Fight the Power
Public Enemy wrote a song about racism, censorship and freedom. This song was popular among its time back in the late 80's and earlier 90's. The song I'm talking about of course is "Fight The Power", the title its self is self explanatory. Public Enemy has four members all from unique backgrounds. Its first and most known member would be Chuck D also known as Carlton Ridenhour born on August 1st 1960 same as its second member Professor Griff a.k.a Richard Griffin. Third member of P.E. is Terminator X born as Norman Rogers in 1966 and its fourth and final member is Flavor Flav also known to his family as William Drayton born on March 16th 1959. Public Enemy got their name from So Hank Schocklee when he heard two songs from them featuring the words Public Enemy and a single titled the same. The group toured with such groups as U2, Anthrax and Primus, and Sister of Mercy. Their first tour was the Ill tour headlining the Beastie Boys. Public Enemy is a political group. They've always talked about the issues at hand. And they weren't afraid to use it in their songs. Their one of the few g
It represented the pop cultural at its time. They say in the song he might be a hero but he didn't anything to them. It seems they want to tell them to over come diversity like many other have told and have done. roups at their time to rap about the issues. This song was a number hit when it came out and it got major air play on the Radio and TV. And the way it goes in the verse is like this "Elvis was a hero to most. In this song the second stanza talks about making a change a Revolution. Cause at their time gangsta rap had started to take off and people started to listen to different things. Also in the video people who looked like they were part of the Black Panthers. In the verse Public Enemy deicide to talk about racism.
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