all the rappers got rich. then they could only sing about how much money & pu**y they were getting. then they bought mansions and threw Diddy parties now here we are. Hip Hop stood for something in the 80's. the struggling man
@@tyersalladam4735 because the system back then wasn't aware how to use them, then found out if they use them to corrupt the black community, more will end up in prison, and its good for prison investors. Look up how many rappers invested in prisons.
Chuck D was no sell out. He stood for something and today he still stands for something. He didn't view rap as a commodity to be sold (commercialize). It was his manner of expression, an artwork.
Mr Chuck D hosted a fantastic limited series about The Clash a few years back. Highly recommended. He’s as punk as it gets and I’m glad he used his voice to raise awareness for others. You’re a punk rock warlord, sir. A life well lived.
This track still gets me the same way it did as a teenager. This was hip hop at its finest when it was about education in entertainment (‘edutainment’). Public Enemy showed me as a kid that knowledge is power so I studied and became a lawyer. Thank you Chuck D.
Chuck D said he was inspired by NBA analyst Marv Albert.. he tried to emulate his sound as a rapper. And now every time you hear a public enemy song, you’ll probably also hear marv calling an nba game. Dope 😎
@@georgeburkhardt5632AGREED: But, you forgot to mention KRS ONE! "Stop the violence" is one of the best raps ever and still poignant today.. More so! Public Enemy are NUMBER ONE though. 👍🏻👍🏽👍🏿
Everything about PE hit hard, shook the powers that be to its core, so they buried the black messiah message underneath materialism, hyper sexuality ,drugs and violence, they flooded the zone with the low frequency fuckry and it worked folk's went back to sleepwalking.
Bro Chuck D gave me my 1st level of consciousness! Fear of a Black Planet 1 of the best albums ever made. I use to listen to it twice a day. I was a young boy but the message was clear!!
This right here is one of the reasons why the record labels and music industry pushed gangsta rap to the forefront. They couldn't allow the trend to keep moving in this direction, but we have to bring it back. Fight the powers that be!
I remember when the change came in, no disrespect to Gangsta rap ( which had already exsisted in forms ) but the industry latched on hard and messages like PE, X Clan, and many others got drowned out quick.
@@dwightlove3704 And introduce them to the new kids on the block carrying this sound on. We can't replicate Chuck D and the dozens of others that defined this era, but we can spread the word amongst the young kids and let them hear what rap should sound like. In my area we had Macklemore, Grynch, Knowmads, and many more repping the 206 (aka Seattle).
@@simpledj509chromo7 Macklemore is apart of the RAINBOW COALITION pushing that SAME SEX GARBAGE that affects the Black Community today.He had a song called SAME LOVE THANKS BUT NO THANKS.
HE needs to appear on a stamp! According to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, he was in on the decision to release Janet Jackson's "That's The Way Love Goes" as the first (?) single from that album. I only bring it up to show that Chuck D has a reach beyond what most of us even have an idea about!
@@cupriferouscatalyst3708 yep, good stuff is still out there. there's a lot more junk to wade threw to find it because it's a pop genre now with lots of $$$ but it's there.
This generation needs to listen up... Seriously GenX make these lil ones listen up.. I ain't from Brooklyn but the message from Brooklyn was /is loud an clear...
I'm Asian American and I'm gonna say this right here, right now: It's 20 f'n 21 and nothing has changed from 1989 till now except the clothes and the music. The African American man and woman is still fighting the power. If I can see it, why the hell can't anyone else? NEVER STOP FIGHTING THE POWER.
@@karmatt3098 I'm the one being racist? So you expect me and an entire community of Asian Americans to be blamed for what happened in 1992? Bro, R.I.P to Latasha Harlins but before you talk about being racist, are you going to accept accountability for all the Asian American elderly killed in the U.S at the hands of African Americans during the pandemic? You're probably gonna say it's white people right? Well these victims don't look like they were attacked by the ones who stormed the Capitol. I have African American friends and thank God, they don't think and act nothing like you. You're so limited minded that you got your assessment of an entire community from a convenience store incident is like if I got my assessment of the African American community from watching a rap video. It's ignorant, just like you. So when you can achieve a common sense level that goes beyond your hood, then level up and come talk to me.
Steve if you want revalent words to a song listen CAREFULLY. To The temptions Ball of confusion. AND .....The law of the land.. Im white 65 yr old soul boy from uk.. these words are for both of us at the bottom of life's ladder...
The 80s was truly the decade of black greatness. I recall feeling overly proud of how far as a people we have traveled with more to come. Today, we seem like we have lost our way. DAMN! What a shame.
Man you hit the nail on the head as a young guy in the Navy I got turned on to P.E. by guys in my division. Seemed like progress was being made for Black Americans and was great to see it happening and being vocal about it. Sadly we seem to be off page or so the powers that be be who control media will tell us. Then I look at my daughters and their friends and have hope that they truly break free of the ignorance that has held back Black Americans. When we respect, value and honor each other we will have a better place to live.
This was my news, Public Enemy, NWA, this is where I was educated before Dan Rather or Tom Brokaw read the scripted news. Of course I took a hard turn at gothic industrial music, but I cone back to what was, and wish could be again in these turbulent times.
The lie still persis that he was the driving force behind the success of Rock Music.I saw the movie about Presley and he stated that he was not the king of this genre of music and he said that FATS DOMINO was the KING OF ROCK MUSIC.
And yet they're aligned with Google and all the mofo free speech crushin' Afro baby jabbin' $$$ milkin' depopulation freaks slippin' bribes under the table, don't even play blind like the rest
We gonna be alright. We as African Americans need to stick together. However, chose Trump white and other people of color… let’s leave them him and watch how he makes them suffer. They wanted the KKK now they got it
The beginning of the most influential music era besides the 60's. Rap changed the entire world and is still shaping and creating the dialogue about music/culture for decades to come.
Don’t forget the 50s. Kids of the 50s broke the mold for everyone. It’s just a shame the black musicians of that time didn’t get the credit they deserved.
Yes, this will never not apply. The causes that lead to its needs are ingrained into to social fabric of life itself. Authority will always use its power for its own gain, unjustly and at the expense of others. ✊️
I hear ya from Ohio. I met a young girl from a reservation and she was traumatized. I hear ya. I also had a pal that tried to city manage a small town in Nebraska and they were so racist. Now I live in Southern Chile and the Mapuche are still fighting the power.
Amen. My adopted dad was a panther. This song, the respect shown to my Pop. I cry every time I see this. Pop was in the Desire standoff. Fight the Power indeed.
As Salaam Alaikum! No they carried the spirit of the F.O.I. & The Nation of Islam. Public Enemy is my family . Those drills are NOI inspired; because we drill and have been doing military drills since 1932! The F.O.I. Is a military like any other military. Professor Griff is a registered FOI as are 4 other members of the S1W’s. Do the knowledge and look and you’ll see many FOI in the video in charge of the security at the rally. Peep all the bow ties and suit/with boots. Please give the Nation of Islam credit where credit is due! Lastly many members and leaders of the BPP were once also registered in the N.O.I. ..Huey Newton, Clarke Bobby Seale, Stokley, etc all used to attend the Temple; in Oakland, Ca. in the early 60’s.
This is making me a shed tear. Hip Hop really could've freed us if it was untampered with. What a powerful music. Look people standing together in Brooklyn mind you this is in the middle of the crack era
I thought the same thing. I am white & while the video does show mostly black people....I always felt the song applied to EVERY race. Fight the Power is fighting any corrupt power.
@@taracollins5597 Yes ,but the american black activism and african independence movements were/ are incredibly fanatic and racist just like their white counterparts . There's a scene in Black KKKlansmen that illustrates this
Black,white green,orange etc....we can all get this message...such a shame most young people nowadays are sat at home being brainwashed with PlayStation,1000' tiv channels etc etc instead of going out there and fighting the power....
@@YosefNasi Yeah, it's MESESD UP, thanks to the butt wipe trump's lying, conman, racist, failed businessman B.S. :(:( My sisters a teacher in a northern suburb of detroit and she told me, the dept of educ. is part of it, so kids won't know how to read and right, at least not in schools...Peace !!
@@tiffysimm7346BB King and James brown said Elvis wasn't racist, I'll take their words over some random guy, who never even met him, talking about him in a song 11 years after his death. Chuck D 😂 he even said later "Elvis was a door, a gateway through to the roots. In the beginning of his career Elvis admitted where the roots came from, but did anybody care?"
@@Prinks3414 Nah fuck Smiley. Literally starting shit for no reason. No shit an italian restaurant is gonna show italian people on the wall. Get over it.
@augustopinochet5346 Says a loser with his head in the sand. There has been systemic racism in this country going back to 1619, the Black Codes, Jim Crowe, etc. This song never gets old.
Just live your life, fella. Doesn't matter who is in power. Folks will always find grievances with whoever it is. Nothing will ever be good enough. People spend so much time playing the victim, that they miss living their life. I'm not singling out anyone in particular here, I'm talking about society in general. Everyone is taking part in the victim Olympics and moaning about change, Whether that be too much change or a lack thereof. Everyone in the west has equal rights these day's, so folk should just get on with living there lives, and quit boo-hoo, whining and crying. Just my two cents.🤷♂️
I agree, but based on the direction of usa for last 60 yrs ..that Canadian flag is looking like where all open minded ppl must go before 2025. "Open minds will dominate, the human machines of hate"- Burton C. Bell
Chuck was never underrated. Any serious rap fan recognizes toe importance and talent there and many other MCs have acknowledged the importance of Chuck D in rap
Everytime I listen to this song I shead a tear. We still saying the same the shit after all these years and we got a long way to go but this song keeps me fighting
This song changed my entire life as a young white teenager in the UK, it's crazy how this sparked an awareness in me that's still with me. Thanks Chuck D for following me on Twitter. Still goes hard as concrete
This song is so powerful! It was very powerful for me as I got pumped up to speak to my school administrators about African American history being taught. Well it was 1989 so the answer was NO from them and “go back to Africa if you want that” by the students.
This is the absolute definition of true hip hop public enemy truly stood for something.
THATS WHAT UR MOMMA SAID DUDE
That flavour flave really fought the power didn’t he…
@@lebonmarchandhernandezhern545 What you mean 🤔
Maybe they meant later in his career? th-cam.com/video/gEfD0UNHCYo/w-d-xo.html @@jaimesmith2266
Yup
Can’t believe this was 35 years ago! Hip hop will never be like this again.
Sad but true. Today rap is straight garbage 🗑💩🤮💩🖕👎. I wish I can go back to the 1980's and early 90's and just leave me.
Hold my beer
So sad
I know it got way better 😊
It will be again when people will understand what FIGHT THE POWER really means today
This is what today’s rap is missing. We are missing our storytelling. This is the best rap in history.
They started letting rap be inclusive 🥴
Who runs the industry? First they pander, then they underwhelm, then they break it.
Nobody can touch Chuck.
all the rappers got rich. then they could only sing about how much money & pu**y they were getting. then they bought mansions and threw Diddy parties now here we are. Hip Hop stood for something in the 80's. the struggling man
The fight doesn't end when a battle is lost. The fight is against tyranny.Fight the power!
Fight the power
Hell yes!!! 1982 here!
Fuck the rich!!! ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿👊👊👊
FIGHT THE POWER ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
This one means so much more than ever!
Elvis was a hero too most but he never meant shut to me because he was simple and plain mf him and john Wayne he was a straight up racist!
Now this is REAL rap, they were not sellouts!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Straight up real as fuk
But, what bout griff
Apparently they do now 😂
@@tyersalladam4735 because the system back then wasn't aware how to use them, then found out if they use them to corrupt the black community, more will end up in prison, and its good for prison investors. Look up how many rappers invested in prisons.
What power,,, the propaganda power,, come together America and fight the real power,,
Chuck D was no sell out. He stood for something and today he still stands for something. He didn't view rap as a commodity to be sold (commercialize). It was his manner of expression, an artwork.
Man of integrity.
He's awesome.
Yes, he never sold out.
Mr Chuck D hosted a fantastic limited series about The Clash a few years back. Highly recommended.
He’s as punk as it gets and I’m glad he used his voice to raise awareness for others.
You’re a punk rock warlord, sir. A life well lived.
Even by the time they got to Arizona
This track still gets me the same way it did as a teenager. This was hip hop at its finest when it was about education in entertainment (‘edutainment’). Public Enemy showed me as a kid that knowledge is power so I studied and became a lawyer. Thank you Chuck D.
Exactly 💯
Wow kudos to you. I'm in law school now
I love the idea of a lawyer with a pair of oversized headphones on his lunch break blasting this lmao
sounds like my story, though I wasn't involved in rap culture.
Awesome - Inspiration is where you find it.
Still fighting the power in 2024!!!
Hell yeah! We’re here ✊🏽
1982 here!!! Always fight the power!!! 👊👊✊🏿👊✊🏿
We have no choice !!
FIGHT THE POWER!
Now more than ever, shit's about to get far worse
One of the greatest protest anthems in any genre of all time. Perfect combination of lyric rhyme and sound.
There need to be an anthem on this level after Goerge
Chuck D said he was inspired by NBA analyst Marv Albert.. he tried to emulate his sound as a rapper.
And now every time you hear a public enemy song, you’ll probably also hear marv calling an nba game.
Dope 😎
Protest the system. Stop picking sides like birds!!!
music.th-cam.com/channels/8xK7OEpik4Snf8wtCtjeTw.html
@@chaddeez8446fight the power bro
This is TRUE HIP HOP👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Yes, RUN DMC, LL COOL J ,PUBLIC ENEMY Will always be the BEST EVER
@@georgeburkhardt5632AGREED: But, you forgot to mention KRS ONE! "Stop the violence" is one of the best raps ever and still poignant today.. More so! Public Enemy are NUMBER ONE though. 👍🏻👍🏽👍🏿
Period!!!
@@georgeburkhardt5632NWA
No doubt.
Chuck hits so hard, but Flav drives it home. What a duo!
Without driving licence... by the way.😂
@@kearlanventures Flav was the greatest hype man ever
"hard, my calling card..."
Everything about PE hit hard, shook the powers that be to its core, so they buried the black messiah message underneath materialism, hyper sexuality ,drugs and violence, they flooded the zone with the low frequency fuckry and it worked folk's went back to sleepwalking.
@@dwightlove3704By far.
Right now this track is more relevant than ever.
Or stay asleep & defeated. I want what The Most High wants!!!! Screw this filth & $$$ kick rocks!!!
Correct
Always Do The Right Thing!
Exactly ❤🎉❤
Fight fake power! They are neurotic sadistic
Wishful thinking.
It's impossible, unfortunately.
Humans are too fallible.
✊🏻
It's NEVER wrong to do the Right Thing!!
That's my generation right there. My generation wasn't ready for this message but the seed was planted.
Absolutely.... They had me tears when they preformed on BET.
Come On With It.
This generation got it!
Bro Chuck D gave me my 1st level of consciousness! Fear of a Black Planet 1 of the best albums ever made. I use to listen to it twice a day. I was a young boy but the message was clear!!
@@subzeroconscious7817 - Same.
A true CLASSIC that is IMMORTAL in the hip hop world. As relevant Now as it was THEN.
Thank you. . .
Cause nothing will change til Christ comes back. March & shout nobody's changing crap til we stop sinning!!! FACTS
This will forever be the greatest era ever. Late 80s to mid 90s!
100000%
This right here is one of the reasons why the record labels and music industry pushed gangsta rap to the forefront. They couldn't allow the trend to keep moving in this direction, but we have to bring it back. Fight the powers that be!
Denis Camdzic your right
Yeah Correct
I remember when the change came in, no disrespect to Gangsta rap ( which had already exsisted in forms ) but the industry latched on hard and messages like PE, X Clan, and many others got drowned out quick.
@@RiveTheRat Thanks Man , I will check Run the Jewels
Yeah, this has been one of my favorites on TH-cam for years, when it had multiple millions of hits, but now less than a million.
What's up with that?
Public enemy will always be one of the greatest rap groups of all time.
Sadly, Gen Z has no idea who they are.
yeah the greatest racist anti-white group, and who bought their music ?: white people
@@jstohler It's up to us to tell everyone about them
@@dwightlove3704 And introduce them to the new kids on the block carrying this sound on. We can't replicate Chuck D and the dozens of others that defined this era, but we can spread the word amongst the young kids and let them hear what rap should sound like. In my area we had Macklemore, Grynch, Knowmads, and many more repping the 206 (aka Seattle).
@@simpledj509chromo7 Macklemore is apart of the RAINBOW COALITION pushing that SAME SEX GARBAGE that affects the Black Community today.He had a song called SAME LOVE THANKS BUT NO THANKS.
Chuck D is one of those who have the coolest natural voices in hip-hop.
For real!! Smooth as a mofo!!
Word em up on the level / the reasons are several / most of ‘em federal
Soooo true. I love just listening to his voice in this song. It's deep and smooth but he was pretty young.
And he made rap relevant as he preaches the truth!
Chuck D voice is underrated he sounds like if God took the mic and was rapping
I’m a diehard Metal Head, but I absolutely love P.E. The production, the vocals, the message, the image, everything is just perfect.
Same 🙏
The greatest hip hop song and one of, if not the greatest songs ever recorded
They were legendary.There was nothing like them at the time....
Chuck D one of the most underrated rated rappers of all time
It's just the video uploaded lately
... Y Elvis no fue racista nunca...
@@noestahechalamielparatuboca no but he’s definitely a paedophile
whos under rated him, hes up there with the best of em
@@noestahechalamielparatuboca que dices man. 😐
This song will never get old.
Mighty Raccoon NEVER EVER!
Come On With It.
Just like Radio Raheem :(
It's been old for 30 years.
John Atwell
Shut up
The fight isn’t gonna end!! We are still going to fight the power!
Goddamn right. They want a fight? Let's give them one.
For real!! Bring it on!!
Well, we humiliated the DemoKKKRatic party for their continued disrespect of the Black Community so that's one dominoe down
Chuck D is a national hero, legend, and treasure. We need to make sure he receives his recognition while he's still on this planet.
HE needs to appear on a stamp!
According to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, he was in on the decision to release Janet Jackson's "That's The Way Love Goes" as the first (?) single from that album. I only bring it up to show that Chuck D has a reach beyond what most of us even have an idea about!
WORD
while he still on this Black Planet! saw em in London in '87 - best gig I've ever been to.
'International' hero! 💓
Agreed
Best Hip Hop/Rap group of all time...
Come On With It.
FACTS
@@mainesource3000 ATCQ
NBN
NWA
WTC
???
Nah bro, NWA
Nahhhhhh mobb deep #1
this song STILL gives me chills, almost 30 years later...
Same!
The best rap group EVER....
Wym almost it’s been 32 years
LMAO right!!! I was born in '89 so you know ik... 🤣🤣🤣
It came out in 1989, so it's been 33 years now...
I miss intellectual hip-hop like this ❤
The market doesn't want you to think. Just consume and reproduce.
Thankfully we also have Sun Rise Above, Rebel Diaz, Lupe Fiasco, Method Man, Black Star, Dave, Jasiri X, Bambu, Native Guns, Lowkey, and so on
@@breeze_japanese Yes blame the record company executives!!!!
@@cupriferouscatalyst3708 yep, good stuff is still out there. there's a lot more junk to wade threw to find it because it's a pop genre now with lots of $$$ but it's there.
Ice Spice is just not on the same planet.
This generation needs to listen up... Seriously GenX make these lil ones listen up.. I ain't from Brooklyn but the message from Brooklyn was /is loud an clear...
It was anti white hate
Gen X unfortunately sold out. Most of them are Trumpers. They have totally forgotten what Chuck taught us.
NYC Baby
@@gregpettis1113They don’t know the ones with the power aren’t white, they just look white
Flavor Flav and Chuck D are Gen Jones. Terminator X is Gen X
Chuck D had the hardest hitting lyrics of any rap group. They were real and raw.
Still resonating today 👌🏼
@@Anonymous-Joker74 yeh boy
the messenger of prophecy
Check out Black Steel by them.
Racionais mano brown is better tho
Bumping this today.
\m/
Always!!! ✊🏿✊🏿👊👊
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO RAP, .. BECAUSE THE MESSAGE IS IN THE BEAT,🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yesssss
I'm Asian American and I'm gonna say this right here, right now:
It's 20 f'n 21 and nothing has changed from 1989 till now except the clothes and the music. The African American man and woman is still fighting the power. If I can see it, why the hell can't anyone else?
NEVER STOP FIGHTING THE POWER.
Stop being racist and shooting little girls for stealing orange juice then.
@@karmatt3098 I'm the one being racist? So you expect me and an entire community of Asian Americans to be blamed for what happened in 1992? Bro, R.I.P to Latasha Harlins but before you talk about being racist, are you going to accept accountability for all the Asian American elderly killed in the U.S at the hands of African Americans during the pandemic? You're probably gonna say it's white people right? Well these victims don't look like they were attacked by the ones who stormed the Capitol. I have African American friends and thank God, they don't think and act nothing like you. You're so limited minded that you got your assessment of an entire community from a convenience store incident is like if I got my assessment of the African American community from watching a rap video. It's ignorant, just like you. So when you can achieve a common sense level that goes beyond your hood, then level up and come talk to me.
NEVER STOP FIGHTING THE POWER! words to live by!
@@sunlotus8 Thanks brother. You all have a lot to fight for so never stop. ✊
Konichiwa
God damn; Public Enemy was years ahead of their peers and Chuck D’s lyrics are criminally underrated.
No need to curse God to get your point across, yo 😉✌🏽🕊️❣️
But much Love for your TRUTH
So soothing to hear this today. ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿✊🏻
Ditto
@TheRenee79
Trump 2024
This song is more relevant now than ever before
Steve if you want revalent words to a song listen CAREFULLY.
To The temptions Ball of confusion.
AND .....The law of the land..
Im white 65 yr old soul boy from uk.. these words are for both of us at the bottom of life's ladder...
Project 2025 educate yourself
Specially when chuck D says" freedom of speech is freedom of death"
Yes well said!!
Facts
As Korean, This one hits really hard after the martial law of korea.
Solidarity ❤
This is one of those songs that transcends the decade it was made in and never ceases to be both great and relevant.
One of the BEST protest songs ever written by man
but I just see Rosie Perez dancing and fighting in Do the Right Thing ,. best opening ,.,. ,.,. Most of my hero's dont appear on no stamp
The 80s was truly the decade of black greatness. I recall feeling overly proud of how far as a people we have traveled with more to come. Today, we seem like we have lost our way. DAMN! What a shame.
It's over for black people as race or to be effective. We played around too long.
Let's make America great again ✊
@@user-pv7tn5do3f Mind your business bro
Man you hit the nail on the head as a young guy in the Navy I got turned on to P.E. by guys in my division. Seemed like progress was being made for Black Americans and was great to see it happening and being vocal about it. Sadly we seem to be off page or so the powers that be be who control media will tell us. Then I look at my daughters and their friends and have hope that they truly break free of the ignorance that has held back Black Americans. When we respect, value and honor each other we will have a better place to live.
But then the 90's happened
The legendary public enemy.i grew up with these Iconic music.they dont make music like that anymore.word up son
Cuase black men aint grow up around this type of environment
@@NorthPhilly-zr7xc wtf you talking about dog.you make no sense
Patience
Come On With It.
This was my news, Public Enemy, NWA, this is where I was educated before Dan Rather or Tom Brokaw read the scripted news. Of course I took a hard turn at gothic industrial music, but I cone back to what was, and wish could be again in these turbulent times.
35 years later and that Elvis line still gets me just as hyped as it did when I was a teenager.
The lie still persis that he was the driving force behind the success of Rock Music.I saw the movie about Presley and he stated that he was not the king of this genre of music and he said that FATS DOMINO was the KING OF ROCK MUSIC.
And yet they're aligned with Google and all the mofo free speech crushin' Afro baby jabbin' $$$ milkin' depopulation freaks slippin' bribes under the table, don't even play blind like the rest
❤️🤣
I still believe he was kinda racist..
@@mariomesenarias4218 Who? Elvis?
Y'all ready? We got 4 years to go thru. But we'll be solid.
We've been thru worse! 1982 here, fight the power! ✊🏿👊👊👊✊🏿✊🏿
We AINT NEVER GOING BACK!!!
We gonna be alright. We as African Americans need to stick together. However, chose Trump white and other people of color… let’s leave them him and watch how he makes them suffer. They wanted the KKK now they got it
I’m glad Trump is prez bout to send the people a message that the system is fucked up. Dems better be better than that
@@andrewhillman4561 brainwashed, delusional you are
Been through worse tighten up your game and man up
The beginning of the most influential music era besides the 60's. Rap changed the entire world and is still shaping and creating the dialogue about music/culture for decades to come.
Don’t forget the 50s. Kids of the 50s broke the mold for everyone. It’s just a shame the black musicians of that time didn’t get the credit they deserved.
One of the most important rap groups of all time . Their message is still prevalent today
THE most important hip hop group of ALL time
@@timujin1000 Broken glass, everywhere.... Those boys came first.
Important Group of all time, fixed that for you 👍
Don't forget KRS-1.
Indeed
This track aged like fine wine and remains as relevant today as it did then.
Until Chuck bowed down to big white daddy biden.
It's so very relevant to me!
That's because the message still applies today.
I agree!
Yes, this will never not apply. The causes that lead to its needs are ingrained into to social fabric of life itself. Authority will always use its power for its own gain, unjustly and at the expense of others. ✊️
Flavor's style was one of a kind.
Still is
I swear Chuck’s verse at 2:36 goes more hard every time I hear it 💯
Hard of him crying like a B...
@@steveb7144like ur mom
I'm enrolled Native American & we fight the power every day And this song & shows gave me courage to fight the power which I still do. 💯✔️❤️
No you don't. :)
Lmfaoooo
I hear ya from Ohio. I met a young girl from a reservation and she was traumatized. I hear ya. I also had a pal that tried to city manage a small town in Nebraska and they were so racist. Now I live in Southern Chile and the Mapuche are still fighting the power.
what does "enrolled" native american mean?
@@sallylauper8222 Yes we do Sally!
“When the power of love, overcomes the love of power. The world will know peace.”-Jimi Hendrix
Piss onto you for burning your own guitar 😮
Heavy!
What about the Flavor of Love
Well that will never happen because everyone is racist towards white people now
This, era in music transformed us into "Thinkers" instead of mere consumers...Epic!
When it comes to cultural impact, Public Enemy stands above the rest.
PE is American Punk !❤
@Jenny_Oblivion I believe you are referring to Hed PE. Public Enemy is Hip Hop.
music.th-cam.com/channels/8xK7OEpik4Snf8wtCtjeTw.html
One of the best and most important song. Ever.
"Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps" is the best lyric in the history of pop music.
Either that or "Margaret Thatcher, tell her clear the way for the Prophets of Rage."
yea there in jail for life some power
I personally like the line about ELVIS
@@dwightlove3704 "the sucka was simple and plane"
@@wattaura7621 Then FF sealed the deal
THE greatest rap track of all time, no question.
Man these guys carried the spirit of the Black Panther Party!!! Public Enemy is one of the most legendary hip-hop bands of all time!!!
Yes they are
Amen. My adopted dad was a panther. This song, the respect shown to my Pop. I cry every time I see this. Pop was in the Desire standoff. Fight the Power indeed.
AMEN 🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🙌🏿🤟🏼🤟🏻👌🏾👌🏻👌🏽
Viva Las Panteras Negras de Tucson !!
{Long Live The Black Panthers of Tucson}
Amphi Panteras Tenants Empowerment Association!
Fuck the panthers
As Salaam Alaikum! No they carried the spirit of the F.O.I. & The Nation of Islam. Public Enemy is my family . Those drills are NOI inspired; because we drill and have been doing military drills since 1932! The F.O.I. Is a military like any other military. Professor Griff is a registered FOI as are 4 other members of the S1W’s. Do the knowledge and look and you’ll see many FOI in the video in charge of the security at the rally. Peep all the bow ties and suit/with boots. Please give the Nation of Islam credit where credit is due! Lastly many members and leaders of the BPP were
once also registered in the N.O.I. ..Huey Newton, Clarke
Bobby Seale, Stokley, etc all used to attend the Temple; in Oakland, Ca. in the early 60’s.
This needs to be played right now , at every protest, in every organization. This is TRUTH.
Not what the song was about . sad as a white guy i know why the song came about
@@jonhanson6128 know exactly why Chuck D wrote it. Did you catch the reference to Malcolm X "swinging while I'm singing"?
Except the protest that went on were supported by the powers that be and they didn’t even know it.
Word em up
100% TRUTH
We desperately need this vibe back.
This might be the greatest hip hop song of all time.. this or “The Message”
more relevant now than ever! ✊🏽
Indeed comrade!
This is making me a shed tear. Hip Hop really could've freed us if it was untampered with. What a powerful music. Look people standing together in Brooklyn mind you this is in the middle of the crack era
on malcolm x boulevard, alot my freinds were in the video. i lived aound the corner from PE studio .seen them all my life.
I feel the same way smh
Baltimore, Miami, Philadelphia, New York. It’s a beautiful thing to behold.
Now it’s every young man for themselves and backstabbing each other by ratting or killing, no more solidarity
Well, let's not get too excited. People were standing together because Spike Lee's film crew put them there.
Public Enemy stood for something, that's why I am still a fan today! 😊❤❤❤
Exactly - punk rock right from the jump, speaking up, refusing to be intimidated
Stood for anti-Whitism and division.
Yes they stood firmly on that.
And conference to!
@@igorivanov299how sensitive are y’all lmaoo shameless race
We goto fight the power now more than ever! Screw the rich n powerful. You can't stop the flow!
The best rap group ever, true legends ...Their songs hit hard
🔥💯🔥💯🔥💯🔥
I was a kid when I heard this for the first time. I didn't understand. I sure as hell do, now. This is as relevant now as it was the day it dropped.
Adventures With Phil 🤔You tell me I was 11 when this came out!!
Hello welcome eyes open
Isn't that the sad part though?
Chuck D got the best Voice ever he best rap
Damn, still gives me the chills. RIP to important music like this.
やはりいつ何時聞いてもパブリックエネミーは最高！日本のラップは心に残らない
I'm a white guy, and this was life changing for me....the message applies MORE THAN EVER TODAY!! Fight power in the Washington DC...
Yes, and it's not at all racist!
I thought the same thing. I am white & while the video does show mostly black people....I always felt the song applied to EVERY race. Fight the Power is fighting any corrupt power.
@@taracollins5597 Yes ,but the american black activism and african independence movements were/ are incredibly fanatic and racist just like their white counterparts . There's a scene in Black KKKlansmen that illustrates this
Black,white green,orange etc....we can all get this message...such a shame most young people nowadays are sat at home being brainwashed with PlayStation,1000' tiv channels etc etc instead of going out there and fighting the power....
Race is a lie. You are not white.
Even in Latin America we listen to this song, and it never gets old! Saludos from Panama!
Indeed brother, saudações from Brazil 🇧🇷
You know Roberto Duran?
Viva la Raza!
@@scarletknight1035 lol
I can barely see the road from the heat comin' off....
Who is here on independence day 2024? Blasting this right now. Let's fightto protect our freedoms.
I’m hearing blasting away! This is how it was done.
Exactly!
Project 2025 educate yourself
@@YosefNasilol another psyop
@@YosefNasi Yeah, it's MESESD UP, thanks to the butt wipe trump's lying, conman, racist, failed businessman B.S. :(:( My sisters a teacher in a northern suburb of detroit and she told me, the dept of educ. is part of it, so kids won't know how to read and right, at least not in schools...Peace !!
The Elvis bar is the most ruthless bar in American Hip Hip History!
Facts!
@@tiffysimm7346BB King and James brown said Elvis wasn't racist, I'll take their words over some random guy, who never even met him, talking about him in a song 11 years after his death.
Chuck D 😂 he even said later "Elvis was a door, a gateway through to the roots. In the beginning of his career Elvis admitted where the roots came from, but did anybody care?"
Elvis wasn't like that, he even took few lessons from bruce Lee.... but john Wayne is a different story
you don't know what ruthless is if you didn't notice the line about 'Don't worry, Be happy' being the #1 jam
Chuck D has since rescinded what he said about Elvis.
Surprised nobody mentioned Radio Raheem or the classic “Do The Right Thing”
I just thought of that. I also feel bad for Smiley.
@@Prinks3414 Nah fuck Smiley. Literally starting shit for no reason. No shit an italian restaurant is gonna show italian people on the wall. Get over it.
@@formxr wrong person
@@formxr Smiley was the disabled guy
@@formxr lmao wrong guy
Hard to believe its been 30 years since this song and it still relevant today.
When the revolution begin this will be the marching song 😆
And today Chuck bows down to the power
Absolutely right
This song delivers a relevant message more than ever!
One of the most important songs in rap history!
@Augusto Pinochet broken record
@Augusto Pinochet No, you know nothing.
@Augusto Pinochet Thank you for proving my point.
@augustopinochet5346 Says a loser with his head in the sand. There has been systemic racism in this country going back to 1619, the Black Codes, Jim Crowe, etc. This song never gets old.
ha if your racist
This is when rap/hip hop was empowering not destructive like today. One day people will catch up to this music that came out decades before its time.
I’m 23 showing that not all kids of this generation is clueless…. I grew up on this group
24. Glad there are more like me.
@@Thewritingelf aye we lit bro
You grew up well then
Your elders taught you well
Thrilled to read this comment. I'm 55 years old, lived this era
I’m 21 I’m glad I grew up around my uncle to hear music like this ‼️
I’m 47 & so happy that you know PE!!!
@@Jenny_Oblivion much respect og yall generation is goated 🫡💯
GOOD LAD
Possibly, the best rap group ever.
Relevant more today than ever✊🏽
Not even just for black people but for the american people as a whole. The power is fucking everybody over
Agree
🤚🏻
Just live your life, fella.
Doesn't matter who is in power. Folks will always find grievances with whoever it is. Nothing will ever be good enough.
People spend so much time playing the victim, that they miss living their life.
I'm not singling out anyone in particular here, I'm talking about society in general. Everyone is taking part in the victim Olympics and moaning about change, Whether that be too much change or a lack thereof.
Everyone in the west has equal rights these day's, so folk should just get on with living there lives, and quit boo-hoo, whining and crying.
Just my two cents.🤷♂️
History repeats itself.
THIS WAS THE BIGGEST HIP HOP SONG IN HISTORY
Not was. It is. Still relevant today
No matter what happens, we’ll fight back. It’s our duty!!!🇨🇦america🇺🇸
I agree, but based on the direction of usa for last 60 yrs ..that Canadian flag is looking like where all open minded ppl must go before 2025. "Open minds will dominate, the human machines of hate"- Burton C. Bell
Chuck is so underrated and this is hip hop. Mental awareness we can't get careless. So ahead of his time
Chuck was never underrated. Any serious rap fan recognizes toe importance and talent there and many other MCs have acknowledged the importance of Chuck D in rap
Nope,Chuck is not underrated.he always gets his props in the history of hip hop
Look up the word " underrated" man... He's considered one of the best MCs ever.
Chuck D & the word underrated do not belong in the same sentence. This is a legendary group .🔥
"Power to the people No delay" ✊🏿
✊
✊🏽
✊🏽💅🏽
I hate up voting on a even number comment, so I'll support with this comment anyways.
@@Blazex1x1 lol
Music with a message!
What’s missing in today’s music
Now this is Real Hip Hop!
This is what I called pure Hip hop
Timeless video. Best of all time because of the energy of the Bed Stuy people. I'm an NY 89er 4 Life! Strong Island, Queens and Brooklyn!!!!!!!!!!
Hella lit !!!!!
The FOI, S1W's and Tawana Brawley made video
Chuck D is the best MC and Flavor Flav is the best Hype man ever!
You forget terminator X, best DJ !!
True speak 👌🏼⭐️
Flavor is also a very talented musician in his right and a good producer
@@martindoll5204 Yes, he is that's right
"Yeah boy you know what time it is!"⏰
THIS should our anthem today in 2024!
shoulda coulda...
Breathe it, think it, live it, say it, do it!
Everytime I listen to this song I shead a tear. We still saying the same the shit after all these years and we got a long way to go but this song keeps me fighting
Exactly
Yeah i feel like that when i hear Can't Truss it
Hello Louis , I must say you have such an amazing and captivating smile
I'm 60 now but this song still resonates in my blood.
Hopefully the lyrics did too
Greatest era in hip hop history
True hip hop not the stuff they feeding us today
RIP ALL BROTHERS WHO FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT AND BECAME FALLEN WARRIORS AGAINST THE EVIL POWER
😢
Flav is and will always be THE BEST HYPE MAN EVER!
This song changed my entire life as a young white teenager in the UK, it's crazy how this sparked an awareness in me that's still with me. Thanks Chuck D for following me on Twitter. Still goes hard as concrete
This song is so powerful! It was very powerful for me as I got pumped up to speak to my school administrators about African American history being taught. Well it was 1989 so the answer was NO from them and “go back to Africa if you want that” by the students.
@@Msbean1220I feel you...
Aaron.....White boy in Hammersmith palais much?
@@destonlee2838 what's this mean, I'm now confused
So basically self loathing?
Now More Relevant Than Ever ✊️
True brotha.
One of the greatest songs ever,fight the power people.
My favorite rap song i love it’s
It's time to UNITE AGAINST GLOBAL CULT TYRANTS
It is more like noise pollution! Yuck.
Lolololol what lololo
Just came in 2nd on Rolling Stones "top 500 of all time" :)!