Our First Time Hearing Public Enemy - Can't Truss It (Reaction Video)

[@Beaconwarriorsaint921]

Their message was so strong that Public Enemy was banned from basically everything mainstream. Let that sink in.

[@jdbankshot]

they performed this song on saturday night live. michael jordan was the host.

[@Wundernuts]

@@jdbankshot Can't Truss It was commercially successful yes, but the OP's point stands: Apocalypse '91 was a bold and polarizing album. By the Time I Get to Arizona played exactly once on MTV and was then banned everywhere. Some other interesting stuff: that same day as the SNL show aired, Dr. Seuss passed away, prompting an iconic reading of Green Eggs and Ham by Rev Jesse Jackson; and Miles Davis passed away, prompting a tribute from Chuck D. One of the most memorable SNL's ever.

[@darrellglover493]

They debuted it on SNL. I vividly remember that night ​@@jdbankshot

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

So sad these young people don't get revolutionary music. Polluted by garbage on today's airwaves.

[@possumslim3420]

Garbage In...Garbage Out

[@jskee2002]

This is the type of music that guides a culture. Even the schools won’t show and teach you about our history the way some of our greatest emcees can

[@pfeiffdog0811]

6 and 7??? Public enemy??? I get it. You all are from the era rapping about Mercedes Benz while driving a Kia sol.

[@piotrjeske4599]

Children, not their foult.

[@michaeljjackson4582]

It's not their fault because ignorance is at an all time high..they got these dummied down.

[@LiberalsArePoop]

Yeah, these boys are ruined by modern day hip hop garbage. This song is a masterpiece.

[@gjeetkunedo8170]

It's not a dance record! It's a knowledge song, it's about the lyrics!!!

[@otisdriftwood1697]

Waaayy moree *THE VIDEO ITSELF*

[@stingray7276]

Exactly, he's listening for a Bob, not being s lyrical genius, and his flow is untouched.

[@possumslim3420]

@@gjeetkunedo8170 In my opinion, adding video to any music is risky. You run the risk of the visuals overshadowing the words. Or, the visuals being detracting from the message. All in all: I prefer the written word to stand on its own. Let the "theater of the mind" fill in the visuals.

[@mrworkowt5419]

There's no way you can listen to that song even with the lyrics showing and understand it to its fullest. That song was a 10/10 when it came out and still live!

[@xXxXx-----xXxXx]

It's my most listened song on Sporify ever, it's still strong to this day

[@jmwasp]

Chuck D was and still probably is my all time favorite rapper. I was a metal head in the basement and a hip hop head in the street when I grew up in BK. I always thought he could cross over to metal with that voice and he did!

[@rogerpace3749]

ya'll rap generation today don't understand the knowledge back in the 80's the rappers was putting out and how important it was for the black community for us to make it through our struggles because the mc's was kickin knowledge and dropping science in the lyrics which was important and the beats was hyping us up as well.

[@mychaljames8025]

The video is a comparison of chattel slavery and modern day industrial settings

[@kendu1327]

10 out of 10 Knowledge ,Wisdom and Understand = Public Enemy ( Black CNN )

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

Chuck D is the most respected Emcee in Hip Hop.

[@36dgball]

Did he just say "nobody cares about the message? You just have to rhyme?" Really?

[@danielbalboni6804]

And that is why rap is what is today. Rakim, KRS, Chuck D are all time greats. Zack De La Roche (RATM) would destroy any current rapper.

[@michaeljjackson4582]

It's sad

[@sutherndrawl06]

After the list of trash artists he named 😂😂😂

[@theDavidChannel1]

Did this dude just call Chuck D wack?? BOO THIS MAN!!

[@Dirtcake71]

I agree with you. No one cares about the message??? Arguably one of the most important rap songs in history is called "The Message." That's why I gave up on rap a long time ago because these younger kids have completely lost what the foundation of rap is built upon. It's sad that they don't know the history of the music they're involved with at all.

[@tyehodge4075]

You have to really listen to the lyrics of PE….. This is a great song… The video is awesome you have to pay attention to it…. Chuck D is legend

[@Dirtcake71]

@@tyehodge4075 100%!!!

[@BayAreaSon]

But he probably thinks Drake is good .

[@joeyrogers7017]

Public Enemy spits knowledge, helping you elevate your mind, boost your intelligence and they program you to want to learn more. Chuck D lays down the ground work, all we have to do is listen. Chuck D and wack should never be in the same sentence.

[@harveyhill981]

It should always be about the message & not the rhyme the message was our code back then.✌🏽

[@whocares2626]

The flow was perfect for the beat And this particular flow made you wanna rewind and go “What did he say again” It’s a hard message but it was delivered on point and pulled you in!!!

[@ipainthouses3084]

One of my fav songs of them , musicly . That high tuned pitch and the drums , the way its incorp and flows is great

[@michaeljjackson4582]

If they weren't able to understand the beat because of the way that terminator x put music together. Can we take a few songs and do something magical with them.

[@BloodMoney-bu6bw]

Best rap group of all time‼️

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

Back then we had variety. Club Emcees Dance Emcees Gangsta Emcees Conscience Emcees Pop Emcees Word play Emcees

[@dtoxbrewer3696]

Yep it was all about being Unique and bringing something different! Emcees could admire each other but never Bite

[@seanfelder3977]

Back in golden age they was different types of rap you can listen too and all is dope. Now todays rap is trash and no substance. Wouldn’t waste my time listening to sexy redd, cardi B, city girls, ice spice too sexual

[@mil-fpv4931]

50 year old man from Funland here. This was my first lp I bought. Didn¨t understand all the lyrics, but I felt the message as a teen. World is fucked up and PE made me a humanist and a communist. Thanks ChuckD. You made me a better person!

[@kdubbster]

I just want to say every song doesn't have to be a club banger especially if it has a message that needs to be heard. Back then you had more variety and not everyone sounding the same over the same type of beat.

[@fhat6924]

Exactly

[@uknowwhothehelliare7821]

Facts

[@BayAreaSon]

Hell none of this crap they play in clubs now ain’t club bangers.

[@coachnunopaiva]

This joint once played in a club in Lisbon i was there and everybody went crazy

[@mrdjak1200]

The song isn’t trying to make your head bobble it’s about the message in the song.

[@Sphinx7]

The message is very deep. I give this song 9

[@bryce253]

And THIS is why we're doomed.

[@Mike-In-Florida]

As a white kid growing up listening to rock and metal in the 80s, I was introduced to Public Enemy hearing Bring the Noise with Anthrax. Since then, PE has been my go to hype music ever since. Chuck D is legitimately one of the greatest and most powerful vocalist and poets in music history. Whether you agree or disagree with his words, you can't deny the message, power, emotion and soul behind his voice. Greatest respect! Check out Public Enemy and Brother Ali - Get Up Stand Up #ChuckDLegend

[@stingray7276]

He's listening for a bop, not being a lyrical genius, and his flow is untouched. The young generation, just listening for i am not sure what

[@joeyrogers7017]

It made my day y'all finally got to Public Enemy, yes, thank you. After about 1,234 requests, finally. I was hoping for "Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos", but "Can't Truss It" will do. I look at it like this, how old is the world and I managed to exist at the same time as Public Enemy. Not rhyming, you must not been paying attention, Chuck D rhymed the whole time. Smh The Bomb Squad is top notch production team listen to Ice Cube's album Amerikkka's Most Wanted. Wow listen to Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos next.

[@JIMMYRAYVS]

I get what's being said, but hip hop is deeper than the rhyme. It starts with the beat, that's why an r&b song can be hip hop, it's beyond rap. Chuck didn't always rhyme but he is 1 of the most influential and noticeable voices ever in hip hop, and it set Public Enemy apart cause back then almost everybody respectively did their own thing. To be honest, most times especially with youth they get lost in the agenda when the lyrics are to complex and the more deciphering needed so Chuck had a simple delivery where you gonna get the message.

[@timbowden5220]

These two are great examples of whats wrong with todays youth! Maybe when u guys get older u will understand better 🙏🏿

[@ianshelby5730]

You gotta pay attention the message in the video and the song.. this song is 10

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

This generation hasn't had a MLK, Emmet Till or Rodney King event to understand that not much has changed in 400 years so they don't get how important Revolutionary rap was and is. Emcees spoke out in the 90s against public figures, especially politicians. Trump would absolutely be destroyed by PE, Ice Cube or KRS1.

[@Advoc8te4Truth]

One thing I find hilarious about so many Rap Fans is that it's almost impossible to understand wtf they're even saying 😂😂😂 When people talk in Text Speak you know intelligence is never going to be an issue

[@keithmurphy5356]

The images that are being reenacted connect to what Chuck D is rhyming about. This is conscious/revolutionary hip-hop and Public Enemy, one of the most important hip-hop groups of all time, were the leaders during their peak run. With PE it's always good to check out the lyrics while reacting to their videos. The last image you see in the video is the portrayal of the infamous Rodney King beating by racist cops (the same year this dropped) and a Black man being lynched during the slavery era. Heavy stuff, not just head bopping flexing. You should def. check out more P.E.: "Rebel Without A Pause," "Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos," "Fight The Power," "911 Is A Joke," and "Shut Em Down" Pete Rock remix. It's going to blow your mind, trust.

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

One of my favs is Brothers gonna work it out.

[@joeyrogers7017]

I'll add "By The Time I Get To Arizona", " 1 Million Bottlebags", "Get The F___ Outta Dodge", "Burn Hollywood Burn", "Welcome To The Terror Dome", "Night Of The Living Baseheads".

[@seanfelder3977]

Also when l get to Arizona, he got game, burn Hollywood burn with ice cube and big daddy Kane

[@ItsJustnotCricket]

PE 41 19

[@jayhendo2261]

I would of thought you'd at least say it was a 8. As a engineer, those comments were very surprising

[@jflatty5389]

no one cares about the message.. i’m with the message- smh y'all all over the place confused

[@charrsvader1454]

Black steel in the hour of chaos

[@heavystarch100]

Public Enemy are the GOAT!!

[@sfantop]

Go and listen to the rest of Public Enemy catalog. You don't have to do a reaction...just listen to their message. It will change your point of view.

[@charrsvader1454]

Wtf this was a highly disappointing review but I gotta respect it. Chuck murdered this shhh

[@rik6696]

This song is not meant to make your head bob, it' s meant to make you raise your fist.

[@purposepassionandlovetv863]

Crazy rhymes ain't just about punch lines. Every rhyme don't always rhyme at the end of the bar.

[@possumslim3420]

Brother Malcolm, Dr. King, ...Aunt Rosa? I am so, so sorry.

[@chrisjarvis2287]

This was produced by The Bomb Squad one of the most famous group of Producers, Engineers , and beat makers in Hip Hop history.

[@shellybelly2245]

Juice might be a nice guy, but he has terrible taste in music. Bring back Justo, please.

[@tyehodge4075]

Bring Justo back

[@denwill1648]

Public Enemy Makes Art!!!

[@benjamincastleman8580]

I am White,.. and I Give, THIS,.. A TEN, 10…,💯 ALL The Way Around The Board..! What If You We're In Shackles, And a Slave, Getting Whipped..! You Would Give It A TEN,. THEN..!!!

[@benjamincastleman8580]

NO Matter what Color you Are, Unless You Work The Government, PERIOD,.. You are Under That Whip, at All Time's, it's That 🎣😮🚔👮‍♂️ Fishing Line, Straight To JAIL..! In 2023

[@mrivera279]

If you like this song and video, check out another one of their classic songs and video Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos.

[@LtFrankDrebin100]

“Bass in your face, not an 8 track” 🤌

[@meknottyou3998]

"Wherever you are?...and Whoever you are?...nobody got there All By Themselves. (including these two brothers) Think about it.

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

Cam at the least understood and caught the connection between the slavery, today's police brutality and workplace harassment. The other cat was totally lost.

[@seanfelder3977]

Public enemy was on another level back then . When it comes to consciousness rap no one can touch them except boogie down productions, x clan, tribe called quest. Today there’s no conscious rap only trash of booty shaking, drugs and killing each other

[@FrankBishop]

I'm white, be 54 next month. This was NEW Public Enemy. We listened to them starting around 87. They got biiiigggg when Fight the Power was on the "Do the Right Thing" movie soundtrack. Check out more and the movie "Do the Right Thing"

[@HISbeloved619]

Respect Malcolm X on the intro tho

[@marcelinocasias7784]

6 or 7? Wow. This is pure social commentary. You gotta take time to think about his allusions and then it'll hit 10x harder. I mean, it ain't cruisin the blvd music but it's on a level that hasn't been seen or heard in a long time.

[@gjeetkunedo8170]

Do "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos"

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

If they didn't understand this, they're not going to get that. You had to be there in the 90s to understand those songs. They haven't had their Rodney King or Jones Beach .

[@gjeetkunedo8170]

Chuck D said "I don't rhyme for the sake of riddlin'!"

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

@@gjeetkunedo8170 Hellsz Yeah! There you go.

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

Although they did witness George Floyd.

[@graymatters2]

Dude picked it up quick! The visuals matched the story.

[@Avoidblackjack]

Understanding your history alone gives it a 10.

[@itsjob595]

Man these young dudes missed the whole point smh

[@anthonyduncan4877]

"There's too many words!"

[@YoZayTheHedgehog]

Sick! Y’all are back! Welcome back, boys, great to see some new content but, more importantly, even better to know y’all are in good health. 🙏

[@davegolden3338]

427 to the year, do you understand, that's why it's hard for a black to love the land...

[@deed8915]

Reading the comments, I'm guessing ya'll didn't care for P.E. next...

[@anthonyjohnson9403]

Just once in videos or movies, I'd like to see blacks fighting back more. I'd like to see it even more in real life.

[@TimrodRa]

It's that y'all just been affected by today's music. Chuck D hit hard. Listen to black steel.

[@kalakas1353]

There rating of this song gets a 3.5, the Song a 10

[@tominrochester]

CONTEXT- This was- at least in part- a reaction to the Rodney King beating. It was also the #1 video on YoMTv Raps the year it came out.

[@30907bng]

Everything in this video goes over the heads of the YOUNG and USELESS of today, the point of Public Enemy's message in this video was PE's interpretation of the slave trade and showed how nothing has changed and were ( blacks ) are still on the plantation in their place of employment, iis not about a F**ckin flow Chuck's voice alone was always a difference maker f*uck a flow or saying something catchy, listening to the youth give their opinions on anything hip hop based from my generation further illustrates how they know nothing about the music and further contubutes to the the destruction of this once great artform, at the other understood the context of the lyrics video gets a 10 from me PE for life.

[@dowjones702]

Chuck D flowed his entire career!

[@tacappacinoable]

New dude need to take this song more serious Damn the rhyme

[@leroystrickland7305]

A 6!!! That's 10+!!!!! It's obvious they didn't hear Chuck D Message! It's about the message dude! I see why no one never heard if you and Chuck still out there!

[@fredwilliams1400]

The factory is the modern plantation

[@douglassmcclellan8424]

Smh this youngin just said Chuck D wasn’t saying anything. Clearly it went over your head. I hate sounding like “get off my lawn” but to say nobody cares about the message!!! It’s a clear sign that you know absolutely nothing about HipHop, it’s origins or more importantly you been brainwashed by this current crop of rap futility that everything needs to sound the same. HipHop 101… it has no formula. 80/90s no one did the same thing which is why it was great music. Black Sheep wasn’t PE wasn’t Queen La wasn’t Rob Base wasn’t Nas wasn’t Freestyle Fellowship wasn’t De La wasn’t MC Lyte wasn’t LOX wasn’t Hammer etc. There’s “always” room for a message in HipHop, subliminal or right in your face. “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5 set the bar. NWA had a different message. HipHop never wrapped messages in a tiny little box for you to easily digest it. Did you even notice the baby was mixed? Smh. This literally was a 400 year history lesson in a 6 minute video and he gave it a 6

[@anthonyjohnson9403]

I don't know what "flow" youngbloods were looking for. But 6 and 7? "Can't Truss It" is a solid 9 in my Hit Parade

[@ruffdiamonds2428]

I bet you if music like this was played today police violence would take on a whole different meaning

[@andrenaduren2493]

Flav is showing you someone who is very important and became more popular in the mainstream than the messages. Let that sink in…

[@marshalljankins4526]

Lyrical content and message 10..That's what Chuck was going for.

[@blackhistorybrothers5103]

You cancelled.

[@teamsleep211]

GEN X IN THE BUILDING. EDUCATE AND SHARE.

[@TimrodRa]

Y'all didn't see Pinky from Friday in the video. Cliffton Powell

[@ClydeThompson71]

A 6 & 7??

[@marshalljankins4526]

Yes sir...Check out Ice Cube "Who got the Camera"....

[@jayeell1253]

its bridging the times/era together. And west coast beat 💥

[@FrankBishop]

PE in full effect

[@brians2869]

Was mostly a punk or rock boy... Always liked PE

[@sford7577]

Eightball and MJG- For Real

[@nicolebailey4426]

Sorry, but Public Enemy is a 10. The voice of Chuck D is one of the best rappers underrated. This song is over 30 years old. Trust me, you guys, we aren't listening to your music your music 30 years from now. Listen back in the day, rappers were about being different genre's fun romance partying alpha males Public Enemy was about social consciousness. This was the era of great rappers that didn't need. to curse and have misogyny or bragging about money. These are the pioneers know your history. Even my mother, a baby boomer, loves public Enemy, and if you have music that you can enjoy with your parents, it's phenomenal.

[@vcerna]

And to answer your question that you keep asking, yes we know what you are saying.

[@Mrknubbe]

Glad you have discovered this and calling this the real shit. Hiphop was culture and raising awareness through music. The benchmark to modern hiphop gets lower each year and oversaturated with single mumble rap wonders. kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4G1nnmAlLpri8k

[@andrewdawes3070]

I respect you all, i love PE. I get what you saying.

[@sutherndrawl06]

The bands playing Public Enemy? When? Maybe Fight the Powe in the late 80's 😂😂😂

[@aaronfofana9510]

He was definitely rhyming. Maybe the written format threw you off

[@lexrus7786]

Again this was real hiphop, unlike the intro you use and the garbage people listen to nowadays, I think since 2009 when drake came out, rap has been garbage

[@dman221]

This is what happens when light skinned hybrids take over black people's craft......it gets WATER DOWN.

[@Cappadonna72]

The song is like a 7. its not great. But PE made a real statement with this.

[@jdbankshot]

yo. "by the time i get to arizona" caused enough controversy to have a feature on "entertainment tonight". sen. john mc cain even weighed in... the video features a politician being car bombed.

[@High_Lord_Of_Terra]

Kid on the right dissed the bomb squad's engineering. Kid, you wouldn't even know how to switch a fucking sp1200 on.

[@dirtyhawkstv1575]

Think of PE as Malcolm X or Farrakahn spittin'. Anti establishment rap.

[@jayeell1253]

respect though - yall being honest

[@melvingaines3528]

Y’all gotta do your research Chuck D was a beast!!!

[@RalphWilliamsthe3rd]

4:39..You guys are young, so you missed the point. The purpose of the factory/plantation switch up is to show you that working in a factory is really no different from a slave plantation.

[@DJaySplitSecond]

Two bobble heads that should stick thier mumble rap music!!!