Public Enemy - By The Time I Get To Arizona

REMASTERED IN HD!
Official Music Video for By The Time I Get To Arizona performed by Public Enemy.
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[@dwrussell96]

I discovered this song on Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4. Never thought a skateboarding video game would pave the way for me getting into old school political hip hop.

[@Bigzthelove]

The Tony hawk series put a whole generation of kids on to good music

[@laperlita.feliz.]

Xc vcd c

[@erickcontreras113]

@@Bigzthelove exatly i discovered many bands and good songs on tony hawk pro skater 1 and 2 i like most of the songs in those games

[@antroidi7283]

THPS4 is one of the best soundtrack ever.

[@shynagloe541]

Then you don't know skaters, what did you expect to be on there just over excessive amounts green day and shitty punk rock.

[@dal20402]

Chuck D has one of the best voices in rap history.

[@Iamvickki]

Facts 🎯

[@finisher3x]

One of the best rap videos of all time. Not even a dispute. This video had a main storyline, a plot, a side story in the form of flashbacks, and the ultimate climax . . . all in less than 6 minutes. This is a cinematic masterpiece as far as music videos go.

[@brandonlbartlett]

Aired exactly one time on MTV before being pulled. Once was all it took.

[@finisher3x]

@@brandonlbartlett - That's why BET was so necessary for the hip hop culture back in the 1990s.

[@augustwest8863]

Can’t Truss It did the same thing. Brothas Gonna Work It Out was powerful as well. The video production team really brought the lyrics to life

[@michaelcoard7475]

💯🔥🎤🎼👊🏾❗️

[@adamvillinbonneville4839]

Great video but was banned for MTV . remember seeing PE on Arsenal Hall with tv playing with playing live

[@IAmVictorFurious]

this is one of the greatest records of all time, in any genre.

[@hiddenamericachannel]

It really is!

[@jamesmaybrick2001]

the entire album is great. I still have it in its original tape form. Somewhere. Not that i can play it. Been one of my favourites for way to many decades now. Christ im old.

[@finisher3x]

Chuck scared the hell out of MTV with this song. BET was the only place you could see it.

[@BDX169]

finisher3x Because the truth needed to be heard loud and clear

[@ThePoacherz]

Then CBS got BET.....

[@jessegauthier9960]

+Shy Gigyas What?! Was that an actual statement made by a BET employee/representative?

[@mar6792]

+finisher3x and in the Netherlands / Holland too, no problem.

[@rodney1b]

+Shy Gigyas that's because, I'm sure you already know BET isn't black any more, never thought I'll be even seeing these days, but I haven't watch bet in a long time, crazy how that shit changed from back.

[@solinspired4428]

I WILL ALWAYS BE HONORED TO HAVE GROWN-UP DURING THIS ERA! YOU HAD TO BE THERE!

[@chadalpha7983]

Apparently they need us again , keep raising your black fist

[@dariusewing6962]

Sol Raat KaBa right

[@manylittlefish693]

@Chad Alpha what if you don't have one

[@dpoffice5752]

@Bill Anderson Hip Hop was born and the best by Gen X. Boomers hated it when it came out.

[@larrytalbert5742]

I agree

[@Damanx1903]

That beat switch is sinister as hell.

[@rollotomassi4768]

Political, Intelligent, Angry, Super Talented, and used the medium of video to enhance their message. Brilliant

[@ChocolateThunderBear]

Rapping over the loop of the woman screaming with a beat behind it is still one of the coolest thing I ever heard in a song! I'll never forget the first time I heard it. PE forever!

[@petecasperson24]

Agree bro, this song always gets me amp, with that loop!

[@GSRAW88]

That was actually a sample of a 1971 Jackson 5 concert in Indiana, where they did a version of Isaac Hayes' "Walk On By"

[@massimoravedoni7881]

@@GSRAW88 the break sampled is "Two Sisters of Misery" by Mandrill

[@GSRAW88]

@@massimoravedoni7881 False brother. Type in "Jackson 5 live Indiana 1971 walk on by" you'll hear it. The base beat, I know is a Mandrill sample.

[@deronlnix]

Genius!!!

[@vincebennett8460]

One of the best rap songs recorded ever.

[@jistikoff2361]

One of the finest pieces of political art ever made!

[@Multifacted_Brotha]

AMAZING!!!! ✊🏾 ... A movie needs to be made about Public Enemy and their movement!!

[@peterdarker1]

I couldn't agree more but who would play Chuck and.....FLAV??

[@Ser-Sagrado]

​@@peterdarker1them.

[@Emil-kd4uk]

Oui oui 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 c'est très très très triste, mais avec le temps ce qui dois ce faire ce fera , justice tout est dejas la. ( Pliss foss plus de force ) UNIQUE MILITANTS PUBLIC ENNEMIS, ❤❤❤❤❤ ,JE SUIS DE LA CARAÏBES, J'ÉTAIS AU COLLÈGE A L'ÉPOQUE QUAND J ai découvert cest rappeur militant pour la justice, LE (BON DIEU ) EST AVEC TOUS JUSTICE I LOVE LOVE YOU .❤

[@rodneymakowski7353]

That beat switch will forever be legendary

[@aarmstrong110]

👍🏾

[@devious187]

Holy fuck this is the real right here, if you love hip hop you should love everything about this

[@KambizMostofi]

"My money is spent for the God damn rent, Neither Party is mine not the Jackass or the Elephant." - Chuck D, By The Time I Get To Arizona

[@kyle3.08]

Public Enemy were my childhood Heroes.

[@The-Vision]

@3:30 the beat switch is one of the hardest moments in hip-hop history

[@jimmyhitem]

I ain't heard this song in years, that switch up gave me chills. INSTINCTIVE head bop...

[@tonyluna3993]

yup. agree.

[@preemo4life]

and the fact its a jackson5 loop makes it that much doper lol

[@thomassodomizer764]

Shit is so fucking tight. The Bomb Squad are geniuses.

[@terrinceautry]

Agree with all of your comments. The Bomb Squad was the ish

[@stephanmarkgraf825]

One of the best and important Rap songs ever written.Chuck's the man!!

[@dellcoc]

And it finally passed in AZ in 1992, with a lot of help from Chuck D.

[@The-Honeycomb-Hideout]

That's so awesome!!

[@Ser-Sagrado]

Thought it was 89, but yo - History is history ⏳️

[@mattsheezy5469]

This is So Classic. This entire album meant so much to me as a kid. That scene of Chuck sitting with his black hat is so iconic.

[@bigboiron2570]

I know man lol

[@TheMindsetter]

30 years old masterpiece, Public Enemy no. 1, best samples and lyrics, the beat and baseline is top, love it.

[@4akat]

whats changed?

[@mihirpatel8924]

Sellouts

[@oholm09]

James brown

[@Spaminator3000]

PE IN FULL EFFECT, BROTHAAAAA

[@andrewilliams4180]

Happy MLK DAY 💯✊🏾👑

[@RainPoetry]

I love that the state of Arizona is permanently called out in a PE song. ✊

[@owenhunt]

It's just a pun on a Glen Campbell song bro.

[@Washanuga]

@@owenhunt You don't know what a pun is lol. But yes, the title is inspired by "by the Time I get to Phoenix" because this song is a response to the AZ governor canceling MLK day and the citizens voting to keep it that way (showing that they'd rather lose $100M in in Superbowl revenue instead of having MLK day)

[@owenhunt]

@@Washanuga I'd forgotten that the MLK day cancellation impacted on the Superbowl so thank you for edifying my understanding of the song. I do know what a pun is though. A pun on your name would be 'GhostofApollo', for example.

[@Washanuga]

@@owenhunt My man, that's not a pun either... phantom and ghost are synonyms, but a pun isn't just switching a word for another word that has the same meaning. A pun exploits the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings. "I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me." and the film series "The Santa Clause" ( as a play on Santa Claus and the word clause) being examples.

[@sheperdjohnson1185]

Didn't this song push the issue for MLK as a national holiday in Arizona? I can watch this video a 100 times!

[@useyurhed]

Not too long after this was released Arizona recognized the King's birthday

[@WickedBigEd24]

Chuck D came to my college today, Spokane Falls Community College, made me appreciate MLK in a totally different level!

[@tboned70]

I'm from Arizona and this is so True to this very day, Sadly,......Word, Chuck D has to be the most Underrated Thought Disciple, Ever,...!

[@dpugh7618]

Chuck D is the most important mc in the history of the art form. PE is the most important group. Gotta give em what they want. Gotta give em what they need!

[@cttmattchu69]

Fucking fact. Been saying this since 89. Keep the message alive.

[@duder596]

Truth

[@wickedras934]

@@duder596 , Amen

[@GetUpTheMountains]

They are still Louder then a Bomb.

[@ChristineSatchell]

Chuck D - you've opened my eyes since the 80's.Trying to explain world events to my little daughter - just put PE on. Thank you!

[@Ihatethewaythatyou]

People speak about that breakdown but I love 4:19 Chuck knew exactly how to come back on the return. " SO I PRAY *I PRAY* " while he starts killing the beat like it never left.

[@zucottimanicotti5298]

This is the greatest rap song of all time, hands down. It's political, has a message, the samples are sick, there is none greater.

[@sublemonal7344]

ZucottiManicotti I completely agree. It is the best.

[@stevenwashington3618]

Nuff said

[@Fazzarelli]

Can't argue with you there...

[@MiracleFruitClock]

+ZucottiManicotti black steel in the hour of chaos is better

[@brandonharvey3788]

ZucottiManicotti I have to say by PE, Brothers Gonna Work It Out is better. But that's like saying who's your fave kid!

[@ruthdixon7807]

a massive sludge of frazzled acid guitar that funkadelic would have been proud of.

[@lemmonharris6117]

Chuck D is one of the Greatest MC's OF ALL TIME...FIGHT ME

[@gregoryahejew]

Agreed!!!

[@DhiaMedina]

Why fight you?.... You're right !!!!!

[@zachshipstead5247]

Also had a big part in making the music in the background

[@BarrioFabulous]

lol why? you're right.

[@DhiaMedina]

@@zachshipstead5247 u mean beat?

[@jimmiecarter2014]

Lived in the old Az when this record dropped cops couldn't stand it scared the shit out of white folks rolled up their windows at the traffic light played it as loud as I could in the 84 Cutlass

[@sloppyjonuts9162]

I m moving to Peoria aRizona hahah and public enemy had a song called aRizona. I had to listen!

[@trapmuzik6708]

Good

[@arterialturns]

Love it.

[@dirtporcelain]

Bless you

[@3rdmin1st3r]

Did the same in my 80 Monte

[@aaronnickey6119]

This is why Hip Hop is so corny because they don’t want this type of music to inspire you! Love this song to this day

[@JamesBrooks-hj3dz]

Facts bro💯

[@cornelisverhoef9282]

30 years ago. Song by Public Enemy. As relevant as it was then, as relevant as it was before and as relevant as it is today...

[@christopherray3626]

this is when Hip hop actually had a message! It made sense and had a purpose! I miss those days

[@press_x_tojason]

if you think hip hop doesn't "have a message/purpose" today, then you aren't looking in the right places. not nearly every act in the 1980s was political.

[@sirgarfield5037]

The truthfulness of Public Enemy will always move the human soul in one direction or the other, if you don't Stand for something, you will Fall for anything!

[@craigoneill8443]

This should be taught to kids at school (Also THAT BASSLINE!)

[@BK_Whateverman]

I had to respond, completely agree

[@jerzeybeats3584]

I was 19 . Brought the album before they was a video to this song. I was blown alway. And the Mandrill sample.. Omfg!! Priceless. Had no Idea how segragated Arizonia was back in those days ..Wow. This song still hits hard In 2022 Increase the peace

[@orvillemcpherson6417]

The beginning scene went over a lot of people's heads. The politician never denied being a racist, being a supporter of the KKK, and being against civil rights. This is one of the messages that PE was trying to convey.

[@arifakler596]

3:30: Most epic break in HipHop History!

[@maxvilla5558]

Si👊

[@darrellthomas884]

Yes, the Jackson 5 live on the goin back to Indiana special..

[@jara2657]

PE is more relevant than ever today. So thankful I (white woman) grew up with PE's message. No more accepting shit we can't change, we're changing the shit we refuse to accept.

[@FascinatingMaterial]

I LOVE AND RESPECT THE FUCK OUTTA WHAT YOU SAID, WORD UP

[@sarahcusworth3245]

Me too. PE taught me so much and opened my eyes

[@garyloten-beckford889]

I remember when this came out, MTV was so damn scared to air it

[@laronwilson7553]

Pro-Black tracks,ain’t nuthin wrong wit facts,jacks!

[@MrKevinEaddy]

Chuck D=G.O.A.T.

[@edusoares20]

No man, Eminem is G.O.A.T. *Just Kidding : )

[@jimgroff6880]

Truth

[@noffmemphisslim1377]

Big FACTS!!!!!!!

[@freddyarmstrong6952]

@@edusoares20 shit ain't funny

[@Toe3de]

Still gives me chills down my spine when I listen to this tune, epic!

[@shawnjaye6470]

" I Wrote This While I Was Pissin On The State "!!!!

[@shawnjaye6470]

Public Enemy # one one one one!!!!

[@melissahall8184]

One of the best concerts I never forgot it 😂❤

[@dongalingg7324]

This song has one of the best beats of all time!!!

[@zacanowski]

Love this track. God Bless Public Enemy Forever.

[@PVw3l]

Respect from POLAND

[@jamesmonroe6]

PUBLIC ENEMY STOOD THE TEST OF TIME, THEY WERE LEGENDS, SUPER HEROES BACK IN THERE DAY!

[@johnboydojo]

Still relevant today. Crazy.

[@grinvich9966]

This song was in Tony Hawk Pro Skater 4! Love this song.

[@ThatLadyDray]

"Neither party is mine not the Jackass or the elephant" Exactly. THIS is business & strategy. However, let them keep thinking that we're dumb & not paying attention.

[@shantheman6879]

Chuck D and Rakim are the greatest mcs of all time. Change my mind...

[@danieljohnson4530]

KRS is in that conversation

[@johnnoon6379]

3:33 probably one of the best sample beats Ive ever heard

[@rickc2222]

I was just a kid working at footlocker when this album came out and this track quckly became my favorite. Totally under appreciated.

[@guycarter6692]

2020 & this video still gets me HYPED!!.... Hip Hop like this does not exist anymore.

[@damonmilline9227]

WE NEED RAPPERS LIKE PUBLIC ENEMY TODAY!!!!!!

[@supremeasiaticallah2303]

since I heard it in 1991, this song has always given me a chill.

[@bigboiron]

Fr bruh

[@krishnanpablo4782]

Yearz later and still relevant. Yearz later still so important ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@krismckusick332]

Best hip hop group Ever ❤ and it’s not even close. And that’s just based on their first 2 albums. Best twin peak rap records ever!!!

[@tonycardona1177]

Chuck d a living legend.....

[@DavidRichardson95]

Damn, I'm only 20 and I find this raw, intellectual, honest and funky at the same damn time. Why can't hip hop be like sometimes?

[@boscopit]

+David Richardson listen to more. It's some of the best stuff out there.

[@stinkfinga4918]

because it made people feel something. it made them angry, and when they heard it they didn't wanna be niggas n thugs anymore, and that's why you don't hear music like this anymore. it's intelligent and has a purpose. What purpose does rap have today?? the top artists are people who don't have shit to say but look good saying it.

[@failmachiine]

+rmhanzel yea exactly right. its all posers now days

[@rollotomassi4768]

Because you have to be angry, educated, have a historical perspective, and be a talented lyricist and rapper. That's a lot to ask. Most are in it for the fame and/or money.

[@The-Vision]

Your generation just have to recognize your peers who are spittin the real, and most of all speak your heart when something's wack and serves the system

[@Bred0nSch00lV2]

The last song to be unlocked in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4 and one of the damn best in the game!

[@MultiMrMiles]

going to rapconcerts in the 80s and 90s was incredible.....NEVER will it be like that again...our youth.......

[@dannydamnmendez]

Growing up as a child in the 2000s in AZ, I had no idea that the state was amongst the very last to have MLK Day be declared an official holiday... and by Raegan nonetheless! So discovering this song years later was eye opening to me and further validated the amount of racial discrimination that ran rampant while living there.

[@MrTaz081]

I remember, this video was banned from almost, every channel MTV(when they had videos before this “reality television crap), Fox5, BET(when they actually had videos) and the BOX

[@libyangamer3698]

Tony Hawk's Pro Skaters4 I would never forget those days

[@javi_Fuego]

Hell yessss

[@libyangamer3698]

@@Markhoss I am not talking about playing the game, that is the easy part a pc and emulator and it is done!! I am talking about the time back them how the life felt like the era 90's for example, you can't recreat that environment

[@noaharkadedelgado2318]

Then tony hawk underground came out next year and it was 100% better

[@libyangamer3698]

@@noaharkadedelgado2318 I was thrilled innyhe days of Underground with the new graphics of PS2 ...unfortunately i didn't finish the game like i did with 4 😞

[@noaharkadedelgado2318]

@@libyangamer3698 I beat thug 3 times and PS4 0 times :0

[@garyloten-beckford889]

This song and the NFL changed the state's mind.

[@umbrellau8381]

and MONEYYY $$

[@lamontallen9435]

@@umbrellau8381 Right! All the businesses that vowed to leave and all the others that vowed not to ever do business in Arizona! They STILL don't give a shit about civil rights or equality..

[@beeoakclifftexascraig5706]

"Neither party is mines, Not the Jackass(Democrat) Or the Elephant(Republican)"🔥🔥🔥CHUCK D

[@hiphop4life24678]

Damn Public Enemy is so legendary.Chuck D's politicalness/consciousness and Flavor Flav's sarcastic while dope rhymes makes them the most influential and one of the best hip-hop groups ever.

[@sublemonal7344]

The best track of the 90's... Full Stop. This song is designed to be heard with 15" sub woofers and a 1000W amp. "I'm on a mission, to get a politician to honor, or he's a goner by the time I get to Arizona..." NOW HIT THE BASS!!!!!!!!! If this song isn't a work of geniuses (plural?) I don't know what is.. An absolute classic.

[@jamespengelly8982]

This is still relevant in 2020. There were and are no good old days.

[@stephendarnell5963]

They been speaking the truth for years

[@phuturephunk]

We need an equivalent of this right now from a young artist. Like right now.

[@Garnondorf]

Hope someone finally accept the challenge...

[@wilhobbs207]

phuturephunk Gen X had this shit sorted...the millennials fucked it up.

[@Differindividual]

It's with Kendrick Lamar

[@kentuckychromedesign]

Fuck "young artists". We need young people to appreciate this NOW.

[@unapprovedtruth7116]

No we need more unified artists not more racially divisive shit. With all due respect to PE. We have enough black supremacist artists like Kendrick Lamar

[@NicolesView1984]

Amazing track the greatest Hip Hop group ever. I just realized that they sampled a version of the Jackson 5 live in concert. I wanna say it's from their "Going Back to Indiana" special in the early 70s. I hope they get a biopic done because they really deserve it and it should be done GREAT!

[@DJaySplitSecond]

+Nicole Lewis PE is my al time fav group and yes they deserve a biopic!

[@MrJnx713]

a biopic would be awesome

[@DJaySplitSecond]

On Twitter Chuck D dispelled the idea but we will see, hope he agrees but I also heard about a Def Jam movie may be in the works as well

[@hamupinhere]

+DJaySplitSecond Krush Groove does just fine as a biopic of Def Jam; no thank you to moder day Hollywood's gut-wrenchingly corny take on anything music industry-related.

[@DJaySplitSecond]

+Hambone Jones nah that was more of Run Dmc bio pic, a def jam movie would portray the artist like DMX, Jay, meth and red but at this point no one cares lol

[@radialaxis]

Remember catching this when the video dropped. Just as heavy now. Class never fades.

[@CountZeroRecords]

I was lucky enough to meet Chuck, Flava and the S1W in person when i was 16 years old. Pretty cool times.

[@Maal7432]

Powerful record. P.E. Lives on forever. ✊🏾

[@5burowz]

By the time I get to Minnesota

[@czar_ben]

For real

[@fujinstone8880]

Born n raised native brother

[@larrymcjones]

Yo has anyone made that remix yet? That would probably go viral

[@teshomacalkins3257]

✊🏾

[@bongdonkey]

PE was ahead of their time.

[@marchinosurfer]

I'm not Black but i lived this Music when i was twenty.. Top!

[@kweli05]

Although I witnessed it, it's almost hard to imagine PE even existed, as controversial and positive as they were/are.

[@nighttrain7404]

I feel what you are saying. The times these days..

[@intermissionbuffalo]

kweli05 The represented very intelligent, socially aware, educated yet raw rap. It got replaced with ignorant, short sighted crap with no purpose. PE did work.These new guys can take their rims and their Nike's and shove em. They couldn't even walk with PE.

[@mrnuttz7103]

Kevin G AMEN

[@papas_lapas]

That baseline is a real roller and the backing singers are bliss. P.E. man.

[@ethiopianeyes]

They would never let intellectual hiphop on tv these days. Theses were rare times before the jews figured how empowering and uplifting early l90s hiphop was.

[@AntoineToliver-cw8kp]

REST iN PEACE a king never dies but lives forever

[@saifhasan4481]

No Nicky Minaj No fetty wap No TEKASHI69 No iggy Azealia This ladies and gentlemen is real hip hop

[@MikerodRod]

Yeah boyyyyyyy! ( flavor flave)

[@ChristopherHoward-df4pc]

🔥 🔥 🔥 WILL ALWAYS KICK

[@The-Honeycomb-Hideout]

Well it's rap, but i hear ya..

[@signalsoldier]

Congrats to PE on their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!!

[@donovanharris1120]

Chuck D always kept his image and appearance on the back burner and his lyrics and messages at the frontlines

[@mariobianchi00]

Respect from Italy

[@michaelgardner5843]

how does this song ONLY have a million views? This is an epic song!

[@veronicaalleyne]

an injustice to one is an injustice to all

[@ElAnticrito-fb1rr]

correct!

[@jameslongwell4220]

So FUCK the government!!! we don't NEED another paid holiday for assholes who get paid to do nothing and already get more paid holidays than everyone else!!! I Agree Veronica!!! You're AWESOME!! You GET IT!!!

[@tramayneford3190]

Best Rap group ever! Every situation was broadcasted.. for ppl around the country that did know what was going on

[@AnvilOfTheGods]

2020 is calling, where are you Chuck! Your voice is needed more than ever!

[@michaelshigetani433]

here you go. New music too. kzbin.info/door/AR-wsCZ0Xn9KPqX_l2fVzQ

[@askholia]

This song still slaps.

[@philipbourne]

Dedicated to John McCain.We Don't Recognize so called "Mavericks" When They Don't Recognize Kings.

[@N.a.j.i.]

ALOT of people don't go lookin/reading for the truth. I won't speak ILL of the dead, but THE TRUTH is the TRUTH, whether he passed away/not!! Don't be choosing my Heroes for me B

[@BushidoBrownSama]

I suspected as much from refusing to recognize MLK day and the state Arizona

[@marvellbgry]

Well said! Beautiful AF!

[@cheapholiday8111]

Bourne ultimatum to Mecham not Macain

[@jerrymiller4283]

Saw one in concert in Charlotte in about 1990. Amazing terminator x was like 30 feet above the stage. Flava Flav was everywhere. They had soldiers dressed in white. A helicopter was lowered into the stage with cables and soldiers came out twirling rifles like the Marines do. Mind blown.

[@chemeister]

Chuck's the Nostradamus of hip-hop eh.