beat to Rebel Without a Pause?
Not really....actually the backbone of the beat Is sampled by Spoonie Gee "Love rap" , while Rebel without a pause contains elements of Funky drummer. Both songs contain the noisy pieces taken by The grunt ( The jb's).
so... 88 and 89 has other Incredible things on hip hop.. Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown De La Soul - 3 feet high and rising
Since you like scratching, you should consider doing a Gang Starr album (Would highly recommend Daily Operation or Hard to Earn). Almost all of the songs have DJ Premier scratching phrases to create a chorus. Also, Premier's production was so influential and is largely responsible for the 90's east coast sound.
I'm so glad this clicked with you. It's an easy record to love, especially if you don't mind the politics. There are strong lyrics which were striking especially for their time, and that gets a lot of the attention. But its magic is that it's also simultaneously fun and approachable and technically adept hip-hop.
Mandela has a direct link to Cuba. Castro was directly involved in the fight against apartheid in South Africa. When Mandela was released from he personally thanked Castro in person. There is video of their meeting. Viva Castro
FYI, Slayer and Public Enemy were both on Def Jam at the same time. and about the production on 80's metal. some sounded good (Maiden, Priest, etc) and some were not that great prob cause it was a more underground thing at that time,... no money. i remember listening to Slayer and Metallica at this time and people viewed it as music for dirtbags (ie) while other rock acts were praised w great production (def leppard, motley). coincidentally, it was Rick Rubin, who was working w Slayer at this time (well more like, 85-86) who took the reverb out of the vocals and thus created "Reign In Blood" album and issued a new era in metal.
What's great is they are not just giving shoutouts to his labelmates but also how the whole song is about these still "hated" genres, radio stations looked down on rap the same way they did on post punk or metal. There was no outlet for them and they were calling it out.
Zach and Chuck are currently in a band called Prophets of Rage along with B-Real. Anthrax are fans and friends of Chuck. Anthrax did their own rendition of Bring the Noise a few years after the original release.
really funny you mentioned how rage against the machines were influenced by PE, as actually members of RATM, PE and cypress hill formed a group called “prophets of rage” (like the song) for a little while until rage got back together. the musics not for me, but you might find something fun from it! love the reactions as always.
This is my favourite hip hop album of all time. I bought at least 4 copies on cassette back in the day. I lost one and if you lent it out you never got it back! My nan sewed a PE badge on my school blazer in '89, she new how to stick it to the man!
you mention bass and The Low End Theory. The Low End Theory is all about bass (the low end), and it's one of the reasons it's such an influential album.
I checked your videos a few weeks ago. I noticed you hadn't reviewed ITANOMTHUB, my favorite rap album! Great review. This incredible album changed my life.
I had this in my Walkman on repeat for weeks. Blew my mind, so aggressive and confident and Chuck's flow with That Voice, then the great grooves... wall to wall energy
Very kool reaction Brother! By far one of my favorite albums and groups, and I love rock too 💪🏽. You mentioned some of the transitions in some of these tunes, I think you ll be highly impressed and awed by Public Enemy's 'By the time I get to Arizona'. Very strong messaged with gripping production . Happy Holidays , A'Ho ✌🏽 ~ new subscriber just from watching this. Your thoughts and analysis were spot on, not only on this album/group but on everything. And yes, Public Enemy were a huge influence on Rage Against The Machine, please check out Rap/Rock group Prophets of Rage 👍🏽
This is a great one! The pacing of old hip hop albums like this can be pretty difficult for my ADHD/Gen Z brain so I'm really happy to have videos like this to help me get into it. Important stuff for sure
There are three quintessential must have albums from this 86- 88 period this being one of them of course and the other two being Criminal Minded by BDP and Paid in Full ( no offense to N.W.A.and S.O.C.) which I highly recommend reacting or at least listening to . Great react , I would like to do a live with you to help w some of the idiosyncrasies , lastly their previous album Yo Bum Rush the show is an underrated classic as well .
Absolutely Rage was influenced from P.E. and Rage had a huge influence on hip hop as well. I know Andre listed them as a big influence on Stankonia and Denzel, Vince Staples, Lupe, and a few other modern rappers have dug them as well. Tony Hawk sound tracks man, helped crossed so many bridges for my generation. My pops and uncle grew up as rock fans, so I always heard the old stuff but tony hawk and Dave Mirra was the first time I started identifying my own personal rock taste. Rage was a big part of that early stage. Rage, System of a Down, RHCP, Sublime, Nirvana and eventually Tool. I'm waiting for the first time Beastie Boys get some play. A lot of fun energy there.
Crazy thing about Bring the Noise is that it started the DMCA movement. That little sample set up the death of sampling as it was known up until that point.
Grillin’- means when someone stares you down in a mean way. Or evil / menacing eye contact with another person. Usually a precursor to a fight or bad shit happening.
When they say the clock is to show that flav “knows what time it is”: “you know what time it is” is a slang term for being always ready to fight and or is something somebody will say to somebody else before robbing or assaulting them
I have a album suggestion. ‘Cheat codes’ by Danger Mouse and Black Thought. It’s a beautifully created art piece. Definitely a 10/10 for me. You would like it two
Probably used the Slayer sample because they were both on Def Jam and Rick Rubin just finished producing the Reign In Blood album track one is "Angle of Death". Anthrax an PE were friends they rerecorded "Bring the Noise: together and toured together as well. Also when Rick Rubin was attempting to sign PE he didn't want Flav to be in the group but Chuck D. told him Flav is part of PE and you don't get me without Flav. Chuck felt due to the subject matter and his style he need Flav to make it a little lighter and digestible. Also Flav is an incredible musician he plays something like 17 instruments.
Great reaction to a great album. The split voices in "Party for you right to fight" is, I think, only annoying when you use earphones. When you hear it from loud speakers it creates an interesting effect because their voices gets mixed in the physical room.
I was about to deduct cool points for the Slayer debacle lol ;). Btw, members of RATM (Tom Morello, Brad Wilk and Tim Commerford) are now in a "super group" band with Chuck D an B real called Prophets of rage, so yes, the influence is apparent. Also, Bring the noise is remixed on a later album by Anthrax and PE, so also the Anthrax mentions are very logical too.
I know it'd probably NEVER happen Bob but it'd be so 🔥 🔥 to see you react to the 1st season of VH1S flavor of love,, it was flavs dating show back in the day broke all kinds of TV and ratings records and spawned many copycats and spinoff s
RATM took the booming political message delivery of Chuck D /PE and took it to a metal backdrop. PE was known to sample metal songs and have metal beats for multiple songs on every album. If you are looking into their samples nothing beats the liner notes of the cds and tapes.
Public Enemy were extremely influential to both RATM and SOAD. I’m sure both groups would even go to say that they wouldnt exist without public enemy, and not only did they influence musicians but they inspired artists of a lot of mediums, to be more political with their art and they inspired poets like Saul Williams too Still heavily recommend reading more about the black panthers and assata shakur. (Documentary: black panthers: vanguard of the revolution. Available on youtube Book: autobiography of Assata Shakur
I’m so glad that you touched on the OutKast Hype , it happens a lot in hip hop depending on the timing and era of the album, i personally loved forest hills drive as a j Cole fan because of how I had to watch him evolve into that sound so for Cole fans it’s revered. The hype has a context behind it and unless you were there for it I’ll admit that we might not get it.
I'm sure someone already said this but I can't scroll thru all the comments (well, I guess I can). Organized Noize is the producers of Outkast and Goodie Mob and so on.
so... Bob like scratch? It's time for "Wave Twisters" by Dj Qbert, right? Or maybe Dr. Octagon. And talking about 1988... There's this little album called Critical Beatdown, by Ultramagnetic MC's, and is fundamental (in my opinion) to the alternative hip-hop and the Golden Age
Terminator X speaks with his hands. He was always silent, never spoke on interviews or to the press. I think I never heard his voice and I'm a huge fan since Bum Rush The show days.
Also because Johnny Juice did all the turntable scratching on the album uncredited, because he was a Filipino DJ and didn't match the "pro-black" message or gimmick of the group. Johnny Juice has done work with Chuck D outside of Public Enemy, also. But, yeah, Google "Johnny Juice" and Public Enemy. Terminator X was just a stand-in for the theatrics of the group. I mean, they (PE) tour with DJ Lord nowadays.
Great review! Party For Your Right is referring to Political Party. And Prophets Of Rage was a band Chuck D was in with Tom Morrello. Listen to this live show, you might dig it. Its Portishead back in 97 with a live Orchestra at the Roseland Ballroom. th-cam.com/video/frslUVa_yx0/w-d-xo.html
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This album is one of 20th century arts most important offerings. Not just rap music,or 80s hip hop culture. This belongs in the Smithsonian if it isn’t already.
Yes they are at the Smithsonian in Washington DC
So true
This was a fucking missile on hip hop when it dropped. With the technology and flows of 1988 they pushed everything to the absolute extreme, beyond important to the culture
this is more than a classic
This was so huge, people not there don't get it. I was freshman year in college, their first LP had hit, I was waiting for this so hard and it delivered. First GREAT hip hop album.
@@t.c.bramblett617I would say paid in full is great
@@beastcubing189 agree and it’s one of my top
This album changed my life 34 years ago.
Legit reaction dude
Please do Paid in Full and Fear of a Black Planet
The existence of Flavor is the absolute key to Public Enemy, he can be a hype man and comedy relief, otherwise it could come off to serious. It is a nice break when he leads a song
This was an awesome reaction! The Bomb Squad are arguably the best hip hop producers of the golden age era imo. They kicked some major ass on Ice Cube's "Amerikkkas Most Wanted" album from 1990; by far their best project in terms of production. Also, I think Public enemy is the best conscious hip hop group of all time. Majority of their lyricism is still relevant till this day...almost 35 years later. I can't wait until you react to Fear of a Black Planet. That album is a freakin' masterpiece.
BombSquad surely land in my mt Rushmore of hiphop production
@@travahnb.896 Absolutely! For me as well
Marly Marl too
And ice cube death certificate
Please listen to fear of a black planet
Probably thee best hiphop album in the genre’s history
Great album and very influential! Eric B & Rakim - Paid In Full, would be another great 80’s album to review!
I think this was the album that couldn't come out for a year or something, then PE (mainly Chuck D) heard Paid In Full and went, shit this changes everything and now we're gonna put out this album that's gonna sounded dated af. Interesting tidbit.
That was the first album.
Insanely influential album- the more you dive into hip hop, the more you’ll see PE references, truly one of the best groups of all time
Yeah and their heavy influence on later rock too and of course rap-rock.. RATM wouldn't have a sound without PE's influence. And this was also the Internet before the Internet, like Chuck D said, "Rap is the black CNN." EDIT: Now I see that he mentions those things and other commenters too lol of course I jumped too fast
Flavor Flav does more rapping on his own project. Fun fact: Flav is very talented with instruments. When I was young he played the piano for me as I sung Greatest Love of All
Wow!
What a cool fact! 😎
William Jonathon Drayton aka Flavor Flav is absolutely a prodigy. There’s footage on the internet of him playing drums, bass, piano, singing, and he does it all effortlessly.
The production on this album is underrated AF
'It Takes A Nation...' is regarded as one of the best produced Hiphop albums ever made. It's production transcendended the genre.
Haven’t caught the end of the video yet, but your assessment of them and Rage Against the Machine is spot on. The song Prophets of Rage is the inspiration for a supergroup that existed for a short time a few years back consisting of members of Rage, Public Enemy, Audioslave, and Cypress Hill
The Bomb Squad were basically the Phil Spector of Rap production: incredibly dense, "wall of sound" style production of wails, sirens and scratches that becomes an all out assault - conveying and supporting the urgency and power of Chuck's lyrics while still being catchy as hell. And true to their name they dropped a bomb on the industry at the time.
Also in a surprise twist, "Security of the First World" was taken by Lenny Kravitz and used verbatim as the music for Madonna's "Justify My Love".
Pauls Boutique is fantastic. Definitely one that you'll get more now that you're deep into hip-hop. It's incredibly innovative in terms of production--over one hundred samples total. It's been called the Sgt. Pepper of hip-hop, which while I think is a bit of an exaggeration (I'd give that to Madvillainy or something else a bit weirder), its influence in the evolving production style of rap can't be denied.
Knowing what time it is just means being informed. Knowledge. Hip. Down.
This needs more views, it's Public Enemy!!!
One of the best pieces of music ever. So much still holds up so well. First time I heard Terminator X...it blew my mind something like that could be from 1988.
Public Enemy toured with
Rage Against the Machine..
They have a song together called "Prophets of Rage"..
Chuck D. had a Rock band too..
I was 16 when this P.E album dropped..
A Classic!!!!
They are now in a band called Prophets of rage with Chuck D and B real lol
The Bomb Squad is one of the most influential production groups in music history. They revolutionized the use of samples before sample clearance became what it is now
They also worked on Slick Rick's first album and the Bell Biv Devoe debut.
Bomb Squad produced all of Public Enemy’s music, as well as Ice Cube’s solo debut. Their sound is such a good balance of simple hard hitting rhythms and multilayered sampled instrumentals, eg the beat for Fight The Power layers samples from 4 different funk songs on top of each other for the chorus
edit: you should definitely listen to Killer Mike’s RAP Music too, both him and El channel the spirit of this political late 80s/early 90s sound but with a modern twist
Tom Morello is clearly inspired by Hip-Hop DJs with his emulating of record scratches and beat breaks.
One of my favorite albums.
This is FIRE ALARM music.
Sonically, lyrically, culturally, and visually. Plus Flav...
Spot on
A rebel in his own mind
If you like the tie-ins with Anthrax, check out the Remix of Bring the Noize on their Apocalypse 91: The Enemy Strikes Black album. Anthrax is on the track and actually covers some of Chuck’s rhymes in the song! Super ILL!
Anthrax & Public Enemy every time you started up Day of Reckoning on the Gamecube is a special childhood memory
From this same era ultramagnetic mc's - critical beatdown is essential. Kool Keith + amazing production. Way ahead of it's time.
Great reaction and I had goosebumps through half of it. I’ve listened to this album a million times, but I’m just thrilled that you get it. Amazing album, maybe my favorite PE album. Fear of a Black Planet is amazing too. Thanks!
Haven't heard this in a long time and it's amazing how many little things there are on this album - just a sound or a line or an ad lib or song title - that show up on countless hip hop albums for so many years afterwards
It’s crazy that you mentioned RAM, they toured for years with Public Enemy in the Prophets of Rage tours!!! They actually had a show with over a Million fans, festival style, where fans were a 1/2 mile away and could only see them on Big Screens
I cannot believe you reviewed this album. What a pleasant surprise. Did you realize that Terminator X to the edge of panic is the reverse beat to Rebel Without a Pause?
Not really....actually the backbone of the beat Is sampled by Spoonie Gee "Love rap" , while Rebel without a pause contains elements of Funky drummer.
Both songs contain the noisy pieces taken by The grunt ( The jb's).
@@paolo73 Awesome. I was referring to the “whistle sound” if you will. I knew someone out there would know the exact samples used. Peace.
@@seanluv1 peace to you 😃. I'm a little bit fanatic ....😄
"night of the living baseheads" also samples the grunt aswell
so... 88 and 89 has other Incredible things on hip hop..
Beastie Boys - Paul's Boutique
Ultramagnetic MC's - Critical Beatdown
De La Soul - 3 feet high and rising
Nice 👍
I couldn't wait til U got 2 She Watch Channel Zero ... Ur reaction was Priceless ✌🏾
He knew what time it was, meaning he's aware of the injustices and was time to speak up, take action... Even in '88 was long over due ✌🏽
She Watched Channel Zero is my current favorite track of the album. It's changed from time to time over the years.
Appreciate your fresh take on a an LP I've loved for 36 years.
Bob, when these guys came out they were an explosion. This album sounds like a bomb going off
One of the greatest albums of all time and a huge influence on my musical taste as a teenager. And don't forget Rick Rubin!
fun fact: flavor flav is one of if not the most sampled (cus public enemy samples him every song) voice in hip hop
Since you like scratching, you should consider doing a Gang Starr album (Would highly recommend Daily Operation or Hard to Earn). Almost all of the songs have DJ Premier scratching phrases to create a chorus. Also, Premier's production was so influential and is largely responsible for the 90's east coast sound.
I'm so glad this clicked with you. It's an easy record to love, especially if you don't mind the politics. There are strong lyrics which were striking especially for their time, and that gets a lot of the attention. But its magic is that it's also simultaneously fun and approachable and technically adept hip-hop.
Striking 35 years later as well ✌🏽
Mandela has a direct link to Cuba. Castro was directly involved in the fight against apartheid in South Africa. When Mandela was released from he personally thanked Castro in person. There is video of their meeting. Viva Castro
FYI, Slayer and Public Enemy were both on Def Jam at the same time.
and about the production on 80's metal. some sounded good (Maiden, Priest, etc) and some were not that great prob cause it was a more underground thing at that time,... no money. i remember listening to Slayer and Metallica at this time and people viewed it as music for dirtbags (ie) while other rock acts were praised w great production (def leppard, motley). coincidentally, it was Rick Rubin, who was working w Slayer at this time (well more like, 85-86) who took the reverb out of the vocals and thus created "Reign In Blood" album and issued a new era in metal.
What's great is they are not just giving shoutouts to his labelmates but also how the whole song is about these still "hated" genres, radio stations looked down on rap the same way they did on post punk or metal. There was no outlet for them and they were calling it out.
Zach and Chuck are currently in a band called Prophets of Rage along with B-Real. Anthrax are fans and friends of Chuck. Anthrax did their own rendition of Bring the Noise a few years after the original release.
really funny you mentioned how rage against the machines were influenced by PE, as actually members of RATM, PE and cypress hill formed a group called “prophets of rage” (like the song) for a little while until rage got back together. the musics not for me, but you might find something fun from it! love the reactions as always.
You missed the David Bowie fame sample in night of the living baseheads.
Best sample
Is there a more powerful voice and delivery in hip hop than Chuck D? Guy grabs your attention instantly on a verse. Great reaction to a classic.
I chuckled to myself when he questioned about the production before listening. I was like he is on for a real treat. Lol
This is my favourite hip hop album of all time. I bought at least 4 copies on cassette back in the day. I lost one and if you lent it out you never got it back! My nan sewed a PE badge on my school blazer in '89, she new how to stick it to the man!
Rage Against The Machine were huge hip hop heads. There are hip hop references all over their work.
you mention bass and The Low End Theory. The Low End Theory is all about bass (the low end), and it's one of the reasons it's such an influential album.
One of the greatest hip hop albums of all time a dam banger mind blowing 😶🌫️
I checked your videos a few weeks ago. I noticed you hadn't reviewed ITANOMTHUB, my favorite rap album! Great review. This incredible album changed my life.
1988: TV sucks, the Grammys suck, the news sucks, social tension sucks
2022: TV sucks, the Grammys suck, the news sucks, social tension sucks
SInce you liked this album so much I''d recommend their next album "Fear Of A Black Planet" . Just as good imo.
Yes, at some points even better. I liked the Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black album too, but Fear is the better choice
lets's gooooo we need more of the classics!!!
Masterpiece. Nuff said...
Bought this album 5X since '88 all these years all these albums & this is still my #1 ThanXXX 4 THiS
This is the first album I bought for myself using my own money as a 11-12 years old.
I had this in my Walkman on repeat for weeks. Blew my mind, so aggressive and confident and Chuck's flow with That Voice, then the great grooves... wall to wall energy
Very kool reaction Brother! By far one of my favorite albums and groups, and I love rock too 💪🏽. You mentioned some of the transitions in some of these tunes, I think you ll be highly impressed and awed by Public Enemy's 'By the time I get to Arizona'. Very strong messaged with gripping production . Happy Holidays , A'Ho ✌🏽
~ new subscriber just from watching this. Your thoughts and analysis were spot on, not only on this album/group but on everything. And yes, Public Enemy were a huge influence on Rage Against The Machine, please check out Rap/Rock group Prophets of Rage 👍🏽
" Don't give up the fight" is a lyric from Bob Marley's song Get up Stand Up.
S1W beat was used on Madonna's Justify my love
Chuck's words with Bomb Squad production are alchemy
This is a great one! The pacing of old hip hop albums like this can be pretty difficult for my ADHD/Gen Z brain so I'm really happy to have videos like this to help me get into it. Important stuff for sure
There are three quintessential must have albums from this 86- 88 period this being one of them of course and the other two being Criminal Minded by BDP and Paid in Full ( no offense to N.W.A.and S.O.C.) which I highly recommend reacting or at least listening to . Great react , I would like to do a live with you to help w some of the idiosyncrasies , lastly their previous album Yo Bum Rush the show is an underrated classic as well .
Flava is a hype man, but he does rap every once in a while.
Knowing what time it is, is synonomous with understanding. Hes never caught unaware.
Absolutely Rage was influenced from P.E. and Rage had a huge influence on hip hop as well. I know Andre listed them as a big influence on Stankonia and Denzel, Vince Staples, Lupe, and a few other modern rappers have dug them as well. Tony Hawk sound tracks man, helped crossed so many bridges for my generation.
My pops and uncle grew up as rock fans, so I always heard the old stuff but tony hawk and Dave Mirra was the first time I started identifying my own personal rock taste. Rage was a big part of that early stage. Rage, System of a Down, RHCP, Sublime, Nirvana and eventually Tool. I'm waiting for the first time Beastie Boys get some play. A lot of fun energy there.
You should definitely check out “Fear of A Black Planet”. Another important album.
I love that album
Crazy thing about Bring the Noise is that it started the DMCA movement. That little sample set up the death of sampling as it was known up until that point.
I was 14 when this came out! Went to the music store at the mall and bought the cassette, took it home and BANGED Rebel Without A Pause for HOURS!!!
An all time great record!
Glad you liked it s/o Public Enemy 🐐
Best rap album ever
BOMB SQUAD!!!!!!!!! This is contender for greatest Hip Hop album of all time. It changed things.
'Security Of The First World' was ripped wholesale for 'Justify My Love' by Madonna.
The phrase "...Know what time it is" means you're eyes are wide open, you can't be fooled, you know what's REALLY going on!
I love your channel bob. Hope you have a merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Bob 🎉😊
Grillin’- means when someone stares you down in a mean way. Or evil / menacing eye contact with another person. Usually a precursor to a fight or bad shit happening.
When they say the clock is to show that flav “knows what time it is”: “you know what time it is” is a slang term for being always ready to fight and or is something somebody will say to somebody else before robbing or assaulting them
I have a album suggestion. ‘Cheat codes’ by Danger Mouse and Black Thought. It’s a beautifully created art piece. Definitely a 10/10 for me. You would like it two
Probably used the Slayer sample because they were both on Def Jam and Rick Rubin just finished producing the Reign In Blood album track one is "Angle of Death". Anthrax an PE were friends they rerecorded "Bring the Noise: together and toured together as well. Also when Rick Rubin was attempting to sign PE he didn't want Flav to be in the group but Chuck D. told him Flav is part of PE and you don't get me without Flav. Chuck felt due to the subject matter and his style he need Flav to make it a little lighter and digestible. Also Flav is an incredible musician he plays something like 17 instruments.
There are a lot of lyrics on here I don't personally like or agree with, but ultimately I do rock with PE and it's undoubtedly oneof the greatest ever
Great reaction to a great album.
The split voices in "Party for you right to fight" is, I think, only annoying when you use earphones.
When you hear it from loud speakers it creates an interesting effect because their voices gets mixed in the physical room.
Slayer's Reign In Blood was released on Def Jam, so they were label mates with Public Enemy around this time.
This album was like a kick in the jaw hearing this at 12
I was about to deduct cool points for the Slayer debacle lol ;). Btw, members of RATM (Tom Morello, Brad Wilk and Tim Commerford) are now in a "super group" band with Chuck D an B real called Prophets of rage, so yes, the influence is apparent. Also, Bring the noise is remixed on a later album by Anthrax and PE, so also the Anthrax mentions are very logical too.
Public enemy love using James brown samples back then! Chuck D love the horns alot too ✨
I know it'd probably NEVER happen Bob but it'd be so 🔥 🔥 to see you react to the 1st season of VH1S flavor of love,, it was flavs dating show back in the day broke all kinds of TV and ratings records and spawned many copycats and spinoff s
Foofy-foofy and Gee-tay, Strange Love was funny AF! 🤣🤣🤣
Such a great album
RATM took the booming political message delivery of Chuck D /PE and took it to a metal backdrop. PE was known to sample metal songs and have metal beats for multiple songs on every album. If you are looking into their samples nothing beats the liner notes of the cds and tapes.
Public Enemy were extremely influential to both RATM and SOAD. I’m sure both groups would even go to say that they wouldnt exist without public enemy, and not only did they influence musicians but they inspired artists of a lot of mediums, to be more political with their art and they inspired poets like Saul Williams too
Still heavily recommend reading more about the black panthers and assata shakur. (Documentary: black panthers: vanguard of the revolution. Available on youtube
Book: autobiography of Assata Shakur
my favorite reaction of yours!
I’m so glad that you touched on the OutKast Hype , it happens a lot in hip hop depending on the timing and era of the album, i personally loved forest hills drive as a j Cole fan because of how I had to watch him evolve into that sound so for Cole fans it’s revered. The hype has a context behind it and unless you were there for it I’ll admit that we might not get it.
Flavor Flav wore the clock as a reminder that time is the most valuable and precious thing we have
It's important to remember that none of us are immune to propaganda in media, no matter how hyper aware one thinks they are.
I'm sure someone already said this but I can't scroll thru all the comments (well, I guess I can). Organized Noize is the producers of Outkast and Goodie Mob and so on.
so... Bob like scratch? It's time for "Wave Twisters" by Dj Qbert, right?
Or maybe Dr. Octagon.
And talking about 1988... There's this little album called Critical Beatdown, by Ultramagnetic MC's, and is fundamental (in my opinion) to the alternative hip-hop and the Golden Age
Terminator X speaks with his hands. He was always silent, never spoke on interviews or to the press. I think I never heard his voice and I'm a huge fan since Bum Rush The show days.
Also because Johnny Juice did all the turntable scratching on the album uncredited, because he was a Filipino DJ and didn't match the "pro-black" message or gimmick of the group.
Johnny Juice has done work with Chuck D outside of Public Enemy, also.
But, yeah, Google "Johnny Juice" and Public Enemy.
Terminator X was just a stand-in for the theatrics of the group.
I mean, they (PE) tour with DJ Lord nowadays.
Please do the next 2 albums “Fear of a Black Planet” and “Apocalypse ‘91”
Great review! Party For Your Right is referring to Political Party. And Prophets Of Rage was a band Chuck D was in with Tom Morrello. Listen to this live show, you might dig it. Its Portishead back in 97 with a live Orchestra at the Roseland Ballroom. th-cam.com/video/frslUVa_yx0/w-d-xo.html