Public Enemy has just released a new version of their 1989 anthem "Fight the Power" (featured in the Spike Lee breakout "Do the Right Thing") along with a video featuring Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, Jahi, YG and QuestLove.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNUl8bAKdi4
The new version is outstanding and the accompanying video even better, integrating recent footage from the Black Lives Matter uprising, with the guest MCs explicitly tracing the current struggle to Public Enemy's decades of activism.
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@pluralistic
I think it's already been blocked for copyright strike:(
@pluralistic
Thanks for this, great video to watch and remember the first time seeing these guys. It's pity PE are not part of the fediverse; Chuck D was always ahead of his peers. Imagine rapstation on peertube. Don't follow hiphop these days so it was a surprise to hear of the "spat", thankfully resolved.
It's also a relief to see Flavor Flav back with Chuck D and Public Enemy, after a high-profile spat and breakup that came to a head when Flav didn't perform with Chuck D at an LA Bernie Sanders rally (I was there, and Chuck D was incredible).
PE's next album, What You Gonna Do, comes out on Sept 25, with all-star guests including Beastie Boys, George Clinton, Cypress Hill and Run-DMC.
https://pitchfork.com/news/public-enemys-new-album-to-feature-beastie-boys-george-clinton-cypress-hill-run-dmc-more/
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