"1989!" roars Chuck D at the beginning of 'Fight The Power', which shimmies and seethes with all the controlled, incendiary rage and intent of Public Enemy at their height. It's set in the immediate future tense, a condition of permanently impending insurrection, as signified by that steampipe loop, not unlike the kettle-at-boiling point squeal of 'Rebel Without A Pause' two years earlier. And of course, it's a hostage to calendar fortune. Even when it appeared as the concluding track on Fear Of A Black Planet, it sounds unfortunately dated. Yet 20 years on, Public Enemy still feel closer to the Afro-future than whoever or whatever is left of their...
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