911 has been not only a longtime bad joke on us #BIPOC folks but also frequently used as a fuxking weapon on us more times than not.
You don't fuxking call 911 on anyone you don't want cops to sic. Especially BIPOC folks. https://youtu.be/MwNhwwcQ4Ow?si=ctZehItTTlc9FR2P
I got arrested by VanPD for protesting their inaction on missing Indigenous sex workers in the 90s, in downtown East Vancouver. I cranked up this song, while charging myself into VanPD offices. My supporters played song when I was released from illegal detainment, after ✊️❤️🦅
#nowplaying Public Enemy, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.
One of 2 Public Enemy LPs I got from my kids (I did kind of give them a massive hint) and never owned these on vinyl before. The other being Apocalypse 91.
@clacke@gwadej As a nerdy white boy in the Philadelphia suburbs, I connected more with #3rdBass than, say, #BeastieBoys’ “Licensed to Ill." The latter’s sample-heavy follow-up “Paul's Boutique” was more my style. I'm also a fan of Bomb Squad era #PublicEnemy from the same period.
PE's fierce call out on mass media's propaganda, the MSM false narratives & how it influenced groupthink.
"Anybody who knows me really well or cares knows I wrote Don’t Believe The Hype a bit influenced by Noam Chomsky Manufacturing Consent in the 80s,” Chuck D said in a tweet from 2021.
The White House, Liz Cheney, Ron DeSantis, and More Slam Trump for Calling Hezbollah “Very Smart”
The White House called the remarks “dangerous and unhinged.” Liz Cheney asked, “Are Republicans really going to nominate this dangerous man to be President of the United States?”
@GW The difference between sociopath Donald Trump & Hizbollah's sociopathic leader Hassan Nasrallah is, that Nasrallah couldn't run for U.S. president, because he wasn't born in the U.S.
This is a bit of a late post to catch the #TOTP crowd, but you never know ...
Tonight on BBC2 from 9:35 there's a new documentary series starting: "First Ladies of Hip-Hop", talking to and hearing from the women who've been involved in hip-hop from its earliest days through to the present.
If it's anything like some of the other BBC in-depth music documentaries it should be excellent.
Worth watching if for nothing else, Alison Clarkson (Betty Boo) telling the incredible story of the night she & her friend Donna McConnell (both of them part of a rap group called She Rockers) blagged their way into a McDonalds in Shepherd's Bush because they saw Public Enemy eating there, and after doing a few raps with them getting kicked out of there, walking past the Chinese takeaway two doors down where LL Cool J was waiting for his food.
In June, I was curious what I might not know about it The Isley's "Fight the Power" so I asked #ChatGPT.
Today, the bot says the Isley's recorded it, but the more well-known version was recorded by #PublicEnemy in 1989.
In June, the bot claimed the Isley's had never recorded the song.
Reading today that a school is using #ChatGPT to ID books to pull from the shelves, I wanted to scream, "THE BOT IS NOT RELIABLE! IT WILL LIE AND MAKE UP FACTS! NOT SAFE! USERS BEWARE!"
A gang of Irish art students went to Berlin for the summer of 1992. 2 mates and I out in the airport seeking seasonal jobs, in an empty arrivals hall, saw Public Enemy: Chuck D with a massive bag trolley. Flavor Flav looking to exchange US Dollars. We didn’t want to intrude on their busy arrival but when we saw them later on stage and it was visceral. #HipHop50#FiftyYearsOfHipHop#JukeBoxFridayNight #PublicEnemy#FightThePower#ChuckD https://songwhip.com/public-enemy/fightthepower
Today in 1973, the most exciting cultural movement to date, kicked off at a birthday party in the Bronx NY, with DJ Kool Herc put the needle on the record on that fateful day.
While the first time I heard a Hip-Hop song, the Sugar Hill Gang's "Rappers Delight", was in 1980 while visiting my uncle in NY, it was not till 89' when my college roommate, already a massive hip-hop head, schooled me in everything that had come out all the way up to that point. By far my favorite was #PublicEnemy. This was my red pill moment, and from that point on I would never be the same.
Here's their 1989 anthem "Fight the Power" also featured on the groundbreaking Spike Lee joint "Do the Right Thing"
#GreatAlbums1990s – TOP 20 - #PublicEnemy - #FearOfABlackPlanet (1990). Bottomless sonic complexity, grooves that rock as hard as James Brown, and lyrics that manage to be both outrageous and hilarious made FOABP a furious delight that hasn’t dated a minute in the last 33 1/3 years. “911 is a Joke” and “Fight the Power” get the most air due their continuing social relevance, but the whole disc gave popular music a much-needed kick in the ass. A generational milestone.
I mean, there have been other protest songs before it including within #HipHop, but the long-lasting influence of this song on the genre, culture, etc make it one of the most influential songs of all time.