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Public Enemy

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Group. Formed 1982.

American rap group

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Biography

Public Enemy, also known as PE, is an influential hip hop group from Long Island, New York, known for its politically charged lyrics and criticism of the American media, with an active interest in the frustrations and concerns of the African American community.

In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Public Enemy number forty-four on its list of the Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Acclaimed Music ranks them the 29th most recommended musical act of all time and the highest hip-hop group. The group was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2007.

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  1. How You Sell Soul To A Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul??? 2007

    How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?

    Reviewed by Jerome Blakeney

    Still fighting the power. What time is it? It's PE time, boieeee...
  2. New Whirl Odor 2005

    New Whirl Odor

    Reviewed by Adam Webb

    Their overtly political stance seems about as contemporary as The Cabbage Patch Kids.
  3. Power To The People And The Beats - Public Enemy's Greatest Hits 2005

    Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits

    Reviewed by James Poletti

    ...a summary of a modern musical giant...
  4. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back 1988

    It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

    Reviewed by Chris Jones

    The message was that black music could be reclaimed and re-tooled as a semantic crowbar.

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