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In 1986, the founder of Def Jam records [[Rick Rubin]], in cooperation with Bill Stephney, signed an MC named Chuck D to his label. Said MC came up with a plan, that involved combining politically charged lyrics with hard-hitting productions. To that end, he formed Public Enemy with his two friends, hype-man [[Flavor Flav]] and DJ Terminator X, and assembled the Bomb Squad to produce their albums. The result is one of the most highly regarded hip-hop groups of all time.
The hallmarks of Public Enemy's style are the interplay between Chuck D's sociopolitical diatribes (delivered in a booming, [[Large Ham]]-my voice) and Flavor Flav's comic relief humour (high-pitched squealing) and The Bomb Squad's dense, innovative productions, incorporating many samples at once, and even harsh, unmusical sounds.
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* Johnny Rosado - scratching on ''Yo! Bum Rush the Show'' and ''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back''
* DJ Lord - replacement DJ after Terminator X left in 1999
* Professor Griff (Richard Griffin) - Minister of Information, kicked out of band in chaotic fashion after being accused of [
* Harry Allen - journalist, "media assassin"
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* 1987 - ''Yo! Bum Rush the Show''
* 1988 - ''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back''
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* 2006 - ''Rebirth of a Nation'' (featuring Paris)
* 2007 - ''[[Department of Redundancy Department|How You Sell Soul To A Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?]]''
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* [[Album Title Drop]]: From "Party For Your Right To Fight": But it's proven and fact/And ''it takes a nation of millions to hold us back''
* [[Angry Black Man]]: Especially Chuck D .
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* [[Concept Album]]: Most of their albums deal with the problems faced by the black community in the USA and the government's oppression.
* [[Concept Video]]: "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" depicts Chuck and a few of his compatriots escaping from a prison.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Flavor Flav, especially in recent years, seems more like a caricature of a rapper than a genuine MC. But he is by all accounts a very intelligent guy, and plays fifteen instruments. This made Terminator X's job easier because instead of looking for certain samples, Flav could just play them and X would use his recording.
* [[Iconic Item]]: Flavor Flav and his giant clock medallions.
* [[Image Song]]: you could make an argument for "Bring the Noise".
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* [[The Load]]: Less charitable [[Alternate Character Interpretation|interpretations]] of Flavor Flav cast him as this.
* [[Murder Ballad]]: "By The Time I Get To Arizona", arguably part of "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos".
* [[One
* [[Performance Video]]
* [[Protest Song]]: Almost their '''entire''' output.
* [[Rap Metal]]: "Bring The Noize" (with [[
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]
* [[Shout
** In "Burn Hollywood Burn", which is a [[Take That]] towards racist Hollywood movies, Big Daddy Kane is heard saying "Yo, I've got ''[[Black Caesar]]'' back at the crib", indicating that [[Larry Cohen]]'s independent film starring Fred Williamson (considered a classic of the [[Blaxploitation]] genre) is a more dignified portrayal of black characters, as it doesn't feature its black cast being denigrated to butlers, slaves or "jigaboos". The same song also proclaims "lets make our own movies like [[Spike Lee]]".
* [[Stage Names]]
* [[Sampling]] + [[Sampled Up]]
* [[Take That]]: While they eventually softened on their view on [[
** "Amerikan Gangster" is a big one towards [[Gangsta Rap]] and [[Glam Rap]], done in the style of said genres.
** "Burn Hollywood Burn", towards racist portrayals of black characters in Hollywood cinema, particularly films that have blacks portrayed as servants/slaves or enaging in [[Uncle Tomfoolery]]. In particular, ''[[Driving Miss Daisy]]'' is criticized as a "bullshit" movie.
* [[Three Chords and
* [[Title
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