Public Enemy - Fight The Power (Official Music Video)

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  • REMASTERED IN HD!
    Official Music Video for Fight The Power performed by Public Enemy.
    “Fight the Power” served as the theme for Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing and is featured on Public Enemy’s 1990 album Fear of a Black Planet.
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  • @keepinitreal1373
    @keepinitreal1373 Před měsícem +178

    Now this is REAL rap, they were not sellouts!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @jaimesmith2266
    @jaimesmith2266 Před 9 měsíci +1122

    This is the absolute definition of true hip hop public enemy truly stood for something.

    • @lebonmarchandhernandezhern545
      @lebonmarchandhernandezhern545 Před 8 měsíci +8

      THATS WHAT UR MOMMA SAID DUDE

    • @robg4472
      @robg4472 Před 7 měsíci +6

      That flavour flave really fought the power didn’t he…

    • @jaimesmith2266
      @jaimesmith2266 Před 7 měsíci +5

      @@lebonmarchandhernandezhern545 What you mean 🤔

    • @N355-Smash
      @N355-Smash Před 6 měsíci

      Maybe they meant later in his career? czcams.com/video/gEfD0UNHCYo/video.html @@jaimesmith2266

    • @tuulafai4046
      @tuulafai4046 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Yup

  • @Ty-wy9he
    @Ty-wy9he Před 4 měsíci +259

    Can’t believe this was 35 years ago! Hip hop will never be like this again.

    • @xbigwormx
      @xbigwormx Před 3 měsíci

      Sad but true. Today rap is straight garbage 🗑💩🤮💩🖕👎. I wish I can go back to the 1980's and early 90's and just leave me.

    • @sonsofthetribe
      @sonsofthetribe Před 3 měsíci +5

      Hold my beer

    • @PetsNLuv
      @PetsNLuv Před 2 měsíci +4

      So sad

    • @coconuthead8484
      @coconuthead8484 Před 2 měsíci +2

      I know it got way better 😊

    • @GogaPartizan
      @GogaPartizan Před 2 měsíci +9

      It will be again when people will understand what FIGHT THE POWER really means today

  • @chukwuemekeojeah4326
    @chukwuemekeojeah4326 Před měsícem +168

    Chuck D one of the most underrated rated rappers of all time

  • @deniscamdzic9601
    @deniscamdzic9601 Před 3 lety +4452

    This right here is one of the reasons why the record labels and music industry pushed gangsta rap to the forefront. They couldn't allow the trend to keep moving in this direction, but we have to bring it back. Fight the powers that be!

    • @kingproduction6816
      @kingproduction6816 Před 3 lety +56

      Denis Camdzic your right

    • @kingproduction6816
      @kingproduction6816 Před 3 lety +38

      Yeah Correct

    • @MYDAILYHABIT-Publishing
      @MYDAILYHABIT-Publishing Před 3 lety +175

      I remember when the change came in, no disrespect to Gangsta rap ( which had already exsisted in forms ) but the industry latched on hard and messages like PE, X Clan, and many others got drowned out quick.

    • @kingproduction6816
      @kingproduction6816 Před 3 lety +9

      @@RiveTheRat Thanks Man , I will check Run the Jewels

    • @mallman9374
      @mallman9374 Před 3 lety +22

      Yeah, this has been one of my favorites on CZcams for years, when it had multiple millions of hits, but now less than a million.
      What's up with that?

  • @joselynjolivet7694
    @joselynjolivet7694 Před rokem +443

    Chuck D was no sell out. He stood for something and today he still stands for something. He didn't view rap as a commodity to be sold (commercialize). It was his manner of expression, an artwork.

    • @txmetalhead82xk
      @txmetalhead82xk Před 6 měsíci +22

      Man of integrity.

    • @MothGirl007
      @MothGirl007 Před 4 měsíci +13

      He's awesome.

    • @julianjv7325
      @julianjv7325 Před 4 měsíci +10

      Yes, he never sold out.

    • @depthchargebetty3813
      @depthchargebetty3813 Před 4 měsíci +7

      Mr Chuck D hosted a fantastic limited series about The Clash a few years back. Highly recommended.
      He’s as punk as it gets and I’m glad he used his voice to raise awareness for others.
      You’re a punk rock warlord, sir. A life well lived.

    • @Bunny-Verse
      @Bunny-Verse Před 4 měsíci +5

      Even by the time they got to Arizona

  • @taviswhite6279
    @taviswhite6279 Před 2 měsíci +85

    When it comes to cultural impact, Public Enemy stands above the rest.

  • @erca1740
    @erca1740 Před 2 měsíci +105

    Year April 2024.. Who ist with me?

  • @youngtone00
    @youngtone00 Před 4 lety +5555

    That's my generation right there. My generation wasn't ready for this message but the seed was planted.

    • @jovitasimmons8041
      @jovitasimmons8041 Před 4 lety +140

      Absolutely.... They had me tears when they preformed on BET.

    • @lance11zenithoftheparamoun80
      @lance11zenithoftheparamoun80 Před 4 lety +58

      Come On With It.

    • @daisychainmilk
      @daisychainmilk Před 4 lety +103

      This generation got it!

    • @subzeroconscious7817
      @subzeroconscious7817 Před 3 lety +106

      Bro Chuck D gave me my 1st level of consciousness! Fear of a Black Planet 1 of the best albums ever made. I use to listen to it twice a day. I was a young boy but the message was clear!!

    • @katetaylor797
      @katetaylor797 Před 3 lety +22

      @@subzeroconscious7817 - Same.

  • @cynthiabeeko7985
    @cynthiabeeko7985 Před 10 měsíci +527

    This track still gets me the same way it did as a teenager. This was hip hop at its finest when it was about education in entertainment (‘edutainment’). Public Enemy showed me as a kid that knowledge is power so I studied and became a lawyer. Thank you Chuck D.

    • @iamjustishype3859
      @iamjustishype3859 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Exactly 💯

    • @iamjustishype3859
      @iamjustishype3859 Před 10 měsíci +9

      Wow kudos to you. I'm in law school now

    • @vaaccount8412
      @vaaccount8412 Před 8 měsíci +8

      I love the idea of a lawyer with a pair of oversized headphones on his lunch break blasting this lmao

    • @noorakaikkonen6422
      @noorakaikkonen6422 Před 6 měsíci +3

      sounds like my story, though I wasn't involved in rap culture.

    • @stuartcarney1527
      @stuartcarney1527 Před 6 měsíci +3

      Awesome - Inspiration is where you find it.

  • @ahayahshouse5344
    @ahayahshouse5344 Před 6 měsíci +25

    The real "BLACK NATIONAL ANTHEM."

  • @thehand1358
    @thehand1358 Před 6 měsíci +82

    I miss intellectual hip-hop like this ❤

    • @breeze_japanese
      @breeze_japanese Před 25 dny

      The market doesn't want you to think. Just consume and reproduce.

  • @mightyraccoon7155
    @mightyraccoon7155 Před 4 lety +3885

    This song will never get old.

  • @rogerdeschenes6749
    @rogerdeschenes6749 Před 3 měsíci +86

    One of the greatest protest anthems in any genre of all time. Perfect combination of lyric rhyme and sound.

    • @Noirfury
      @Noirfury Před 14 dny

      There need to be an anthem on this level after Goerge

    • @keevanwilliams4499
      @keevanwilliams4499 Před 13 dny

      Chuck D said he was inspired by NBA analyst Marv Albert.. he tried to emulate his sound as a rapper.
      And now every time you hear a public enemy song, you’ll probably also hear marv calling an nba game.
      Dope 😎

  • @user-zd7ox7ej7v
    @user-zd7ox7ej7v Před měsícem +25

    I’m 23 showing that not all kids of this generation is clueless…. I grew up on this group

  • @mmartin5579
    @mmartin5579 Před 9 měsíci +159

    Always Do The Right Thing!

  • @bodacious4398
    @bodacious4398 Před rokem +562

    Public enemy will always be one of the greatest rap groups of all time.

    • @jstohler
      @jstohler Před rokem +10

      Sadly, Gen Z has no idea who they are.

    • @jerome5ify
      @jerome5ify Před rokem

      yeah the greatest racist anti-white group, and who bought their music ?: white people

    • @dwightlove3704
      @dwightlove3704 Před rokem +11

      @@jstohler It's up to us to tell everyone about them

    • @simpledj509chromo7
      @simpledj509chromo7 Před 10 měsíci +4

      @@dwightlove3704 And introduce them to the new kids on the block carrying this sound on. We can't replicate Chuck D and the dozens of others that defined this era, but we can spread the word amongst the young kids and let them hear what rap should sound like. In my area we had Macklemore, Grynch, Knowmads, and many more repping the 206 (aka Seattle).

    • @dwightlove3704
      @dwightlove3704 Před 10 měsíci

      @@simpledj509chromo7 Macklemore is apart of the RAINBOW COALITION pushing that SAME SEX GARBAGE that affects the Black Community today.He had a song called SAME LOVE THANKS BUT NO THANKS.

  • @IntergalacticSpaceKitten
    @IntergalacticSpaceKitten Před 3 lety +2513

    Chuck D is one of those who have the coolest natural voices in hip-hop.

    • @notmebutyou8350
      @notmebutyou8350 Před 3 lety +18

      For real!! Smooth as a mofo!!

    • @elylew
      @elylew Před 3 lety +31

      Word em up on the level / the reasons are several / most of ‘em federal

    • @primovid
      @primovid Před 3 lety +34

      Soooo true. I love just listening to his voice in this song. It's deep and smooth but he was pretty young.

    • @drstephenbond1585
      @drstephenbond1585 Před 3 lety +26

      And he made rap relevant as he preaches the truth!

    • @nicolebailey4426
      @nicolebailey4426 Před 3 lety +34

      Chuck D voice is underrated he sounds like if God took the mic and was rapping

  • @robertbranner1726
    @robertbranner1726 Před 4 měsíci +96

    This is TRUE HIP HOP👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

    • @georgeburkhardt5632
      @georgeburkhardt5632 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Yes, RUN DMC, LL COOL J ,PUBLIC ENEMY Will always be the BEST EVER

    • @dougiegooner
      @dougiegooner Před 7 dny

      ​@@georgeburkhardt5632AGREED: But, you forgot to mention KRS ONE! "Stop the violence" is one of the best raps ever and still poignant today.. More so! Public Enemy are NUMBER ONE though. 👍🏻👍🏽👍🏿

  • @nvi808
    @nvi808 Před 4 lety +1774

    this is more relevant than ever right now.
    public enemy is one of the best hip hop groups of all time!

  • @BayandaMelody
    @BayandaMelody Před 27 dny +16

    True hip hop not the stuff they feeding us today

  • @rocboyhd8349
    @rocboyhd8349 Před 2 měsíci +30

    2024 who here with me

  • @user-gj4nn4lm4m
    @user-gj4nn4lm4m Před měsícem +53

    The new generation,better get ready for this because history is repeating👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿 right before us.👊🏿👊🏿

  • @ygqayb
    @ygqayb Před 22 dny +13

    When R.A.P was Black music. Created, Understood, Performed with Purpose. Now days everybody rappers. Spoken from a 48yr Black Man, Native Tongue is through the blood line, Rythm, Style, Language all Black Culture. Being "THE MOST MIMICKED " Race of People on Earth can be a Blessing and Curse Truth is never Bigotry.

  • @stevenmaritz759
    @stevenmaritz759 Před měsícem +63

    This song is more relevant now than ever before

  • @SUZUMAYBACHI
    @SUZUMAYBACHI Před 7 měsíci +68

    THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO RAP, .. BECAUSE THE MESSAGE IS IN THE BEAT,🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @MrMannface
    @MrMannface Před 10 dny +5

    Corporate owns hip hop today.

  • @samwheat8348
    @samwheat8348 Před 3 lety +709

    When this was released I can hear the government saying "we have to change the narrative of this rap music. They're beginning to sound too much like malcolm x."

    • @Benttimaki
      @Benttimaki Před 3 lety +46

      "They" then used NWA to subvert it.

    • @clghost3294
      @clghost3294 Před 3 lety +25

      @@abominableman the energy was the same and thats what made the industry/ government push west coast gangster rap to cover up and dilute and not educate both black and white kids through music which gets in every home and young person way more than any ministers msg

    • @dangerusscurvs4709
      @dangerusscurvs4709 Před 3 lety +5

      And that's exactly what they did..

    • @andrewperoti6525
      @andrewperoti6525 Před 3 lety +4

      Yeah and it changed into a circus 😂

    • @korujaa
      @korujaa Před 3 lety

      yes, malcolm x isnt so good, too radical, violent, MLKJ is right, all brothers and sisters.

  • @raidermaxx2324
    @raidermaxx2324 Před 2 lety +1034

    this song STILL gives me chills, almost 30 years later...

    • @blagamuffin
      @blagamuffin Před 2 lety +7

      Same!

    • @marklewen9384
      @marklewen9384 Před 2 lety +13

      The best rap group EVER....

    • @DJLukk4
      @DJLukk4 Před 2 lety +14

      Wym almost it’s been 32 years

    • @fyiibeenfly89
      @fyiibeenfly89 Před 2 lety +2

      LMAO right!!! I was born in '89 so you know ik... 🤣🤣🤣

    • @NickPortlow
      @NickPortlow Před 2 lety +3

      It came out in 1989, so it's been 33 years now...

  • @coldwar1977
    @coldwar1977 Před 2 měsíci +49

    Damn, still gives me the chills. RIP to important music like this.

  • @lehacookington3586
    @lehacookington3586 Před měsícem +12

    The government hated this

  • @davidsaylor6151
    @davidsaylor6151 Před rokem +662

    Chuck D had the hardest hitting lyrics of any rap group. They were real and raw.

  • @deniscamdzic9601
    @deniscamdzic9601 Před 3 lety +525

    Chuck D is a national hero, legend, and treasure. We need to make sure he receives his recognition while he's still on this planet.

    • @seanharris2320
      @seanharris2320 Před 3 lety +9

      HE needs to appear on a stamp!
      According to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, he was in on the decision to release Janet Jackson's "That's The Way Love Goes" as the first (?) single from that album. I only bring it up to show that Chuck D has a reach beyond what most of us even have an idea about!

    • @hippiecolleen1352
      @hippiecolleen1352 Před 3 lety +5

      WORD

    • @whyimarko
      @whyimarko Před 3 lety +3

      while he still on this Black Planet! saw em in London in '87 - best gig I've ever been to.

    • @TH33QUALIZ3R
      @TH33QUALIZ3R Před 3 lety +2

      'International' hero! 💓

    • @NormAppleton
      @NormAppleton Před 2 lety +1

      Agreed

  • @AlastairCroxton-fd6tv
    @AlastairCroxton-fd6tv Před měsícem +9

    Do you ever notice that the eighties was better than the 21st century has ever been?

  • @Afro-Cinema-mu5xf
    @Afro-Cinema-mu5xf Před 14 dny +6

    Now this is Real Hip Hop!

  • @tigrayarmy2293
    @tigrayarmy2293 Před rokem +28

    Public enemy was the voice of black people all around the world.

    • @JakeKoenig
      @JakeKoenig Před 11 měsíci

      And nothing says "voice of black people" more than Tawana Brawley's lying, race-grifting ass at 4:02, trying to blame a fabricated crime on white people. Great optics.

  • @morpheus622
    @morpheus622 Před 10 měsíci +31

    Public Enemy warned us but noooooo
    Today this track is more relevant than ever. Fight The Power ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼

    • @melaninking199
      @melaninking199 Před měsícem +2

      X Clan did to as well. We need more this!!!👍🏾👍🏾

  • @kearlanventures
    @kearlanventures Před 3 měsíci +21

    Chuck hits so hard, but Flav drives it home. What a duo!

  • @judeogbonnaya2975
    @judeogbonnaya2975 Před 3 měsíci +20

    Dear BLACK PEOPLE, our Destiny is on our HANDS.

    • @lucy661000
      @lucy661000 Před 2 měsíci +1

      ❤💯🎶❤️🌹it will take a nation of millions to hold us back. If we'd just stick together.

  • @keiththomas478
    @keiththomas478 Před 4 lety +709

    Most of my heroes don’t appear on no stamps🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🧨

    • @juanelorriaga2840
      @juanelorriaga2840 Před 4 lety +14

      I love that line

    • @kevyster
      @kevyster Před 3 lety +3

      Why does Chuck D and PE want Margaret Sanger on a stamp for her eugenics KKK Planned Parenthood so badly?

    • @nomad155
      @nomad155 Před 3 lety +5

      @@kevyster where you hear this?

    • @jacobholley6181
      @jacobholley6181 Před 3 lety +5

      skee magee that’s how they get you by spreading so much bs misinformation, too the point where your arguing about Gay Frogs and 5g is Melting your Brain Cells if they had any to begin with, and then claim the white media which is white lol is the one spreading fake news.... well duh that’s has always been the case and the black communities have know this.

    • @docnu5757
      @docnu5757 Před 3 lety +2

      @keith I was singing that when i bought a sheet of Hip-Hop stamps last month. With a great big smile on my face.

  • @lashaunwilliams2864
    @lashaunwilliams2864 Před rokem +201

    35 years later and that Elvis line still gets me just as hyped as it did when I was a teenager.

    • @dwightlove3704
      @dwightlove3704 Před 11 měsíci +27

      The lie still persis that he was the driving force behind the success of Rock Music.I saw the movie about Presley and he stated that he was not the king of this genre of music and he said that FATS DOMINO was the KING OF ROCK MUSIC.

    • @buahburke9912
      @buahburke9912 Před 11 měsíci +1

      And yet they're aligned with Google and all the mofo free speech crushin' Afro baby jabbin' $$$ milkin' depopulation freaks slippin' bribes under the table, don't even play blind like the rest

    • @fightinglynxxsurvival
      @fightinglynxxsurvival Před 11 měsíci

      ❤️🤣

    • @mariomesenarias4218
      @mariomesenarias4218 Před 11 měsíci +12

      I still believe he was kinda racist..

    • @lashaunwilliams2864
      @lashaunwilliams2864 Před 11 měsíci +6

      @@mariomesenarias4218 Who? Elvis?

  • @ScreamingBanchie
    @ScreamingBanchie Před 4 měsíci +6

    the people need to unite like this again.

  • @O_U_Aint_Right
    @O_U_Aint_Right Před 3 měsíci +18

    This generation needs to listen up... Seriously GenX make these lil ones listen up.. I ain't from Brooklyn but the message from Brooklyn was /is loud an clear...

    • @gregpettis1113
      @gregpettis1113 Před 8 dny

      It was anti white hate

    • @toddfilbrun1727
      @toddfilbrun1727 Před 5 dny

      Gen X unfortunately sold out. Most of them are Trumpers. They have totally forgotten what Chuck taught us.

  • @katinamoede892
    @katinamoede892 Před 2 lety +311

    I'm enrolled Native American & we fight the power every day And this song & shows gave me courage to fight the power which I still do. 💯✔️❤️

    • @sallylauper8222
      @sallylauper8222 Před rokem +15

      No you don't. :)

    • @jameshawk8745
      @jameshawk8745 Před rokem +5

      Lmfaoooo

    • @TheAdvencherContinues2022
      @TheAdvencherContinues2022 Před rokem +11

      I hear ya from Ohio. I met a young girl from a reservation and she was traumatized. I hear ya. I also had a pal that tried to city manage a small town in Nebraska and they were so racist. Now I live in Southern Chile and the Mapuche are still fighting the power.

    • @raidermaxx2324
      @raidermaxx2324 Před rokem +8

      what does "enrolled" native american mean?

    • @zrHer
      @zrHer Před rokem +5

      @@sallylauper8222 Yes we do Sally!

  • @augustalchemy6835
    @augustalchemy6835 Před rokem +89

    The Elvis bar is the most ruthless bar in American Hip Hip History!

    • @tiffysimm7346
      @tiffysimm7346 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Facts!

    • @Doone-iq8kx
      @Doone-iq8kx Před 4 měsíci +10

      ​@@tiffysimm7346BB King and James brown said Elvis wasn't racist, I'll take their words over some random guy, who never even met him, talking about him in a song 11 years after his death.
      Chuck D 😂 he even said later "Elvis was a door, a gateway through to the roots. In the beginning of his career Elvis admitted where the roots came from, but did anybody care?"

    • @MitchClement-il6iq
      @MitchClement-il6iq Před 4 měsíci +3

      Elvis wasn't like that, he even took few lessons from bruce Lee.... but john Wayne is a different story

    • @RW77777777
      @RW77777777 Před 4 měsíci +1

      you don't know what ruthless is if you didn't notice the line about 'Don't worry, Be happy' being the #1 jam

    • @Wheresthelove7
      @Wheresthelove7 Před měsícem +1

      Chuck D has since rescinded what he said about Elvis.

  • @BarryTaylor-xk5vy
    @BarryTaylor-xk5vy Před 7 měsíci +34

    If you don't stand for something
    You'll fall for anything!

  • @gordonallen9095
    @gordonallen9095 Před 3 měsíci +8

    A true CLASSIC that is IMMORTAL in the hip hop world. As relevant Now as it was THEN.

  • @cactusjack2264
    @cactusjack2264 Před 3 lety +153

    Surprised nobody mentioned Radio Raheem or the classic “Do The Right Thing”

    • @Prinks3414
      @Prinks3414 Před 2 lety

      I just thought of that. I also feel bad for Smiley.

    • @formxr
      @formxr Před 2 lety +1

      @@Prinks3414 Nah fuck Smiley. Literally starting shit for no reason. No shit an italian restaurant is gonna show italian people on the wall. Get over it.

    • @MikeHunt-qc7ou
      @MikeHunt-qc7ou Před 2 lety +2

      @@formxr wrong person

    • @Prinks3414
      @Prinks3414 Před 2 lety +1

      @@formxr Smiley was the disabled guy

    • @tedlauren2690
      @tedlauren2690 Před 2 lety +1

      @@formxr lmao wrong guy

  • @truthhurtz8517
    @truthhurtz8517 Před 4 lety +271

    Best Hip Hop/Rap group of all time...

  • @fireprooff9922
    @fireprooff9922 Před 7 měsíci +5

    Society will never allow music like this to be made again.

    • @sunlotus8
      @sunlotus8 Před 15 dny

      Society will try to stop them, but another great, straight from the heart song will come. The best music always comes from the streets

  • @NickBarnes-zv7ke
    @NickBarnes-zv7ke Před 8 měsíci +14

    This is when black people made. Love being black. Please black people stand up together

  • @tyreejosey7094
    @tyreejosey7094 Před 10 měsíci +50

    THIS WAS THE BIGGEST HIP HOP SONG IN HISTORY

  • @michaelford6100
    @michaelford6100 Před rokem +470

    "Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps" is the best lyric in the history of pop music.

    • @jstohler
      @jstohler Před rokem +13

      Either that or "Margaret Thatcher, tell her clear the way for the Prophets of Rage."

    • @thomasbrunn4182
      @thomasbrunn4182 Před rokem +1

      yea there in jail for life some power

    • @dwightlove3704
      @dwightlove3704 Před rokem +20

      I personally like the line about ELVIS

    • @wattaura7621
      @wattaura7621 Před rokem +11

      ​@@dwightlove3704 "the sucka was simple and plane"

    • @dwightlove3704
      @dwightlove3704 Před rokem +5

      @@wattaura7621 Then FF sealed the deal

  • @rvisani
    @rvisani Před 4 měsíci +5

    I live right where this was filmed. Sadly, the neighborhood has completely changed as most people have been priced out.

  • @monicachuidian-riveracalderon
    @monicachuidian-riveracalderon Před 4 měsíci +21

    Public Enemy stood for something, that's why I am still a fan today! 😊❤❤❤

  • @yahspoetyahu-thepoeticword7322

    Man these guys carried the spirit of the Black Panther Party!!! Public Enemy is one of the most legendary hip-hop bands of all time!!!

    • @RapFanatic4ever
      @RapFanatic4ever Před rokem +5

      Yes they are

    • @adriver7978
      @adriver7978 Před rokem +10

      Amen. My adopted dad was a panther. This song, the respect shown to my Pop. I cry every time I see this. Pop was in the Desire standoff. Fight the Power indeed.

    • @phlegmbuoyant
      @phlegmbuoyant Před 3 měsíci

      AMEN 🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🙌🏿🤟🏼🤟🏻👌🏾👌🏻👌🏽
      Viva Las Panteras Negras de Tucson !!
      {Long Live The Black Panthers of Tucson}
      Amphi Panteras Tenants Empowerment Association!

    • @igorivanov299
      @igorivanov299 Před 3 měsíci

      Fuck the panthers

    • @99alfailiwaqain51
      @99alfailiwaqain51 Před 3 měsíci +1

      As Salaam Alaikum! No they carried the spirit of the F.O.I. & The Nation of Islam. Public Enemy is my family . Those drills are NOI inspired; because we drill and have been doing military drills since 1932! The F.O.I. Is a military like any other military. Professor Griff is a registered FOI as are 4 other members of the S1W’s. Do the knowledge and look and you’ll see many FOI in the video in charge of the security at the rally. Peep all the bow ties and suit/with boots. Please give the Nation of Islam credit where credit is due! Lastly many members and leaders of the BPP were
      once also registered in the N.O.I. ..Huey Newton, Clarke
      Bobby Seale, Stokley, etc all used to attend the Temple; in Oakland, Ca. in the early 60’s.

  • @EugeneJacquescoley
    @EugeneJacquescoley Před 17 dny +7

    Possibly, the best rap group ever.

  • @Katwoman4318
    @Katwoman4318 Před rokem +226

    “When the power of love, overcomes the love of power. The world will know peace.”-Jimi Hendrix

  • @TheLiquidChicken69
    @TheLiquidChicken69 Před 2 měsíci +19

    The greatest hip hop song and one of, if not the greatest songs ever recorded

    • @davidbonillajr9959
      @davidbonillajr9959 Před 2 měsíci +2

      They were legendary.There was nothing like them at the time....

  • @RigidRecords69
    @RigidRecords69 Před měsícem +12

    It's a tragedy that PE is lost on today's hip-hop youth.

  • @adamgregory9198
    @adamgregory9198 Před 2 lety +159

    God damn; Public Enemy was years ahead of their peers and Chuck D’s lyrics are criminally underrated.

    • @phlegmbuoyant
      @phlegmbuoyant Před 3 měsíci

      No need to curse God to get your point across, yo 😉✌🏽🕊️❣️
      But much Love for your TRUTH

  • @paulkersey1007
    @paulkersey1007 Před 2 lety +18

    I'm Asian American and I'm gonna say this right here, right now:
    It's 20 f'n 21 and nothing has changed from 1989 till now except the clothes and the music. The African American man and woman is still fighting the power. If I can see it, why the hell can't anyone else?
    NEVER STOP FIGHTING THE POWER.

    • @karmatt3098
      @karmatt3098 Před 2 lety

      Stop being racist and shooting little girls for stealing orange juice then.

    • @paulkersey1007
      @paulkersey1007 Před 2 lety +2

      @@karmatt3098 I'm the one being racist? So you expect me and an entire community of Asian Americans to be blamed for what happened in 1992? Bro, R.I.P to Latasha Harlins but before you talk about being racist, are you going to accept accountability for all the Asian American elderly killed in the U.S at the hands of African Americans during the pandemic? You're probably gonna say it's white people right? Well these victims don't look like they were attacked by the ones who stormed the Capitol. I have African American friends and thank God, they don't think and act nothing like you. You're so limited minded that you got your assessment of an entire community from a convenience store incident is like if I got my assessment of the African American community from watching a rap video. It's ignorant, just like you. So when you can achieve a common sense level that goes beyond your hood, then level up and come talk to me.

    • @sunlotus8
      @sunlotus8 Před 15 dny +1

      NEVER STOP FIGHTING THE POWER! words to live by!

    • @paulkersey1007
      @paulkersey1007 Před 15 dny

      @@sunlotus8 Thanks brother. You all have a lot to fight for so never stop. ✊

  • @juanjohnsonvideo
    @juanjohnsonvideo Před 12 dny +6

    imagine if Drake sung about the Congo, Palestine and fighting the power. That's why I'm here

  • @w.t.o.154
    @w.t.o.154 Před 11 měsíci +105

    The 80s was truly the decade of black greatness. I recall feeling overly proud of how far as a people we have traveled with more to come. Today, we seem like we have lost our way. DAMN! What a shame.

    • @grindhard4312
      @grindhard4312 Před 8 měsíci +3

      It's over for black people as race or to be effective. We played around too long.

    • @ericrice8764
      @ericrice8764 Před 8 měsíci +4

      Let's make America great again ✊

    • @grindhard4312
      @grindhard4312 Před 8 měsíci

      @@user-pv7tn5do3f Mind your business bro

    • @gregv3181
      @gregv3181 Před 6 měsíci +6

      Man you hit the nail on the head as a young guy in the Navy I got turned on to P.E. by guys in my division. Seemed like progress was being made for Black Americans and was great to see it happening and being vocal about it. Sadly we seem to be off page or so the powers that be be who control media will tell us. Then I look at my daughters and their friends and have hope that they truly break free of the ignorance that has held back Black Americans. When we respect, value and honor each other we will have a better place to live.

    • @BourneUnderdogg-ux9mg
      @BourneUnderdogg-ux9mg Před 5 měsíci +6

      But then the 90's happened

  • @adventureswithphil2560
    @adventureswithphil2560 Před 4 lety +309

    I was a kid when I heard this for the first time. I didn't understand. I sure as hell do, now. This is as relevant now as it was the day it dropped.

  • @JamesBond-uk6nt
    @JamesBond-uk6nt Před 6 měsíci +29

    The best rap group ever, true legends ...Their songs hit hard

  • @DavidRichardson95
    @DavidRichardson95 Před 4 lety +1425

    30 years later and it is _still_ relevant.

    • @exists8238
      @exists8238 Před 3 lety +14

      And I’m glad

    • @andrewhyde8668
      @andrewhyde8668 Před 3 lety +11

      Still the greatest

    • @b3at2
      @b3at2 Před 3 lety +12

      it still slap too... i remember when this first came out I was 6 years old. and it still go hard.

    • @Libbydoh
      @Libbydoh Před 3 lety +19

      @@exists8238 I wish it weren't. I wish my generation had done more to make this song less relevant. I'm still out there marching, but damn, I was 19 when this song came out. And we've elected a bigot to the White House. We gotta get moving.

    • @exists8238
      @exists8238 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Libbydoh oh, oh no are you ok?

  • @joshalleng8495
    @joshalleng8495 Před 2 lety +594

    One of the most important rap groups of all time . Their message is still prevalent today

    • @timujin1000
      @timujin1000 Před 2 lety +14

      THE most important hip hop group of ALL time

    • @kevc21
      @kevc21 Před 2 lety +3

      @@timujin1000 Broken glass, everywhere.... Those boys came first.

    • @johnsealy733
      @johnsealy733 Před 2 lety +5

      Important Group of all time, fixed that for you 👍

    • @realness1997
      @realness1997 Před 2 lety +7

      Don't forget KRS-1.

    • @yolandaflowers8606
      @yolandaflowers8606 Před 2 lety +2

      Indeed

  • @_isaacrashad
    @_isaacrashad Před 6 měsíci +29

    In all seriousness, this is literally one of the greatest music videos ever made bro

    • @jefferyyepez8546
      @jefferyyepez8546 Před 6 měsíci

      what about NWA fuck the police????

    • @billman2112
      @billman2112 Před 6 měsíci +1

      You should get out more.

    • @jefferyyepez8546
      @jefferyyepez8546 Před 6 měsíci

      You must be from the east

    • @_isaacrashad
      @_isaacrashad Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@jefferyyepez8546 not even fam. From the south. I just fucked with how they showed everything that was going on at that particular time. Make me wanna watch “Do The Right Thing” every time G lol

    • @myradioon
      @myradioon Před 6 měsíci +4

      I lived in this neighborhood at the time. Spike Lee helped organize this I believe. Filmed in downtown/Fort Greene Brooklyn. Spike lived on Eliot Park in the hood and grew up there. This vid is BROOKLYN straight up in those years. Streets was real.

  • @prettypetals1
    @prettypetals1 Před měsícem +8

    I LOVE my people and I say that with ALL of my chest!

  • @TheShanegrila
    @TheShanegrila Před 9 měsíci +77

    Today's kids need this more than ever.

    • @RogerAxford
      @RogerAxford Před 3 měsíci +2

      Lol it's like katt Williams said it's weird when a guy in a clock makes sense.

    • @RodriguezJuanJose
      @RodriguezJuanJose Před 2 měsíci

      Now 🙏🙏

    • @Nik0_07
      @Nik0_07 Před 2 měsíci

      Nahhhh you ain't cap man fr

  • @jayhendo2261
    @jayhendo2261 Před 4 lety +379

    "Power to the people No delay" ✊🏿

  • @Afro-Cinema-mu5xf
    @Afro-Cinema-mu5xf Před 19 dny +28

    This is Black America’s National Anthem

  • @Afro-Cinema-mu5xf
    @Afro-Cinema-mu5xf Před měsícem +7

    Fun Fact: this song actually helped freed Africans from European Colonialism.

  • @gregorynetus5557
    @gregorynetus5557 Před 4 lety +337

    The legendary public enemy.i grew up with these Iconic music.they dont make music like that anymore.word up son

    • @NorthPhilly-zr7xc
      @NorthPhilly-zr7xc Před 4 lety +1

      Cuase black men aint grow up around this type of environment

    • @gregorynetus5557
      @gregorynetus5557 Před 4 lety +3

      @@NorthPhilly-zr7xc wtf you talking about dog.you make no sense

    • @truchistephane4729
      @truchistephane4729 Před 4 lety

      Patience

    • @lance11zenithoftheparamoun80
      @lance11zenithoftheparamoun80 Před 4 lety

      Come On With It.

    • @idrinkthereforeiam7427
      @idrinkthereforeiam7427 Před 4 lety +1

      This was my news, Public Enemy, NWA, this is where I was educated before Dan Rather or Tom Brokaw read the scripted news. Of course I took a hard turn at gothic industrial music, but I cone back to what was, and wish could be again in these turbulent times.

  • @tlamax7769
    @tlamax7769 Před 2 lety +229

    One of the most important songs in rap history!

    • @NateS917
      @NateS917 Před rokem +1

      ​@Augusto Pinochet broken record

    • @gaila.9852
      @gaila.9852 Před rokem

      @Augusto Pinochet No, you know nothing.

    • @gaila.9852
      @gaila.9852 Před rokem +1

      @Augusto Pinochet Thank you for proving my point.

    • @corneliaculler9568
      @corneliaculler9568 Před rokem

      @augustopinochet5346 Says a loser with his head in the sand. There has been systemic racism in this country going back to 1619, the Black Codes, Jim Crowe, etc. This song never gets old.

    • @thomasbrunn4182
      @thomasbrunn4182 Před rokem

      ha if your racist

  • @marcopolo6368
    @marcopolo6368 Před 3 hodinami

    If only WE were truly in control of the media and entertainment industry ...

  • @strauqq1
    @strauqq1 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Their beats. Jesus!!

  • @odalisgonzalez6875
    @odalisgonzalez6875 Před rokem +579

    They earned their place in The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 👍❤

  • @jaliz2000
    @jaliz2000 Před 3 lety +357

    This needs to be played right now , at every protest, in every organization. This is TRUTH.

    • @jonhanson6128
      @jonhanson6128 Před 3 lety +1

      Not what the song was about . sad as a white guy i know why the song came about

    • @jaliz2000
      @jaliz2000 Před 3 lety +1

      @@jonhanson6128 know exactly why Chuck D wrote it. Did you catch the reference to Malcolm X "swinging while I'm singing"?

    • @Sergatx
      @Sergatx Před 3 lety +4

      Except the protest that went on were supported by the powers that be and they didn’t even know it.

    • @kimmitchell1692
      @kimmitchell1692 Před 3 lety

      Word em up

    • @dannybx78
      @dannybx78 Před 3 lety

      100% TRUTH

  • @LexBundy
    @LexBundy Před 8 měsíci +467

    man, what happened to us?

    • @erkman66
      @erkman66 Před 2 měsíci +31

      Exactly

    • @larganzo
      @larganzo Před 2 měsíci +40

      It ain't ever to late to change

    • @ronaldmcdonaldjuniorghost
      @ronaldmcdonaldjuniorghost Před 2 měsíci +37

      Facts. We gotta do better. I’m no longer supporting lame shit no mo

    • @denonde1313
      @denonde1313 Před 2 měsíci +43

      Turn protests into action. Vote, lobby, organize, read, educate people/yourself

    • @kareemabduljacandybar4558
      @kareemabduljacandybar4558 Před 2 měsíci +36

      alot of us are selling eachother out for a pat on head from people who dont like us.

  • @bellememorie
    @bellememorie Před měsícem +3

    Absolutely, the best. It's hard to believe it's 35+ years. Stil needs to be heard and action needs to happen.

  • @capitaltrading24
    @capitaltrading24 Před 2 lety +259

    Even in Latin America we listen to this song, and it never gets old! Saludos from Panama!

  • @WLA-General
    @WLA-General Před rokem +99

    We desperately need this vibe back.

  • @Abdel-adim-qf1kt
    @Abdel-adim-qf1kt Před 3 měsíci +6

    Who's listening in 2024!to my brother who makes me discovered that song younger 😉

  • @k2_tech745
    @k2_tech745 Před 4 měsíci +9

    This isn't over - keep fighting!
    And for the record, I'm a 56 yr old white male and I stand with all of you keeping up the fight.

    • @phlegmbuoyant
      @phlegmbuoyant Před 3 měsíci +2

      AMEN 🙌🏽🙌🏼🙌🙌🏿👌🏽👌🏻👌🏾✌🏽🙏🏽🙏🏻🙏🏿🕊️💯❣️

  • @princeeris1780
    @princeeris1780 Před rokem +54

    I swear Chuck’s verse at 2:36 goes more hard every time I hear it 💯

  • @Mizzlenum
    @Mizzlenum Před rokem +16

    This is when rap/hip hop was empowering not destructive like today. One day people will catch up to this music that came out decades before its time.

  • @nedthegreat8678
    @nedthegreat8678 Před 7 měsíci +8

    this song like 35 years later is amazing it was made before it time hell to me it still fill like it just came out this song alone shows u why some people think the rap industry died in 2023

  • @user-do5qc5ov5l
    @user-do5qc5ov5l Před 2 měsíci +4

    people need to dig up Public Enemy No. 1, this group kills this group.

  • @iamjustishype3859
    @iamjustishype3859 Před 10 měsíci +146

    This is making me a shed tear. Hip Hop really could've freed us if it was untampered with. What a powerful music. Look people standing together in Brooklyn mind you this is in the middle of the crack era

    • @kingsittystudios2400
      @kingsittystudios2400 Před 8 měsíci +14

      on malcolm x boulevard, alot my freinds were in the video. i lived aound the corner from PE studio .seen them all my life.

    • @TheRealMsBlu
      @TheRealMsBlu Před 8 měsíci +6

      I feel the same way smh

    • @txmetalhead82xk
      @txmetalhead82xk Před 6 měsíci +5

      Baltimore, Miami, Philadelphia, New York. It’s a beautiful thing to behold.

    • @jiovanysoltero923
      @jiovanysoltero923 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Now it’s every young man for themselves and backstabbing each other by ratting or killing, no more solidarity

    • @qqw743
      @qqw743 Před 2 měsíci

      Well, let's not get too excited. People were standing together because Spike Lee's film crew put them there.

  • @chuckchillout618
    @chuckchillout618 Před 2 lety +18

    That Elvis John Wayne line tho🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @travwaybe3332
      @travwaybe3332 Před 2 lety +6

      Thats what made the song so popular..without that it would be just another rap song

    • @kennethfloyd8677
      @kennethfloyd8677 Před rokem +2

      That's why I'm here!

    • @victorfergn
      @victorfergn Před rokem +3

      They should've insulted Reagan and Bush, but I guess insulting those white cultural icons was ok

    • @sigscorpion9275
      @sigscorpion9275 Před rokem +1

      @@victorfergn They played it safe and went after dead men. A bitch move imo

    • @jrcarter9175
      @jrcarter9175 Před rokem +2

      Chuck said his opinion on Elvis is somewhat softened, but John Wayne still gets a middle finger.

  • @commente
    @commente Před měsícem +3

    Man, did this make an impression back in the days. And man, does it still hold up. Those guys were the coolest back then

  • @bennycop
    @bennycop Před 8 měsíci +2

    As a Albanian white man from North Macedonia I grew up with Public Enemy, my favorite Hip Hop band ✌️

  • @charlesmiller1487
    @charlesmiller1487 Před 10 měsíci +90

    Relevant more today than ever✊🏽

    • @Dwoober4real
      @Dwoober4real Před 4 měsíci +6

      Not even just for black people but for the american people as a whole. The power is fucking everybody over

    • @SylviavanEsschoten
      @SylviavanEsschoten Před 4 měsíci

      Agree

    • @igorivanov299
      @igorivanov299 Před 3 měsíci

      🤚🏻

    • @TheRetroManRandySavage
      @TheRetroManRandySavage Před 2 měsíci +1

      Just live your life, fella.
      Doesn't matter who is in power. Folks will always find grievances with whoever it is. Nothing will ever be good enough.
      People spend so much time playing the victim, that they miss living their life.
      I'm not singling out anyone in particular here, I'm talking about society in general. Everyone is taking part in the victim Olympics and moaning about change, Whether that be too much change or a lack thereof.
      Everyone in the west has equal rights these day's, so folk should just get on with living there lives, and quit boo-hoo, whining and crying.
      Just my two cents.🤷‍♂️

  • @jbcoker
    @jbcoker Před měsícem +2

    This is before rap was about money and rims. Long live Public Enemy!

  • @phlegmbuoyant
    @phlegmbuoyant Před 3 měsíci +4

    AMEN 🙌🙌🏼🙌🏽🙌🏿🙏🏼🙏🏻🙏🏽🙏🏿🙏🙏🏾
    "Don't believe the Hype!!"
    "Yeah-uhhh Boyeeeeeee💯❣️"

  • @leewainwright3526
    @leewainwright3526 Před 10 měsíci +10

    Greatest era in hip hop history

  • @ecoculturemanufacturing1773

    The beginning of the most influential music era besides the 60's. Rap changed the entire world and is still shaping and creating the dialogue about music/culture for decades to come.

  • @williest1
    @williest1 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I was 13 when this song dropped. This was the single most powerful moment in hiphop history ✊🏾