Those of us who grew up in the 70s and 80s knew how big of a deal this collaboration was. Rap and Metal just did not mingle at all. It was unheard of. I was 20 when this song released and appreciated the big middle finger Anthrax and Public Enemy flashed to that sentiment. They paved the way.
@@garyh4458 He said rap and Metal. That only happened once before this song, with UTFO and Anthrax in 1987. A song called Lethal. He didn't say rap and Rock. Rap and rock was around from the get go. It's just that soulful rock was categorized as either R&B or Funk. Unless the group was white like Chicago, or The Band. Then they were called rock.
@@TigerLikesTail WRONG! Ministry released Test in 1989. It was on the album "The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste". The Anthrax version of Bring the Noise wasn't released until 1991.
@@garyh4458 ? I am lost. You are saying 1989? Lethal was 2 years previous in 1987. I own the 45 long play and bought it when it first was released that summer.
I had no idea how much I needed this until I just witnessed it. Two TITANS of their genres come together to crack the very fabric of space and time, and holy shit this is good weed.
@@taiwanarnold5927 I plainly stated they broke the fabric of space and TIME. 30 years ago is tomorrow and yesterday is now, you know? Did I mention the weed?
I like Scott Ian's verses because you can tell he's rapping basically at the upper edge of his ability. Like those are clearly the fastest and most complex bars he's capable of spitting on beat without messing up.
I went to the PE/Anthrax concert in Orange County, 1991. That shit was awesome! Primus and Young Black Teenagers were the opening acts. Everyone there had a good time, PE and Anthrax closed the concert with this joint..
Awesome. I was there too. Met Ice T that night in the crowd. Was a great gig. PE was great. Primus was solid. Was my fifth different Anthrax tour. Great times. Irvine Meadows was such a great place to see a show. I was there the night RATT blew the power out. Judas Priest was fantastic. So many great memories during a great period in music.
Indeed, but or the "Farrakhan" line. Farrakhan is an antisemite and he says "ALL" white people have a devilish, supremacist nature. Scott Ian of Anthrax is Jewish and metal has a mostly white audience in North America, so it was a poorly-chosen line for this song. I can respect that Public Enemy had Fruit of Islam (FOI) security guards and I've seen FOI beat up crack dealers and run them out of Black communities, so that's more than the police did in the long term. Problem is, Calypso Louie is INSANE for thinking that to be white is to be inherently a white supremacist.
Why is no one talking about THPS2. This is iconic to my childhood. Finish school for the day, PS1, THPS2, Rodney Mullen, School Southern Cali, this song. Chillin.
I was 9 years old when I first heard this track on THPS 2. I played a lot with friends on the PS1. I didn't know good music like this existed. Real game-changer for me.
Still as fresh as when it was first released. I'm a lifelong metal fan, but have also been a PE fan since Yo Bumrush the Show, so this hit really hard and, let's face it, completely changed things. So many bands would not exist if it were not for this crossover 🤘
Me too, mate. A fan of PE since the 80s. I've always loved their actual political lyrics instead of just the usual "Bitches Money Bitches Money Bitches Money" -crap. Public Enemy is highly underrated today.
This was released in July 1991. They were pioneers, sure, but hardly the first. Sir Mix-A-Lot and Metal Church did "Iron Man" a full 3 years earlier. Both Clawfinger and Body Count may have released their first albums a year later but were formed as dedicated rap metal bands in 1989 respectively 1990. And, of course, let's not forget Run DMC's "Walk this Way" which may not be metal yet but it dates back 1986. You also have to thank Beastie Boys for Fight for your Right and No Sleep till Brooklyn from 1987.
thanks for that wise words, most of the metal fans hate so many bands that came after this, I consider myself a metalhead but damn', I love a lot of acts that born in 90's and 2000's thanks to crossovers like this!!
I was 10 years old when the album was released... mom wouldn't let me have the album. As soon as I saved up enough money from mowing lawns, I bought it myself and rocked it through my headphones.
I was very young and very white growing up in Australia with a black older brother. He played public enemy ALL the time and I thought it was what everyone listened to. The look on the teachers faces when I'd walk around the school rapping to this and Fight the Power etc 😂 good times !
Man oh man this is still absolute fire after all these years. Major cred to Thrax for making this happen and having the guts to do it. Stone cold classic here people.
I am always surprise that there is not more Hip Hop like this in mainstream culture back then and in the present. I always felt like these two genres fit well together with their poetic intensity!!
@@dankirchner3676mr Bungle inspired all those bands, esp incubus. Their first album fungous amongus is classic but just a less experimental Bungle, almost identical. early 90s genre horrorcore hip hop like gravediggqz and geto boys are the "metal of hip hop" , limp and LP came later blew it to the mainstream. It WOULD have been cool so see a real act like this Collab here. A legendary MC with a legendary band! I guess the Jay-Z + LP album was the closest thing
@@cheeselad2401 You're comparing apples to oranges. There's 20-30 years between. Most of those bands and when this was recorded. It was natural for the bridge eventually as kids grew up listening to multiple genres. Anthrax + Public Enemy and Aerosmith + Run DMC was viewed as near heresy back then. If you can't understand that, maybe try to relate the infusion rock and/or urban music into country that we saw in the 2010's.
Fuckin love this. I was like 17 or so when this was released. Most of the guys I skateboarded with hated it. They were all into punk rock and hated rap. This collaboration was actually very punk rock in attitude and intent. And Flavor Fav is one hell of a drummer.
Back when Public Enemy was debuting, the producers were trying to convince the band to get rid of “that weird guy with the clock.” Chuck’s response was “Flav can play like 5 or 7 musical instruments. I can’t even play the lotto.”
When this came out, I was the only black kid I knew who listened to both hip hop and metal with the same passion (still do). The fact that it even happened was crazy but the song itself was amazing as well...man this really kicked down the door for a lot of things.
Back in the day, especially in Philly, Metal & Rap were underground because it wasn't played on everyday radio like today. Metal on Saturday nights & Rap on Sundays. Maybe cause I'm 52, grew up in the city & in a mixed hood, we listened to all kinds of music so I've been a fan of both genres for forever. Got cassettes of both Rap & Metal taped from 80s radio in Philly. Great time to be a teenager. Got to see both PE & Anthrax. Still got my Fear of A Black Planet shirt ✊🏼
Still holds up today as one of the most amazing cross-overs. Sounds as if they collaborated the whole thing from the beginning. At the time it brought chills to people when they first heard it. "The the f_????" then "Oh Wow!"
Never will I get tired of people rapping along metal riffs, whether it’s RATM, Limp Bizkit, 24 Spyz, Kidcrusher, Hed(Pe), Jiluka or this classic that unleashed this mayhem.
This is the track that got me into hip-hop. Still got the 12" record even though I no longer have a record deck. I was a 15 year old white metal head from Northern Ireland living in the South of England. This blew my mind. 30 odd years later I'm still a massive hip-hop fan.
This one was a starter for a whole music genre. There is NO doubt about it. Bring tha noize was the first Rap track in Rap and the metal charts. Voted as best metal track of the year. The most covered rap track by metal bands. This Shhh was GROUNDBREAKING!
The music genre was already there. Urban Dance Squad (dutch band) was one of the early starters within the crossover genre and inspired for instance RATM ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lbsCVOBJ4QQ.html
@@thetrooper4743ah, remember Red Hot Chili Peppers existed before they did rap metal with songs like Get Up & Jump, True Men Don’t Kill Coyotes, and Fight Like A Brave
Run DMC/ Aerosmith 1986. Anthrax and Public Enemy 1991. I was 13 yrs old when Run DMC and Aerosmith did it. 5 years later Anthrax and Public Enemy did it.
@@aLaNuitBeton they revolutionized the idea.just like rock influenced metal and metal influenced thrash,punk,nu-metal, grunge, death metal....get the idea. Stop trying to be a smart ass and learn your history. You don't even what you're talking about.
when it came out I didn't know if I should love it or hate it, but it did get me listening to Public Enemy, which got me listening to Grandmaster Flash . . . Anthrax not so much lol
@@nobrainsnoheadache2434 I'm no fan of anthrax either , but they also did a cover of U2 Exit which was pretty good . They had some range , unlike most other metal bands .
Not born, but I do think this song is what Nu Metal should be, actual rappers rapping over and actual metal band, where both bring their respective expertise to the song. Nu metal has a bad rap cuz most Nu metal bands do both of those things somewhat half assed.
I was at the video shoot this was shot here in Chicago i was in the crowd with my white homie Chuck Edwards (1970-2005)damn i miss you bro we had some good times that night
In my opinion this song is the birth of rap metal. Two entirely different genres thrown together for an outcome nobody expected. For once color division was forgotten and eyes were opened. Public Enemy gained many white fans from this song. I will always have this track on any device i own in my favorites track list
This was legendary time, none of these rap groups of today can come up with something like this and collaborate with a metal thrash band. Never again can it be done.
Run DMC and Aerosmith, Public Enemy and anthrax. The best ever. Now I'm 46 and this songs brings back memories of long ago, but still made me smile and headband, be it a bit slower with no long hair lmao what an awesome song man. Cheers guys .
Anyone who likes this owes it to themselves to listen to the Judgement Night soundtrack. The collabs by Onyx and Biohazard, Faith No More and Boo Ya Tribe, Helmet and House of Pain are enough to make it worth your time.
This made me love other kinds of music... was a youngster back then and an anthrax fan. Made me a public enemy fan immediatley.And ian is a better mc then 50.% of todays rappers😏
I am 37 years old I grew up in the 1990s concerts were the best growing up when I was kid in the 90s. Rap and metal music was cool and fun together. Scott Ian rap verses on fire. Miss these days.
What a fucking time that was to be alive, it really looked like we were finally getting our shit together in this fucking country. Steadily been moving the needle in the wrong direction since then.
