Chuck D once boasted that rap was "the black community's CNN", a boast echoed by the Reverend Al Sharpton on the intro to Public Enemy's New Whirl Odor. Despite hip-hop's elasticity of form, it can seem that its popular variants have more in common with ...more
The A.V. Club
No group has done more to open minds and expand the parameters of hip-hop than Public Enemy. But as P.E's original fanbase graduated from dorm rooms to mortgages, it largely abandoned the group, holding onto cherished memories of "Fight The Power" and It ...more
Entertainment Weekly
With so many current rappers opting for partying over politics, it's refreshing to hear Public Enemy frontman Chuck D's stentorian voice hectoring, indicting, and pontificating on New Whirl Odor like it was 1989 all over again. As usual, the noisy, ...more
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