Tune of the Week: PE In Full Effect

Public Enemy and their original production unit, The Bomb Squad, were a very special thing in the late 80s/early 90s. They combined politically charged lyrics with dense, sample and loop based tracks. Their influence on Hip Hop was immediate. Their first couple of albums being sampled on influential albums by N.W.A. and The Beastie Boys. Here’s the opening to their third, possibly most incidiary album, Fear of a Black Planet. Enjoy!