THE BOOK
“Burned” after the lukewarm reception of their debut Yo! Bum Rush the Show in 1987, Public Enemy (Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff and Terminator X) immediately returned to their Long Island base with the infamous Bomb Squad (Hank and Keith Shocklee, Eric “Vietnam” Sadler) for their next hit. With unbridled momentum, unorthodox production techniques – which would soon become rap rules – and references to all of recent black American history, within a few months they were ready to declare revolution with the most “dangerous” and important rap album of all time…
THE CREATOR
THE Christopher R. Weingarten is a professional music critic whose writings have been published in prominent music magazines and sites, including the Village Voice, RollingStone.com, Spin, Revolver, Nylon, The Source and Decibel.