Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black

Coming down after the twin high-water marks of It Takes A Nation Of Millions and Fear Of A Black Planet, Public Enemy shifted strategy a bit for their fourth album, Apocalypse 91...the Enemy Strikes Black. By and large, they abandon the rich, dense musicality of Planet, shifting toward a sleek, relentless, aggressive attack -- Yo! Bum Rush The Show by way of the lessons learned from Millions. This is surely a partial reaction to their status as the Great Black Hope of rock & roll; they had been embraced by a white audience almost in greater numbers than black, leading toward rap-rock crossovers epitomized by this album's leaden, pointless remake of "Bring the Noise" as a duet with thrash metallurgists Anthrax. Read More