FIRST LISTEN TO PUBLIC ENEMY FIGHT THE POWER 😎REACTION 

Props to Terminator X for creating such a unique sound for Public Enemy ... most underrated DJ ever.

35 years later and the message in the song still brings me to tears. Angry, sad, happy, motivated. So many emotions.

The days of conscious HIP-HOP

Chuck D was a "sho-nuff" brotha! Period!!

Absolutely love this reaction. We remember this when it dropped & its importance at the time, both in terms of the issues it raised & the fact it made hip hop go global. This was Black America's version of punk & the world got it. Given the representation nowadays on the likes of Hot 97, it gladdens the heart to see a younger generation hear how it used to be, and how it can still connect. The Elvis reference is a wider context within the music industry dating back to the early 1900s when typically record companies would source phenomenal songs written by black artists, but have white artists record them and then release to a targeted audience. The John Wayne reference related to the depiction of native "Americans" in film. This joint should be taught in schools so it's no longer just something kids have heard in a video game.

This should be the real anthem for black people. ❤👊🏿🔥💯

Those who know, know! Now you know. HIP HOP ICONS always delivered the message to the world!

That's the thing sis. Nobody cares what they don't like. Truth hurts them. So be it. You gotta see Public Enemy "Can't truss it"...

Okay you have Opened the Door, How Deep are you Willing to go Sista.. Are you Ready For X-Clan; Heed The Word Of The Brother, Funkin Lesson, and my Favorite" Grand Verbalizer, What Time is it."

Glad you pointed out the photo's that were being held up. Some of the people in the photo's were Malcom X, MLK, Jesse Jackson, Adam Clayton Powell, Rosa Parks, Harriett Tubman, Langston Hughes, Frederick Douglass, Joe Louis, Marcus Garvey and Jackie Robinson.

Flav can't have enough clocks......he knows what time it is.

For me the greatest rap song ever is Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos from that album. Chuck D is the greatest rapper ever, no question.

There was a rumor that got started (I THINK) in the late 60s that attributed a quote to Elvis as saying when asked about his stealing/appropriating black music, that "the only thing a black man could do for me, is shine my shoes." No one has ever been able to cite the source, and Elvis had always denied it.

Glad you like the great Public Enemy..Flav and the crowd kept chanting at the end "Don't believe the Hype" is a great song and they got 2 classic albums people fight over which one was the best ever

Can you imagine being part of the video at that time. It's something that those people are still telling their grandkids about to this day.

A B-Boy with a target on him...Still a dope logo...This song defined 89..Sh#%t was getting real..

Public Enemy! Long Island! NY

Public Enemy - Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos

PE was one of greatest rap groups from the l80's and 90's. Although most of they're lyrics were pro black, they had a huge white following. When they said the line about Elvis, it was said that he said that the only thing that a black man could do for him is shine his shoes. I remember years ago seeing an interview with Redd Foxx, he stated that the rolex watch that he was wearing was a gift from Elvis for opening shows for him. He said that he asked Elvis if he had said that, and Elvis admitted that he may have made that statement. He said that he grew up in that kind of environment, so he could have very well said that. When Flav said mutha f##k him and John Wayne, it was said that John Wayne was a member of the kkk. John Wayne was a big actor who played in loads of cowboy movies in the 60's and 70's.

Gotta give The Bomb Squad and Terminator X serious credit for the production and the beats for this. The flow was the icing on the cake. 🎂

RIP to Radio Raheem!!!

that song was from he Classic Film "Do The Right Thing " by Spike Lee who also directed this video. You would realy have to be there in NYC in the late 80's to understand the climate there . Oh for a Classic PE song gptta go with the First one that introduce them to hip hop ...TIMEBOMB

I remember Mike Tyson used to train and walk out to the fight with this playing! I saw Public Enemy open for the Beastie Boys! It Was Lit 🔥

public enemy - “rebel without a pause”

There it is.....the face.....yep you was feeling it.

JT this is my first time posting on your channel! Public Enemy is the Poster Child for Hip-hop for many years! Do you know the power of knowledge in Hip-hop was small but powerful please react to can't truss it! Forerunners of true rap music!

Oh Honey

Always loved the "mafuk him AND John Wayne"

Can't Trust it is the next video you need to check out, it's incredible.

Damn, just damn. The complete package. Flav knows what time it is…Terminator X “yellin’ with his hands!…the Bomb Squad…Chuck D being Chuck D. Damn. PE holds up.

Oh, and also Whodini "Funky Beat"

Every hip hop crew was unique back in the days

Real people want to hear it.

Flava Flav's clocks rep that he knows what time it is an you ain't getting bs past him.

It was a movement!! I miss these days!

Peace To The Gods!! Bedstuy do or die my HOME !!!!!!!!! Brooklyn!!!

😂😂 when you tried to say Public Enemy the second time I thought of Chris Witherspoon in house party when he was looking out the window he said who else is over there public enema😂😂 the song was great it was all about a movement and rights

Classic. PE rules. Chuck is educational. I also like Immortal Technique, Brother Ali, dead prez, Lowkey and all radical hip-hop #freespeech #conscious #peaceful #protest #party #People

jt check out the full album - fear of a black planet.

i love it

Damn I forgot about that jamming saxophone

THIS MY FAVORITE GROUP

Blackmoon Who got da props

I love

The number one protest song

Public getting me greatest rap group of all times. Is chuck D my favorite mc of all times

Flavor Flav wore the clock around his neck to say its time to wake our people up

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♥️♥️❤️♥️♥️✊

Run d.m.c. should be next

If young people are wondering why Flavor Flav wears clocks, it's because he is big time.

Spike Lee's film 'Do the right thing' ... was my introduction to this kicking song and PE in general, great film btw ... was it Branford Marsalis on sax ?

Can't Truss It, Night of living Baseheads - PE

Oh you gotta check out Can’t Truss It, & Brothers Gonna Work It Out. Those 2 songs go HARD!

You might wanna check out PE revolutionary generation about the exploitation of black women. The last part of the 80's and the 90's aren't called the golden age of Hip hop for nothing. And PE everybody from black to white was wearing they're shirts, jackets and even black medallions. And after Spike Lee Do the right thing .... He made Malcolm X with Denzel. Greatest movie ever.

Great reaction. More PE videos to check: NIGHT OF THE LIVING BASEHEADS BLACK STEEL IN THE HOUR OF CHAOS CAN’T TRUSS IT

It's true though. elvis and john wayne was racist as hell. But just Black people speaking out against the system was way worst to them then what they said about elvis and john wayne. They wanted Black folk to just deal with the treatment and say nothing about it. I love PE. They spoke for the community and wasn't scared to speak against system. Today Black people scary and cowardly as hell. Use to think we were the strongest group, but I now realize we are the weakest group. Everybody disrespects us because we are too scary. I'm grateful to PE for at least being a voice for Black folk at that time.

What's up TJ, can you react to Public Enemy "Rebel without a pause "

It was so cool that they brought in that other son kind of overlapped don't believe the hype that's another good joint

This video was shot during a protest for racist Italians killing Yusef Hawkins

Oh girl there's another song Republic enemy did I can't remember the exact title it's something like 911 is a joke in your town I believe there's a video that goes along with it really badass and it was a real poignant message

Spike Lee produced this video

Please react to Dont believe the hype also by PE

Man..... NYC Fight The Power👊🏾I will be relocating to Brooklyn in a month!!!!

Your A Beautiful Intelligent Asiatic Women.Im Lovin You. Keep it up..JT.

Pe. Get Arizona

You know that's funny you talk about finding peace you know it's pretty awesome in Martin Luther King's dining room way up above Martin Luther King always had a picture of Mahatma Gandhi because that man always practiced peace Above All Else and getting people to work together his biggest hurdle was getting the Muslim in the Hindu Community to work together someday I'll tell you story about Rosa Parks now I've gone on too long as it is but yeah turns out she was a friend of my grandmother okay girl

Hey girl it is kind of funny though talking smack about Elvis omigod that was hilarious I just love Flavor Flav it's so funny where the Snows ridiculous sunglasses but then he takes off the sunglasses and his eyes are all crazy it's like put those babies back on dude anyhow draw I think it's great if you haven't actually seen this stuff I mean I love it that it has the political message you see I'm just a white Suburban Punk from the South Bay Area yeah this sort of thing kind of gravitated to all us people in that Realm more demographic rather we just we just ate this up which are these lyrics absolutely brilliant you know it's amazing to think all the revelations that have come out about Malcolm X how it was probably CIA big surprise same thing with Martin Luther King it's almost brilliant because you're taking something that's really serious and you're getting the message out there because what they're doing is so entertaining so there's a little bit of a balance there with Flavor Flav and his antics Chuck D just laying it on the line and I think you got the guys doing the little March kinda looking like the Black Panthers I wonder what happened to the Black Panthers I guess just like everything else it just kind of fell by the wayside slip through the cracks oh well you know we just got to keep getting the kids motivated get them out there and keep fighting alright girl

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80/90s was diffrerent bruh..Trini 2 de bone

You missed what he said about John Wayne because you stopped it in the middle. Go back and listen to the whole lyric about Elvis and John Wayne.

Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant to be, he's a straight out racist the sucka was simple and plain, mutha f him and John Wayne 😮😮

This is what rap was meant to be you youngstas don't know that all y'all know is this mumble mouth b***s**t y'all hear today it's sad.

Damn you paused it at an important part listen to that Elvis line again