Public Enemy

Features

Part 5: Public Enemy to Dixie Chicks (1989-2006)

By PopMatters Staff

The brave, early activists of the US AIDS movement knew that Silence = Death. Throughout history it's "Put up", we're told, "Shut up", we're threatened. Praise to those who set their protest to song and act up! [20 July 2007]

Reviews

Public Enemy: Revolverlution Tour Australia 2003

By Kirby Fields

For those of us who are interested in the intersection of politics and popular culture, our resentment of Reagan-Bush-Bush is mitigated by the realization that, hey, at least we got some good tunes out of the deal. [9 March 2009]

Public Enemy: Remix of a Nation

By Alan Ranta

Paris takes Rebirth of a Nation back for an ultimately unnecessary do-over. This should be a bonus disk, not a stand-alone. [13 February 2008]

Public Enemy: Bring That Beat Back

By Quentin B. Huff

As Public Enemy's latest set of remixes focuses on beats, their politics are still bangin'. But has Public Enemy become a group of superheroes or brothers from another planet? [8 August 2006]

Public Enemy: New Whirl Odor

By Dave Heaton

Some thought Public Enemy had become irrelevant 10 years ago, but they hadn't. Now, though, they're getting dangerously close... [4 November 2005]

Public Enemy: Power to the People and the Beats

By Pierre M. Hamilton

On their greatest hits album, Public Enemy offer up frustration, fire and a desire to ignite a revolution by assaulting the masses with political diatribes fueled by rage. [25 October 2005]

Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation: The First London Invasion Tour 1987 [DVD]

By Dave Heaton

With flame in their eyes and clocks around their necks, Public Enemy were setting stages on fire, as showmen with a larger sense of social purpose. [14 July 2005]