Rebel Without A Pause · Public Enemy (Reaction)

[@jacqueline4514]

So glad you liked it, Teez; Public Enemy is important Rap HISTORY. NYC all the way! You said Flav looked ridiculous with his clock; true story; so many years later, when my Dad got his first (and only) iPad, he was proud of it and said "Should I wear it around my neck like Flavor Flav?" I almost died laughing 😂and was so proud of my Dad 😀.

[@elysehfm8797]

Ha ha!

[@1sarahson]

DEFINITELY WITHOUT QUESTION

[@neil_patel]

I’ve heard 10s of 1000s of rap records, since 1982, when I first started buying rap - and I can tell you - THIS is the GREATEST rap record of all time. If you know, you know…

[@robertcropley7714]

I can still remember picking up the cassette tape off the rack (Yo bum rush the show) in Tower Records on lower Broadway in Manhattan back in 87 and even though I wasn't familiar with them as an emerging group releasing their debut album I somehow knew I'd like it and the rest is history. I've been a fan ever since then, they've never let the fan base down by disappointing them with a garbage product. It was always anything but that. A product that by it's very design was meant to lift the consciousness of the collective and entertain us at the same time. It's not a coincidence that record labels started to quickly move in a more negative and effectively ignore this kind of Hip Hop in favor of the more negative/violent/misogynistic/celebrating material, alcohol and drug cultures. The drill rap genre is the end result of their efforts. The world needs Chuck D and voices like his now more than ever!

[@mechanicalman1068]

I’m not gonna disagree… Fear of a Black Planet is right behind it though.

[@dareal05]

Facts

[@rodmills737]

I totally agree, the absolute greatest hiphop song of all time, when this dropped in 87 we had never heard anything like it, I had the single with the instrumental and I ran this song in the hole , love this song

[@joseocciano1939]

i feel the same and ive been listening since 1982 as well (we old) their first 3 records are timeless, was listening to Fear (Black Planet) at the gym recently Perfect.

[@truther4life]

The whole album is FIRE!!!!

[@GuruTarvIII]

One of the classics!

[@Grande79]

This and Black Steel in the Hour Chaos

[@kevinjefferson9381]

Facts

[@bab3242]

One of the best hip hop albums ever period no debate

[@Dpat14]

They all are

[@rodmills737]

Rebel without a pause is definitely in top 5 hiphop songs ever made

[@cheetahpath]

You know what, with how big this record was at the time, and how it started a 'sub-era' within the Golden Era, yes I agree top 5 Hip Hop tracks ever!!!!!

[@eddiejohnson5370]

Well said well bloody said for real

[@raiden748]

One of the greatest albums of all time, lyrically and sonically

[@immersion24]

This is pure classic...the whole album...tea pot sampled n then played backwards. The Bomb Squad, the most revolutionary hip hop production team ever

[@gaffle-411]

Naw… I think it was just a screeching trumpet sound from Fred Wesley / James Brown’s song.

[@jibsmokestack1]

@@gaffle-411 It’s a saxophone. Maceo on Alto!

[@GavinHewitt]

It's a sampled horn/sax from The Grunt by the JB's if I'm not mistaking

[@dr.leestonepsychotherapist]

James Brown was the foundation of many popular Public Enemy songs.

[@GavinHewitt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gl6Xh6t7qbysiNE. Part of it was also sampled on Night of the living bassheads

[@semajidoe]

This is the group that changed it all for me. Chuck D is my #1 Rapper of all time. PE's first 3 albums are all fire!

[@jacqueline4514]

Me too, James; the King.

[@subymanvince]

The 4th album, Apocalypse 91 is up there too!

[@earthcitizen3939]

The best lyrics in rap this far

[@kendu1327]

That whole album is pure classic, Definitely in the top 5 albums in hip hop STRONG ISLAND

[@99alfailiwaqain51]

Peace! Strong 💪🏿 Island Hempstead; Freeport; Uniondale & Rosevelt !

[@rb7007]

Played this Album to death, back when i was a young 'un. Lol We love Public Enemy in the UK! People went crazy to this track in the Clubs and i was lucky enough to see them LIVE! In '87 i think it was. Great Memories. :D

[@talltrini10]

My first time hearing PE, my cousins came down from the UK to visit Trinidad and brought It takes a Nation with them...I was immediately captivated and have been ever since!

[@levil4012]

One of THE SICKEST beats in hip hop

[@Grandmastergav86]

Funky Drummer - James Brown.

[@RTDavis0503]

@@Grandmastergav86 you beat me to it. That beat been sampled so many times.

[@waxjuggler8945]

a BOMB SQUAD masterpiece

[@eddiejohnson5370]

Well said well bloody said for real

[@Lift_these]

Classic Brother… This was the time black consciousness was reborn in the young black youth. Thanks to chuck D, Rakim, Krs one and many others poor righteous teachers yeah. We need this again !!!! It’s up to Brothers like you. These were our modern day prophets and singers the Bible spoke about. The Almighty was speaking through these brothers to his children…..🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Awesome reminder.

[@MrWadada1]

An important band in any genre. They have a lot to say. These guys and Reggae music taught a young white kid a lot about African history and the plight of the black man.. More than the schools for sure.

[@phyre7769]

THIS song took over the WHOLE SUMMER of 1987. Cars BLASTED this song for almost a year straight. Hip hop was still fresh and growing. Public Enemy blew everyone's mind, including the top artists at the time.

[@gaffle-411]

Freshman year of college for me. I was headed to dinner at the dining hall and some dude had his boom box blasting this tea-kettle noise out his dorm window. I was like WTF!?!?!? I phucked around and found out that whole year!

[@遠哲-e7p]

This album always makes top ten lists for most important / best hip hop albums. Hard to overestimate the impact this had. Listen to "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" from the same album.

[@SteyrAUG223]

Kind of funny considering it wasn't ON the album. It was released as a single AFTER Bum Rush the Show was released and a YEAR before It Takes a Nation.

[@Dadmasterjames]

It would be so cool to be able to hear this for the first time again

[@SteyrAUG223]

This one and "My Melody" by Rakim, few singles have just stopped everything in the same way.

[@geraldsteele4384]

Still gives me goosebumps everytime I hear. Shout out to this king for educating the new generation!

[@duncansolloway2497]

this album and FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET are both fire-can listen to both back to back still to this day

[@redandy92]

A great album. I got into it when it first come out, it was unlike anything I had ever heard. I live in a very white part of the world, this album taught me more about racism and black culture than any educational establishment. The whole album is great. P.E. is a great rabbit hole for anyone to travel down.

[@jayelbee1111]

"I remember to the first time I heard A Rebel Without A Pause: We were on tour with Run-D.M.C., and one day Chuck D put on a tape they had just finished. It was the first time they used those screeching horns along with this incredibly heavy beat-it was just unlike anything I had ever heard before. It blew my wig back." -Adam Yauch of Beastie Boys, 2004

[@Robin.Tussin]

Just imagine being a room with members of PE, The Beastie Boys, and Run D.M.C. all acting the fool to this for the 1st time .........

[@joseocciano1939]

This album will still be played somewhere 100 years from now. People need to be reminded just how important Public Enemy was and is. incredible.

[@christophersessions3375]

I can't really express how amazing this record was when it first came out. So completely different and inventive. It was like the first time I heard Ride the Lightning, or Killers. Just fucked up my event horizon.

[@johncarolina4950]

I heard "By the Time I Get to Arizona" by PE which is about Arizona refusing to recognize MLK day until after the NFL pulled the Super Bowl out of AZ (not ancient history- 1993!!!!!) It made me so mad that I ended up majoring in African American studies

[@anthonyv6962]

PE should be required listening. With the way things are currently it's as important today ad it was 30 years ago. Maybe more important not to mention Chuck D has a great flow and the Bomb Squad are creative producers.

[@illcryst]

I remember in the late 80s being a white kid at a mall in the suburbs, and seeing this album cover at the music store. I was drawn to it and had no idea what it was. I checked my pockets and had enough money and bought it and put it in my yellow Sony Walkman. I rocked out so hard on the bus ride home with a huge smile on my face, and was changed forever. Long live PE 🤘👊

[@dajerk7082]

Try to react to every song on this album, the whole thing is incredible. Keep it up.

[@Auntkekebaby]

I went deaf listening to this. This blew up NYC. Black people absorb the energy and boom! Music! Sounds just like the streets. the walls. BUSY! The chaos. Shit was boiling like a tea pot. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Bomb Squad on the beat. Eric B/Rakim and PE blew the lid at this time. Flav was the best hype man. He was also a drug addict and Chuck D. saved him by insisting he stay in the band .

[@dareal05]

Greatest rap song ever imo.

[@that44rdv4rk]

yet more proof that 90's music started in '88

[@slappyslapstick4045]

'88 is the greatest year in hip-hop history.

[@susanfit47]

Fun fact on the sampling tip: This song samples The J.B.'s 1970 song "The Grunt", James Brown's "Funky Drummer" drums & "Get Offa That Thing" horns, The Soul Children's 1973 song "I Don't Know What This World is Coming To" vocals, Chubb Rock's 1987 song "Rock & Roll Dude", Jefferson Stairship's 1979 song "Rock Music", and Jodeski Love's 1986 song "Pee-wee's Dance". The title song is a reference to the 1955 movie Rebel Without a Cause.

[@yama5182]

THIS WAS…the best OF HIPHOP ALONG with BDP POSSE!! THIS was what we did on the EAST COAST. The Original message, the continuing of the musical TIMELINE with Pride and respect. It was PURE…🔥🔥

[@cigarcatfromwayback...lets380]

Funky drummer is a legendary beat from Clyde Stubblefield via James Brown. Know your history!!!

[@xanajak]

There were 3 rap kings back then: Rakim, KRS-1, and Chuck D. Many others dominated the game but no one came close to Chuck and the other 2. Flavor Flav was comic relief to the intensity that Chuck brought.

[@djiqs]

Summer of 1987 when this came out I was just turning 16. This song blew the lid off of hip-hop at the time. Nothing else sounded like it.

[@maine420grow8]

I wish I had an old school clock on the wall so I could hang it around my neck. Shout out to Flava!

[@Dadmasterjames]

That teapot sound was a sample from the JB's. Night of the Living Baseheads is one of my faves from that record.

[@jacqueline4514]

LOVE that song!!

[@earthcitizen3939]

Bassheads fast became my favorite from this album, the speed, the scratching by Johnny Juice Rosado.

[@tytownsend8219]

One of the greatest hip hop albums ever..

[@s.k.sandles7005]

“YO! BUM RUSH THE SHOW” was merely the appetizer album.....”It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back” album started it ALL.....probably the hardest LP of all time.

[@lpgibbo7463]

I was 16 when I bought this on import in 1988 in Yorkshire, England! I still listen to it regularly. I saw them support Run Dmc at the Manchester Apollo same year & they were pure class, all killer & NO filler- A true classic.

[@jayelbee1111]

That squealing noise on the track is a saxophone sample from "The Grunt" by The J.B.s. They also sampled "Funky Drummer" by James Brown

[@jeefer76_18]

I’m just surprised that PE isn’t as respected as they should be .

[@newclothes8165]

PE is highly respected. Now this generation of course knows nothing about them and if they do they think its noise because Chuck D don't mumble in his raps but PE gets much respect from his generation.

[@Candaceday10]

Oh yes they are, for those that know and experienced the frenzy.

[@happyjoy7541]

Great choice, Jacqueline! 🙌🔥🔥🔥🎶🎵🎶😎👍 This album is fire. Remember when it first came out, how groundbreaking the lyrics and video production was for this album. Don’t Believe the Hype is another classic by them. Still relevant today.-Patricia 👍✌️😎

[@jacqueline4514]

Thank you; wore out the darn tape, lol!

[@t.c.bramblett617]

One of their best songs... sounded like another planet when it first came out

[@CA5124]

Definitely need more Public Enemy ! 💯

[@MrSuperken1]

The teapot sound was actually a saxophone.

[@James-hc1rl]

Absolute without a doubt the number 1 hip hop album ever

[@TeezMcGee]

I was saying “Rebel without a cause” with so much confidence lol excuse my mispronunciation of the title guys 😂

[@maine420grow8]

That's an old James Dean movie. LOL

[@Wolfhoundfromthehighseas]

Silly😆😆💙💙👏👏

[@jacqueline4514]

Easy to do, lol!

[@purplebeard1526]

Whew, I was thinking you didn't notice you were doing that....

[@elysehfm8797]

We love you because you're a normal human. You'd die laughing if you heard me speaking for a while.

[@keithhall1880]

I saw then open with this live back in 87. Good ole times

[@GaryCeaseGhostWolf]

Back in the day, I had my red 82 Camaro named Public Enemy with a front window sunstrip after this group , two 15" Bumped clothe speakers across the back wheel well! Rebel without a Pause was my anthem!

[@kostaskarachalios-jt1wd]

Saw them live play the whole album,celebrating 20 years.With S1W on stage,and live insturments. Legends.

[@sidneygwaltney9931]

am a old head 50 years later that song still bang to this day

[@pipmaple]

As a rural English white boy this album and Ice T were superb,just goes to show how far reaching hip hop goes !

[@mycolortv1]

lol..just goes to show how far BLACK AMERICAN music goes

[@thereaper89]

I used to get really high and drive around listening to this song and just be in a world of my own.

[@OffGridMadMan]

This track is as lit 🔥 as it gets. One of those rare albums where every track is fire, no skipping necessary, by all means necessary 🙌👌

[@bafireman101]

I wore that album out in 7th grade!!!!

[@Grandmastergav86]

That Funky Drummer sample defined Hip Hop for many years.

[@oholm09]

James brown song

[@blackcountryme]

Wow, that takes me back, my first job, i was 15ish around 1987/88 just left school... used to come home and lie on the bed hoping i wouldn't go mad from the work worry. so i used to listen to these...

[@markgiordonello6710]

in my opinion the greatest hip-hop album of all time

[@dionway3552]

I bumped this joint for years and still playing it till this day PE#1

[@ants8527]

80s babies hip hop yes And im a 80s baby im 46 now but i was 12 in 1987'' when this classic 1st came out this song was way ahead of its time in 1987'' 88'' Anything that had that Def Jam Record labal was the shit curtisey of the ''Bomb Squad''🎶🎶🎶🔥🔥🔥😎😎😎

[@duncansolloway2497]

TRICKY s cover of BLACK STEEL IN THE HOUR OF CHAOS is awesome-totally different but so cool

[@MrPboys1]

All of tricky is worth checking out

[@BongEyedBastard]

Maxinquaye is a great record.

[@GavinHewitt]

@@MrPboys1 Second that

[@phillipwatson9906]

I have had the pleasure of Chuck D holding his mic to my mouth for me to rap into it TWICE, they where amazing live, Chuck is second only to my dad as a man to respect. Chuck for President 2030

[@xx-ug9hn]

I was always into music, when I was growing up I just listened to music my parents played around the house: the Beatles, the moody blues, Stevie wonder, wings and I liked it. But the first time I heard Public Enemy it changed me at a molecular level 🤣

[@mostmost1]

Play this loud with great speakers and it BUMPS HARD! THE BASS IS CRAZY.

[@y2kPunk]

The best track on this album is Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos, that track is gangster af. Do it!!

[@gaffle-411]

It was absolutely dope but t’s #2 behind Rebel.

[@ascales30]

Man I use to get so hyped on this song during basketball warm ups in high school. Would feel like I was going to rip the rim out the backboard when dunking. Still my favorite rap song 'til this day!

[@rattfink9]

From Yo! Bum Rush The Show forward, absolutely essential. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@reggietracyosborne7931]

one of the greatest albums of all time!! hands down

[@akmuk7]

That tea pot sound is Maceo Parker, saxophonist for James Brown. He made that horn do some ill shit. The breakbeat behind the whole track is also James Brown's Funky Drummer 😉

[@CA5124]

This is how it's done !! Yes Public Enemy 🔥 Original old skool Rap 👌😀 Good one Jacqueline!

[@jacqueline4514]

☺️

[@Crimson_Panda]

S1 is S1W: Security of the first World. Which was the Professor Mc Griff and their Security team normally dressed in all black with red berets The drum beat is a sample from James Brown Funky Drummer

[@terrymacdad8742]

Different gravy, simple ✔️ that track on another level

[@legbreaker]

One of those masterpieces from PE..

[@robertbutler2360]

P. E. 's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back album.. A MUST HAVE in your collection 💯💯💯💯

[@maine420grow8]

I feel a NWA request coming

[@TheChef-id2om]

The hardest beat ever IMO because they took a sample of a tea kettle and made it work ✊🔥

[@LTgoBirds]

That James Brown Drum beat break from the funky drummer is responsible for more rap classics than we may ever know. Props again to PE and JB. 🔥 (See Rakim Lyrics of Fury)

[@borisdodgingbullets]

What’s even crazier than the fact that this album is one of the most important albums ever made is that they backed it up with Fear of a Black Planet! Run that from top to bottom right after you do it with It Takes a Nation…Public Enemy spoke for us and what was happening at the time like no one else has ever done!

[@noreaster1788]

The thing about Flavor Flav is he knows how to play 22 instruments. Whenever rock groups had an emergency, they would call Flav to step in and play. Peace

[@juniordaddyman]

Public enemy definitely had an impact! Rage against the machine embraced this; and express new generation to this!!

[@cymandeh]

dude their beats and style were IN YOUR FACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nickthefox72]

This is when rap WAS rap. There hasn’t been many good rap tunes since 2000

[@patricksoto7342]

Bro! That James Brown funky drummer reprise is nothing to mess with man! So so hard bro! Timeless

[@elizabethdemerie13]

PE in full effect xoxo

[@jimz6850]

Boooyyyyeeeeeeee

[@jellycoding]

One of the best Hip Hop songs ever. For me the best part is the last part (live part). It puts me back to when I listen to this live at their concert when the song was the hottest hip hop song and in every ones freestyle (tiny cassette player, with head phones. lol) Late 80's was the best time for hip hop.

[@cheetahpath]

This record started the 'noise' Era in Hip Hop. Most tracks after this had some noise repeating in the background.

[@joebrown5120]

PE rules! As a metal head I knew nothing of hip hop/rap, I read about this album in a music mag and bought it. I was blown away with the wall of sound. Still love this album.

[@stephenwashington5163]

The energy...The spirit...the power!!

[@DanHintz]

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the most important album in the history of hip-hop/rap. PE and the Beastie Boys and Run DMC basically built the foundation of modern rap and hip-hop in NYC and this album is an absolute keystone. You should react to every track on this album.

[@timij8234]

You should see them live in concert

[@coolwata105]

The Shocklee Brothers were "music's worst nightmare". Between their wild tracks and Chuck's SICK Flow THEY KILLED IT. I think this was their 2 album YO Bum Rush the Show had their early hard core tracks. MiUzi Weighs a TON!!!

[@djbean08]

That whistling kettle sound is sampled from the grunt by the JBs released in 1970

[@Heheitsnotmaddie]

Top 5 rap album of all time

[@richl4761]

Damn young buc, you’re even making the right facial expression when this came on.. this ish is raw and gritty AF

[@peterdellos8824]

Every track on this one, for real!

[@Ray1969.]

Great song from one of the best and most influential rap groups of all time!! From Roosevelt NY, aka Strong Island, they changed the game by actually having something to say with their music!! Great choice Jackie!!!

[@dee65cee53]

Exit 21 Rough Riders

[@VaughnBrown1965]

I saw PE 35 years ago live. Great show! Flav was so entertaining!!

[@passanaldo]

Lol the "teapot" sound is a popular sample used in many songs in the 90ies by the JB's

[@safetcucaj385]

One of the best songs of Hip Hop bro mothfucin hands downnnn

[@empressof1]

still listening and was at the concert in 1989

[@Jamthecoolerator]

"Go take a shower, boy!" As intense a song as I've ever heard.

[@willfromyadkinville]

the whole album is simply amazing!