Public Enemy - Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos ( HQ )

[MrFin333]

The greatest song of all time.

[Acidmarx]

El mejor disco de la historia.

The best album of XX Century.

[CutmasterFerbtone]

The backwards of this song is played in 0:33.

It says "Y'all like this,my man?Some of this Yemen"

[2nd2nun1]

Ground zero for classic, message driven, mesmerizing riffed hip-hop. This and "Welcome To The Terrordome" are two of P.E.'s most influential and devastating jams.

[asbur40]

After 20 years this track still hits as hard as it did when it was recorded. Fantastic!

[BanarsiPaan120]

This Called Phukkin HIP HOP!!

[Termin888]

Yeah fuck the Devil's Army !!!

Victory to the Iraqi Freedom Fighters !!!

[pexton]

James Brown and Chuck D must be the most sampled voices in black music. Wicked tune.

[jacob7207]

Is he talking about Vietnam in the beginning?

[nybornFunk]

These Lyrics should be taught in Skool...You must know the lyrics if you black........this is a Timeless Jam.....I listen to this everyday. CHUCKY DEE & PE.........BoYeeeeeeeeeeeeee !!!! My Favorite Anthem.....!!!! Hip Hop Wack Now......Nobody does like ths anymore...Legend of HiP HOP......98 Posse & S1Ws......... UltraMaG, Eric B...

[Jackstar601]

hell yeah. u see how chuck kickin them rhymes boy? that nigga chuck hard. U know they dont make shit like this no mo. these niggaz soft as snicker bars nowadays aint it man. niggaz aint ruff an rugged like chuck was.. niggaz wearin nice clothes an shit now. chuck was comin out hard! A CELL IS HELL IMMA REBEL SO I REBEL!

[nybornFunk]

History Boyeeeeee !!! The Era was the shit....Happy 2b part of it. B-side wins Again & Again.....Keith & Hank Shocklee Bros.......DEF men.

[BoneThugsEternal]

EPMD at 1:41

[sda1225]

"never the less they could not understand that I'm a BLACK MAN, & I could NEVER BE A VETERAN..." Preach that shit Chuck, that shit is FI-YAH!! P.E. are truly LEGENDS

[L4Uhuru]

The MIGHTY PE 4EVER!!!!!!!!!!

[pmo56]

Same song different take Tricky but PE rocked it !

[islespatrick]

FUCK THE GOVERNMENT

[DeGoile]

i dont use to listen that kind of music, but the lyrics are awesome

[Oranginator77]

even though i prefer metal, this song is pretty cool. heard about it from Axis of Justice.

[scottstyles2]

That was Milk D in the cell @ 1:15.

[hennylo68]

Damn I love PE, shit was just hard, you could bop your head to this, dance, recite it. i love PE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[StarWatch]

Got to Respect ANY man that says FUCK! the Government!

Fact is PE, was truthful and not Political Correct, ether Left or Right. Which is a White Concept.

So maybe we should cut them some slack.

[stocktown1]

This the perfect hip hop group. Flava reppin the wild hood brothers and Chuck D reppin the lyrical masters with a message.

[hennylo68]

And the great production from the bomb sqaud and terminator x. Plus the s1w's would fuck you up if there was a problem.

[pantsdailyon]

SHADOWPATRIOT1776, the Constitution instructed that all free persons be counted whole, even free Blacks. Is it your belief that slaves should have been counted whole also, rather than three-fifths? That was the position of the slave-holding states. It would have gotten them more pro-slavery representatives in the House.

[CJThaSavage]

best hip hop group ever. Chuck D is one of the realest lyricists I've ever heard. Classic.

[xXWhiteBoy89Xx]

cool at least it doesnt repeat the same shit xD

[mriceman4u]

chuck d one of the realist rapper ever

[SHADOWPATRIOT1776]

I worked five years of my pathetic slave life in the Washington State Department of Corrections. I was the best and rose to the top, only to realize I was a white slave to a system I despized! The real "Nigger" is the state and government employee! I hope one day we have a Second American Revolution where everyone stands up and fights for liberty!

[newbutthunt]

WOW... thats one hell of a comment, the 2nd REVOLUTION will not be televised, its inevitable and coming soon, "The tree of Liberty must be watered from time to time with the BLOOD of patriots an tyrants" and to my corrupt GOV'T I'm ready to water that fuckin tree!

[Mackadoeshez]

Fact is the revolution is here as Bush stole 2 elections and then Obama was scripted into office, the global power elite are alwayz trying to take away rights & privacy under the guise of security & safety.

Sheeple will sleep while people will teach each with cognitive 777 speech.

[newbutthunt]

I hear yah,scripted into office is the truth, our gov't is more phony than WWE wrestling.

[WRATH4214721125150]

Did they lie to us about the definition of the n word to cause you just used a racial slur in a comment where you mentioned a fight for liberty

[SHADOWPATRIOT1776]

The government said African Americans are three-fifths a person not me. They stole my ancestor's and oppressed us, yet you want to talk about racial slures? Who's side are you on? Unity together will change our country for the best. Individual race pride, but one power!!! The "Nigger" is the system that oppresses us!

[boobagoonush]

one of the best songz of all time

[Jackstar601]

they wanted me for the army or whateva.

I SAID NEVA!

[Jackstar601]

Yeah this the real shit rite here.

[jrswhite7751]

Is that Eric B at 3:49?

[SmokeNoMore]

Yep!

[jrswhite7751]

Is that Eric B at 3:48?

[jrswhite7751]

I feel sorry for you youngsters who never experienced REAL hip hop and are stuck with this watered down bullshit we have today (with a few exceptions) This song is for every brother who felt helpless and pissed about THE SYSTEM or profiled by a cop. When 53 finally leave the jail , I can't help but shed a tear of triumph. This is what hip hop should've continued to be.

[darklordoprah]

"i got a letter from the government the other day, i opened it, and read it, it said they were SUCKAS."

you gotta love Chuck!

[Jackstar601]

HELL YEAH!!!

[roachbomb]

opps @ 2:29+

[roachbomb]

check out Kool Keith @ 4:07+

(On Chucks Left)

[Harpoon700]

Peep Kool Keith and Tim Dog at 3:02 behind Chuck

[matthiasalone]

i hear it for 1990....than i was a young boy.

dont forget these time and the fight

pe rules!!!

a german 36 old man

[carysisla]

Pure poetry. Genius.

[nateboy34]

first part reminds me of friday night lights.

[Pogneman]

classic shit

[Hustlervastas]

this song RULESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

[5handshigh]

real hip hop

and

it don't stop til we get the crackas off the block

[moonwalkn1]

that's hilarious.....a guy from Ireland quoting 'get the crackas off the block'...ha!

[5handshigh]

There's no racism in Ireland?

No blacks in Ireland?

Im here and i'm black.

You're a faggot

[moonwalkn1]

my deepest apologies..didn't realize Ireland was such a central hotbed of the Black struggle.....

[moonwalkn1]

and if you don't see the obvious irony of your post, then you are blind....and no reason to call me a faggot

[5handshigh]

i cant quote dead prez unless what?

i'm from brooklyn?

compton?

baltimore?

dead prez arent from any of these places.

i face racism regularly where i live, that's a black struggling. is there a minimum amount of blacks that need to be struggling in one place for it to count?

there's no irony in my comment at all. that lyric was written for blacks everywhere.

im calling you a faggot cos you're acting like one.

[Skorpio420]

Chuck D/Public Enemy came hard, and came real on this song. This is Hip Hop personified at its finest. Period.

[SeidlerTom]

yo damn right!

[Termin888]

The best ever track from legends PE.

The UK was with PE from day 1...

In 1988 they rocked the Brixton Acedemy London, i've never been to a better live show since...

The struggle continues !!!

Power To The People !!!

[sherelynn]

All I can say is .........'THIS IS REAL HIP~HOP"

[Kingtunice]

probably the single most greatest album rap has produced

[SirHappyThe1st]

Amen. A classic and a must have album.

[drksyde72]

Back in the day I had this song, Can't Truss it, and Fight The Power on a mixtape with all of X-Clan shit. P.E. was jamming but we can't forget The X-Clan!!!!!

[420TheDudeAbides]

Chuck D. is THE MAN

[ING97230]

My life has changed since then, but man, that was the joint. Public Enemy ruled conscious Rap, Chuck D and KRS-1 killed it back then

[dogbadgolfer]

this NWO stuff is bullshit. its just to divert good energy from issues that really matter. the government loves these conspiracy theories, that is why PE don't support them.

[bballervirgo1]

The Best of their era.

[morrispalmer71]

PUBLIC ENEMY IS LOUDER THAN A BOMB!!!!

[chaddymode]

this awesome album changed the face of rap ,hip-hop as we know it,best album and track from chuck d and flav. PEACE

[otherwon1]

the hardest rhymer of all time! chuck d the "hard rhymer"

[bayareamayne]

Classick piano on this! Terminator X and the Bomb Squad were pure genius !

[gorkillah1]

Un icono a seguir.

[FiswaT]

classical hip hop

real hip hop

[13thmandingo]

i met them in Ghana in 1995, awesome !!!

[TheWunjoMan]

Reasons to why i hate hip-hop. All they rap about is black appresion and black on black crime and how the white system is killing and destroying the black community and the Afrikan race. Instead of spouting out racist "BULLSHIT" get out and do something for your people, how about all people. POWER TO THE PEOPLE, because i'am white, don't think i'm getting some fucken special check from the GOVERNMENT AND GETTING SOME FUCKEN SPECIAL DEGREE!

[Clandestinokid]

the minority groups struggle more than white people don't come and post this bullshit if you know the history of this country and all the shit black people are been through from the middle passage to civil right movement, now I see my people struggling more my Latino community!

[TheWunjoMan]

White people are the minority. There's many whites struggling out there, don't think because where white where getting something special there bra. It's the fucken machine, measing with everyones mind and trying to turn us against one and another bra.

Keep the peace

[Clandestinokid]

you right about that ,I'm not racist or anything but there's more racism from white people than other ethnic group.

[TheWunjoMan]

Because we are an decreasing race, imagin being someone of no color. non-whites are very hostile to whites, but also go the other way around.

[thirdshift47]

If you hate hip hop,then why do you visit PE posts?lol

Sorry,dude,but hip hop doesn't need you.

[FrogMan1713]

Reasons why white people are constantly in DENIAL. You benefit to this day off of your ancestors WHO ENSLAVED BLACK PEOPLE. Also if you dig into your family history you will find out that probably someone in your family probably owned slaves and was rapping black women just because THEY COULD. White people are the ULTIMATE LAZY people always using SOMEONE ELSE TO DO YOUR FUCKING LABOR CAUSE YOU ARE TOO LAZY TO DO IT YOURSELF. Till the end of the WORLD AND GOD COMES BACK Africans are here.

[TheWunjoMan]

Brotha, your are filled with hate.

I hope you find love in your heart young brotha

[FrogMan1713]

Don't even try to flip the script and pretend you are the peaceful one. I read your HATEFUL COMMENTS from earlier and responded to your MASSIVE IGNORANCE OF BLACK PEOPLE! You don't know our problems and then you have the nerve to come on a site talking about what you don't like. HOW ABOUT DON'T LISTEN TO OUR MUSIC IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT RATHER THAN MAKE YOUR RACIST COMMENTS. I bet you believe in Jesus and go to church on sunday. BUT DON'T LIKE BLACK PEOPLE! You are the one who needs HELP BROTHA.

[TheWunjoMan]

I do understand the problems of the Afrikan community. Thing is, your people don't have unity brotha. Unity is the key. My comments aren't racist, nore fascist. Actually, i'am not religious. Religions, ideologys etc are what's currupting this socitety brotha, part of the big machines objective to destroy the human race.

[WhenIgnoranceReigns]

What "Big Machine" is out to destroy the human race? Because there aren't many that would benefit from that? Let me guess, it's the vampires, right? Theology IS just a tool of control, but not to destroy all humanity.

[TheWunjoMan]

The NWO "New World Order" brotha. It's in the media, it's every where. Trying to turn us all against one and another.

[WhenIgnoranceReigns]

I can't say I think the NWO exists. In my opinion, NWO is just people's way of explaining humanity's evil nature. Not to say I would be amazed if the Illuminati turned out to be a real threat.

[TheWunjoMan]

Of course the NWO exists you fool. It's all around us.

[TheWunjoMan]

Actually brotha, not really your music. 'Rap" originated in Scotland. The Scots are known to curse, it originated in a pub, many Scots woud have rap battles. But it doesn't sound neccesarly like todays 'Rap" or "Hip Hop"

[WhenIgnoranceReigns]

People like you piss me off--Making me log in just so I can tell you how ignorant, narrow-minded and hypocritical you are. Not all white people are racist. Not all white people are lazy. I bet you haven't ever paid anyone to do anything for you in your entire life, hunh? That has absolutely nothing to do with race. Money has made people lazy, not skin color.

And God won't do shit for you. Calling people lazy yet you hope some higher power will save you? Help yourself out.

ONE LOVE

[TheWunjoMan]

ONE LOVE MAN, couldn't of said it any better

[lawrobbur]

my favorite joint by them

[rastheking]

"how long has it been, they got me in the state pen" this nigga went hard, he had a rap battle flow to him even tho he was a revolutionary rapper

[hansonetik]

Isaac Hayes - Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymi­stic

[rasranks]

Mrs. G- Thanks for a goo9d version of this song

[joeykadafi]

P.E. still rocks after all these years!!!!!!!

[paulyfitz1234]

Man im a huge metal head but this song is the fucking best tune i have ever heard full stop

[windrix1]

Me too! I just got done listening to Iron Maiden Fear of the Dark and went straight to this!

[stormcontrol20]

Chuck D is a lyrically gifted artist and activist

[stormcontrol20]

●/ You say Soulja Boy, I say Public Enemy

/▌ You say T-Pain, I say Tupac

/ \ You say Lil Wayne, I say Notorious B.I.G.

●/ You say Flo Rida, I say Wu-Tang Clan

/▌ You say 50 Cent, I say Genius/Gza

/ \ Copy/Paste if you still listen to real hip hop underground

[drugaishiteru]

right

[Felixxe1]

These artists aren't underground, in the 90's they were as famous as 50 Cent and Lil Wayne now.

[MarioBonafe]

Old School at his best. Can't beat this voice. The tune rock's and live, they where even beter!!!

[davybyg]

LOL co s dont carry guns in the penzo.Still one of the all time greatest rap songs ever though.Right behing Eric B & Rakim & OLS SCHOOL KRS 1

[Ambermu5]

Bruised Battered and scared but hard!

[marcuseaster]

A true Classic

[dazmalski]

One of the top ten most powerful songs of the 20th Century

[CartoonMuhammed]

Ha ha! I rated this a 1. Take THAT rappers!

[Muhkuhtwo24]

why?

[ThaFlyestMoor72]

Hip Hop Greatest Album

[webe2rap]

one of my fav albums

[sirPapp]

"I Love White Bitches !! " said THIS Pimp... You have the pigment and melinan of cave animals..and you bruise very easily so watch your backwood uncle-fucking mouth and go fuck your sister some more

[munnuinen]

What's the year when this song has been made?

[kagegk]

1989.

[ThaFlyestMoor72]

1988

[RollinStone92]

88 was when the album was released and 89 was when the single released.

[ZoophPA]

Thanks for this but I wish it were uncensored.

Meh, who am I kidding.

I can do this in my sleep.

One of the best rap albums EVAR.

[Termin888]

"You bet it's fucking up the Govt."

[lykopis]

WE all know Chuck D is awesome, but hes rarely listed in the top 5. He should be. Rakim, KRS, Chuck D .. Those should be top 3

[Mackadoeshez]

My top 10: KRS ONE Chuck D Rakim Ice Cube Scarface 2Pac Kool G Rap Common Sense Big Daddy Kane GURU(Gangstarr)

[lykopis]

good ones

[drksyde72]

You named some good ones but you forgot The Grand Verbalizer Funkinlesson Brother J.(X-Clan)

[Mackadoeshez]

I'm up on them(XClan) too but w/ only 10 spots I good only go ten deep.

Blackwatch!

[lykopis]

I got the steel in my right hand, now I'm looking for the fence.

[lykopis]

Chuck D is the fucking man

[ferglife]

Brings back memories! Now this is what is defined as HARD! Nobody touching Chuck D

[lykopis]

Without words..

It's so fucking awesome .. even 'metal' bands had to grab it. Heavy.

[realmthr]

Thanks for bringing the real back!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MaskedKat]

Great song. Chuck D rules.

[basshowlowcanyougo]

chuckd # 1 rapper. period. rakim n krs 1 close.

[ZoophPA]

I'd add Ice-T to that mix but yer right on.

[420TheDudeAbides]

Chuck D=One of the Best MCs Ever

I put him in my top 5.

PE in Full Effect!!

[archfienduk]

F*ck me this is good!

[dreamskgb]

kinda this sample was used by DR. dre ..

[julesickdrums]

Public Enemy, Cypress Hill, Bone, Immortal Technique, Pac, Dälek, Ill Bill & Necro the only rap i like!

[SLIMMAL]

They make white folks scared as hell.

[bayareamayne]

FOR REAL!! These brothers were NO JOKE!

[dazmalski]

Wrong

[GolfingGeezer]

they are niggas tho

[ColtYohn]

It's just great, like you are watching a movie! Them and RUN-DMC are the best their ever was!

[roachbomb]

peep out kool keith..

[lordblack28]

The most powerful song off the most relevant album in hte history of hip-hop.

[YourMomsFuckBuddy]

I love Public Enemy! Chuck D is my 2nd greatest rapper EVER behind Rakim. BUT Relevance? What about 2 Live Crew taking on censorship against the Feds where they won in The Supreme Court giving artists the right to use profanity? Not hatin' on you.

[robinstigator]

2 Live Crew was relevant in their defense of free speech, but PE was relevant in every single aspect, samples, beats, lyrics, rhymes, attitude, videos, ideas, IDEAS, IDEAS

wher4e has the hip hop with IDEAS gone?

[YourMomsFuckBuddy]

There is no originality nowadays because everything has been rapped about. These punk ass artists like lil wayne and soulja bitch are wack-ass rappers with nothing to say. NO CREATIVITY between those two that are relevant. Just a bunch of noise (GARBAGE). NWA was "Gangsta" and P.E. was political. Everybody else was somewhere between them.

[Mackadoeshez]

Originality is in the underground w/ groups-artists like Cyne, Strange Fruit Project, Brother Ali, The Coup, Jedi Mind Tricks, One Be Lo/Binary Star, Insight, Ugly Duckling, Army Of Pharoahs, Lyrics Born, Gift Of Gab(Blackalicious), Mad Villian, MF Doom, Dead Prez, and so forth. In the mainstream we have 99.9% record label assembly line rappers not emcess serving up stereotypical dumb down Mu-Sick.

Dumbassification of a nation through mass media hyped musical communication.

[YourMomsFuckBuddy]

I like what you have to say. I don't have access to the underground artists so I'm not familiar with them. I'm just an old man whom enjoys classic rap. lol.

[mattcollinsoz]

jeez if ever there was a time for social commentary by any cultural group it was in the USA the last 8 yrs.rappers were rapping about biches and $ instead.what happend to the public enemys ,fishbone's,RATM,fugazi,consol­idated and disposable jhereoes of the 90s...no new fellas come none...?its not as if there was less to rap about there was MORE

[squigglycircle]

Thank G for Saul Williams.

[Punk4lyfe1414213562]

thank you. if your a chick, i will marry you.

[dkingman]

2 live crew were fkin idiots and one of the reasons hip hop (rap) ended up where it is now.

[GoDawgsAtl]

Your wrong. Remember the First Amendment ruling they won back in the day? 2 LIve Crew are the ones that got rap clear with freedom of speech. You might not like them but they were far from idiots. If it wasn't for 2 Live Crew groups like NWA would have been shut down by the authorities. Look up "2 Live Crew and First Amendment" if you think I'm lying.

[realmthr]

The Star Wars folks wouldn't let 'em get away with using Luke Skywalker though.

[DANALEXJOHN]

PE did something no artist in any genre of music has done since(except maybe krs-1)-edutainment-educating/i­nforming people as well as entertaining them.they sold millions of records while chuck schooled people with real social/political commentary.who exists in hip-hop or music generally who does that now?20 inch rims,platinum grills,bentleys now dominate this form of music which opened my mind as a 10 year old kid.therewill never be another PE.'it takes a nation..'is maybe the best album ever

[Leecogic]

DIG DAT! Feel ya 4 real!

[dkingman]

i hear ya bruv

[rb7007]

Yep, agreed. The best!

Their video's were always good too......(they made sense). LOL

[mattafh]

Chuck D = way ahead of the average in hiphop !

.. and this was deep ago !

[ManilaSyndicate]

The only Rap artist that truly impresses.

[HopeIsFaithless]

more powerfull than anything today

for sure

[smvimes]

this isnt the full video, its the censored one. the original got taken off youtube

[springypoop]

smvimes how come the full vid got takn off

[Jewker]

Greatness!!!

[hiphop4rap]

Public Enemy *

[hiphop4rap]

****** PUBLIC ENEMY

[Mackadoeshez]

Classic PE. Illy most!!!

[DRAMAXCLUSIVE]

one of my favs.rom PE!!!!!!!