FIRST LISTEN TO PUBLIC ENEMY FIGHT THE POWER 😎REACTION

[@whumanbard]

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

[@ndgrad22]

Well said….i feel the same…

[@schmalman]

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

[@mechanicalman1068]

“Terminator X Yellin’ with his hands!” And let’s not forget the Bomb Squad.

[@damonsmith6566]

1000 percent agree. Terminator x was the s**t

[@xfreedmen7020]

The Bomb Squad and The Shocklee Brothers

[@michaeljjackson4582]

Exactly, He had the most unique sound as a d j than anybody ever. I was trying to watch a show on how he used to put music together.Man and I couldn't comprehend. And I'm from that era and beyond.

[@Mama_San]

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

[@JudesFerry3269]

Nuff said! 👊🏽

[@bigb2494]

Still is, he's still out there in the communities

[@99alfailiwaqain51]

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

[@mikenyce539]

RIP to Radio Raheem!!!

[@TonyRich_504]

The days of conscious HIP-HOP

[@darylebryant6402]

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

[@tollywilliams4375]

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."

[@GaryCeaseGhostWolf]

Don't forget Gang Starr

[@rhinoman1984]

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.

[@ruttiger500]

Every hip hop crew was unique back in the days

[@mechanicalman1068]

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.

[@marshalljankins4526]

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"...

[@NewDawnRecords]

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.

[@marcuspozzetta8000]

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

[@eugeneodonnell4680]

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.

[@seansersmylie]

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.

[@davidschibner2664]

I feel the same way about Chuck D. The way he can tell the story. He’s my all time fav 1:06

[@rich1223]

Public Enemy! Long Island! NY

[@darrylwaddell9838]

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

[@DADISSEXY]

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

[@Juan_E_Dewitt]

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.

[@black5350]

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

[@hiphopblender1291]

Public Enemy - Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos

[@TonyRich_504]

I got a letter from the government

[@UniversalBlackRocker]

With Eric B made a cameo in the video

[@kennethw8384]

Always loved the "mafuk him AND John Wayne"

[@brickjones3831]

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

[@derekwilson9127]

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!

[@fhat6924]

I think Can't Trust it is there best video.

[@robertchavez8045]

It was a movement!! I miss these days!

[@joynerea8394]

Oh, and also Whodini "Funky Beat"

[@andrehamiel9076]

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

[@garylagstrom3864]

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 🔥

[@alvinyoungblood408]

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.

[@truthinlight4255]

That was published in the Baltimore Sun in 1997, and it was the writer of the article that wrote those words, **claiming** Redd made an off-handed comment that Elvis said that to him. But one of Red's friends was talking on a Facebook group years ago and said, "No way would Redd have told a member of the press that Elvis said that to him, because anyone that ever met Elvis would know he would have never said something like that. Because Elvis just wasn't like the rest of those southern racists. We have to remember Redd was a comedian and if anything he might have just been trying to be a wise guy. He didn't always take things serious that the rest of us would". He's right. Think about. Something else to consider, Elvis also had that same conversation with a few of his other black friends, Mary Jenkins, actor Ji-Tu Cumbaka, and others, and they said Elvis got either angry that someone made up that rumor, or he got sad. Ji-Tu said Elvis told him - "I'd like to kick the ass of whoever made that Quote up about me", or Elvis got sad that people even believed it, telling Mary, - "I've grown up around black folks as friends my whole life. I couldn't have ever even had a negative thought like like that, much less have said it". What Ji-Tu and Mary both said makes more sense.

[@loriannrichardson7644]

@@truthinlight4255 Elvis was a racist and a thief of Black music. Quincy Jones has also stated that he was racist, and a thief of Black music and style, and in fact, he was

[@usmc6004]

John Wayne was s known and straight up racist, & he didn't hide it.

[@lostsoldier3434]

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

[@bryanhale5254]

Damn I forgot about that jamming saxophone

[@mechanicalman1068]

Me too. Pretty sweet. It’s not on the album version which I’ve listened to a thousand times so I didn’t remember it.

[@RossBayCult]

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. 🎂

[@rogerpace3749]

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

[@ChrisIce-o4g]

Blackmoon Who got da props

[@freejfree9160]

😂😂 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

[@rochellelove3785]

John Witherspoon

[@mikenyce539]

😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@Knick_Fury]

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

[@marshalljankins4526]

Real people want to hear it.

[@careypaulwilliams1663]

Hey, I'm glad you love the old school. 🎉

[@mattjohn4731]

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

[@marcus.6487]

public enemy - “rebel without a pause”

[@kimmie1402]

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

[@yougod7253]

Oh Honey

[@nichellewilson2117]

THIS MY FAVORITE GROUP

[@michaeljjackson4582]

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

[@MegaTanielu]

The number one protest song

[@Unchained74]

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.

[@BlackValyria]

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

[@JUANS3F]

They are incredible in LATIN AMERICA AND WUROPE..... BUT IN BLACK AMERICA......WHATEVA.....AND THE MADNESS KEEPS GOING.....GOOONS

[@jessesaffold1165]

i love it

[@helderfranklimaraujo8144]

I love

[@IshwaraYogaNET]

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 ?

[@fhat6924]

Yes

[@TonyRich_504]

One of my Favs💯✊🏽

[@TonyRich_504]

Marsalis from my hometown New Orleans ⚜️🎭✊🏽💯

[@johnbell252]

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

[@ms51675]

Run d.m.c. should be next

[@Naptownghost]

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

[@bryanhale5254]

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

[@JUANS3F]

Never See Vlack People in a PUBLIC ENEMY CONCERT INT JE MIDDLE OF FKN TIMES SQUARE NEW YORK CITY

[@Tijuanabill]

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

[@bryanhale5254]

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

[@MarcelL-DM]

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.

[@lindakessler8768]

👍👍👍👍🤙

[@JUANS3F]

You know what the fk am talking bout.

[@joynerea8394]

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

[@bgvan37]

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 😮😮

[@MarcusThigpenn-j3u]

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

[@bryanporter2240]

Please react to Dont believe the hype also by PE

[@garyscott9364]

Spike Lee produced this video

[@Mama_San]

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.

[@JUANS3F]

No self accountability

[@teskesiagordon5373]

Pe. Get Arizona

[@CDogg-kn4wt]

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.

[@bryanhale5254]

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

[@SpiritualAlkemist888]

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

[@JUANS3F]

YA WANNA REACT..... REACT TO MISTER CHUCK SOLO ALBUMS..... VLACK PEOPLE D9NT LIKE THE CHECK ON ACCOUNTABILITY THAT CHUCK ASKS FOR....FOR FKN REAL

[@bryanhale5254]

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

[@jessesaffold1165]

s...1...Double use.

[@tyronesingh6714]

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

[@yesdex5996]

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

[@darkknight_8891]

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