56 y.o. white male in self-isolation who 'didn't like rap' when I was younger just 'discovered' Public Enemy. Oh my god this is amazing. Chuck D has the best voice on the planet. I've gone down the old-school rap/hip-hop rabbit hole on You Tube and I don't expect to surface, and I'm not sure I want to. This music is gold. Stay safe everyone :)
I hope I’m not preaching to the converted... Most of the rap/hip-hop being churned out these days is only fit for the trash. If you haven’t already, check out BIG L, BDP, Nas, Kendrick, De La Soul, Big E, Tribe Called Quest, 2Pac etc etc I could go on yet hope you enjoy. These artists in the main, produced tracks with meaning. You stay safe too bro. 🙏
Yeah -- I listened to FOABP and takes a nation of millions back in the early 90s and I liked it OK but it was always his voice that stuck with me...now in 2020 I listened to the rest and finally figured out that it is great fucking music with great musicians and braver words than you will find elsewhere. They've got it all, beautiful chord progressions, anger, musicianship, poetry. I'm sad it took me so long.
The greatest rap band in the history of existence. Promoting positivity, education and strength. I genuinely feel this band cut the line of racism in my family and laid a path of awareness for myself and those in my life. God bless Chuck D.
I think Wu tang are the greatest rap group ever created as well as outkast, so many great duos/groups you can't rank them all accordingly, just too good lol
I'm 31 going on 32 and I've literally only listened to progressive rock, metal and jazz for the last decade, but thanks to a fantastic local radio dj in the Tampa Bay area using this as his opening song I feel enlightened!
"Spitting riches, bitches, and this new thing about snitches Watch them asses move as the masses switches System dissed them but barely missed her My sole intention to save my brothers and sisters" Chuck's a fucking genius.
For information,I'm a Scottish Lass from Aberdeen,Scotland and have followed#Publicenemy since 80's...Chuck D et al have taught me so freaking much over the years and #Chuckds and PE writing is spot on..I know that Chuck likes to check out culture of everywhere they play and learn about the politics. They had and still have a hardcore set of fans in Aberdeen and everywhere in Scotland. He actually said at the Glasgow gig that he thought Scotland would be independent by now!!!!!.. Yep they have so many gifts and I am so very honoured to have found them when I did. They are true genuine highly talented and genius writers and musicians. THANK YOU PUBLIC ENEMY FOR LETTING YOUR FANS BE OURSELVES..with peace and love from Aberdeen!!✌❤💕
I've been listening to rap since 79' and I've NEVER heard HORNS blaze like that b4 in Hip-Hop! (Shout-out to Hank Shocklee & The Bombsquad). As long as there is injustice in this world P.E will STAY relevant! 💯
Brings me back to when I was 15 years old, me and my friends were up all night partying on a Friday night, wake up Saturday morning at my house and play EA skate 2 ALL DAY. What a great time in my life lol
End of Match movie , watch it, it`s worth it! Saw it yesterday and heard this g e n i u s track. I was flashed so hard as I heard that song for the very 1st time! How could I have missed it?!?
54, white father of four. Kickin' this now. Chuck's voice is like a stand-up bass. Get's your full attention every time he starts a verse. Top 10 all time rappers!
Any time I listen to this I remember there is someone out there with less than me and doing more with it than I am and I move my phat ass and get going. This song is for anyone who needs to hustle and get started.This song makes you feel like everything is possible, because actually. It is.
I was a teenager when PE came out & after “Shut Em Down” I sorta strayed away from their music....this is really good I’m glad I got turned onto this....thanks Huffy 👍 my man
You don't stand for something, you fall for anything Harder than you think, it's a beautiful thing quoted that a lot not many people recognize it That is a Damn Shame
***** You must be one of those wannabe thugs. I hope you're not talking about the same game I'm talking about. I'm not not talking about mortal combat dude, I'm talking about rap.
***** Yet as we speak n*ggas think it's cool to be a thug. 9/10 of the MCs on here rap about sex, money, drugs, and black on black genocide, that alone should tell you something is wrong with the game. Dude seriously, the only real rapper you mentioned is Kendrick Lamar, the rest are pretty much... lame or average. (Forgot about J.Cole). I take that back, just Kendrick.
Beat a 30 crack habit it took everything I had from me. I was living on the streets living stumbling into an early grave. I managed to quit get clean and get it all back. And let me tell you it’s harder than you think baby
in seventh grade, we watched a documentary called "let freedom sing", featuring black artists such as Chuck D and Aretha Franklin. shortly afterward, I started listening to P.E. ...in hindsight, pretty much the only time I can remember a music appreciation class spawning an actual appreciation for music.
Back in 2007, this was my hype song/warm up song I would listen to before my races when I ran indoor track my junior year. What a time to be alive! #300m 4x1 relay team!! #ChairCity #LDG
Thanks for adding the lyrics. Reading them is much more powerful than hearing them. Respect to the hip hop legends Public Enemy, y'all woke me up from the mental slumber i was in back in the day. Appreciate it👍
+zm15 I was talking more about the political message of the song, the sociological and racial issues that are rapped about. I feel like this is what rap was originally for and now it's just full of overhyped egotistical dickheads with too much money. Don't get me wrong though, I enjoy Drake from time to time.
MLB Spring Training 2014 commercial!!!!! Glad that the MLB has good taste in hip hop. One of their shows they have has the song Step into a World by KRS-One playing right before they get into a commercial break.
I was in Elementary When I first time I heard this and haven’t been the same since! I would listen this to this, X gonna give it you, Me and My Gang (masta ace) and Award Tour EVERY SINGLE day from 2010 till 2016! Those six years allowed be to be the person I am today!! Greats years of my life, Where I would a Playlist with some of the best songs ever, the years of discovering Hip Hop and myself
RAP back in the 80’s: life in the gettos black people repressed by government fight the repression Today’s RAP : girls twerking, money talks , guns fight bulshit Anyway I went to Paris to a flees market and saw public enemy T-shirt on the wall behind counter and asked the shop woman how much was the T-shirt She looked at me and said: that is not for sale ..its priceless ❤️
A great song. I love the beat, and when I read the lyrics I was really impressed with the message. The movie End of Watch also makes fantastic use of this song; I would highly recommend watching it if you haven't. I think a lyric that really sums up a lot of the tension between the cops and public in the movie is "F the police, but who's stopping you from killing me?" The cops had a good sense of justice, and the ending really got me :/ Good movie...
It’s nice to hear a MC who is actually SAYIN SOMETHING.....all these new(er) rappers don’t say shit except for what they’ve done, what they have & what they’re gonna do & it’s all bullshit
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56 y.o. white male in self-isolation who 'didn't like rap' when I was younger just 'discovered' Public Enemy. Oh my god this is amazing. Chuck D has the best voice on the planet. I've gone down the old-school rap/hip-hop rabbit hole on You Tube and I don't expect to surface, and I'm not sure I want to. This music is gold. Stay safe everyone :)
I hope I’m not preaching to the converted... Most of the rap/hip-hop being churned out these days is only fit for the trash. If you haven’t already, check out BIG L, BDP, Nas, Kendrick, De La Soul, Big E, Tribe Called Quest, 2Pac etc etc I could go on yet hope you enjoy. These artists in the main, produced tracks with meaning. You stay safe too bro. 🙏
For some people it just finally 'hits', u get me?
Yeah -- I listened to FOABP and takes a nation of millions back in the early 90s and I liked it OK but it was always his voice that stuck with me...now in 2020 I listened to the rest and finally figured out that it is great fucking music with great musicians and braver words than you will find elsewhere. They've got it all, beautiful chord progressions, anger, musicianship, poetry. I'm sad it took me so long.
Rip George Floyd ✊🏿
its never too late. PE No. 1
Definitely one of the most uplifting, feel-good songs I've ever heard. Mad props
no wonder that it is originally an italian song!
horns by shirly bassey! @@donatellaborciccibelloni5328
@@donatellaborciccibelloni5328 Fuck Italy
Chuck d in flavor Flav are great. Some people might even think they're the best rap group ever. Is there a political statements and the way they talk.
Makes me wanna revolt
Is it just me or does listening to this make you feel epic
Nope makes me feel like a badass
This is why we listen to music we vibe with haha
forever yes
Absolutely, the song reminds me that no matter how much I've been knocked down I will bounce back because I'm harder than I think.
100 straight push ups!!!! Lol
The greatest rap band in the history of existence. Promoting positivity, education and strength. I genuinely feel this band cut the line of racism in my family and laid a path of awareness for myself and those in my life. God bless Chuck D.
Not quite the greatest....definately underrated and bad ass
I was so incredibly LUCKY to have seen them Live! This song at 30,000+ watts hits a whole lot more!
Great comment - and I agree with you, for me PE are number one.
I think Wu tang are the greatest rap group ever created as well as outkast, so many great duos/groups you can't rank them all accordingly, just too good lol
@@agent78quest17 Gang Starr as well
I DON'T CARE WHERE YOU FROM,WHAT COLOR YOU ARE,WHETHER YOU BALLIN OR STRUGGLIN,RICH,PO,AND IN BETWEEN,IF YOU CUT FOR DIS JAM,I LOVE YOU.
Marcus Reeves 👊🏻✊🏻✌🏻
Eternal Love🙏🏽💞
Game changer.
Wurzo1968
Amen bro
God bless you brother Respect! 💕✊
This brings me back to the summer of '09, being maybe 15 years old, first time playing Skate 2 on the 360. Always brings a tear to my eye.
God. Those were great days.
Damn it was around that time I listened to this song too but it was skate 3 I'd be playing lol.
Ohhhh shit this was on Skate 2 hahahaha
Lmao on god Skate 2 was a legendary time
I listened to this album on loop when I was actually skating. This shit makes you commit mate. You almost never miss a trick
This song will never get old just like that, who still here in 2024 it's harder than you think,,
I'm 31 going on 32 and I've literally only listened to progressive rock, metal and jazz for the last decade, but thanks to a fantastic local radio dj in the Tampa Bay area using this as his opening song I feel enlightened!
Me too! I was like wow this is dope as f___. And here we are.
727 for life mudafqas
Now 34 lol
One of the best lines in music, “if you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything, harder than you think is a beautiful thing”
All three verses are off the chain. I love the message of the last verse.
“Harder than you think is a beautiful thing” is what gets me 💪🏻
Chuck was way ahead of his time. 50 year old white guy here vibing with this. Peace.
Real heads know
Lakai Fully Flared, arguably one of the greatest skate videos of all time, is the source that brought me to public enemy. I am forever grateful
this song. is just an anthem. it goes so hard.
Luke Favreau dead kennedys fan? ✅
Dead Kennedy’s fan that likes Public Enemy? You passed the vibe check.
This beat is so fire..definitely a song that will never get old..timeless!
PUBLIC ENEMY ... and still no 1 👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾
"You don't stand for something. You fall for anything."
2024 ~ One Vote ~
USA First, but can i be the second 😂😂😂 👍
Public Enemy Stood for something.
true
+Ballur Blu Still do.
+Leo - - Fuck Off.
+jakesnjake You A Bitch.
If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.
this song gets me in a really good mood not alot of songs these days do that to me anymore
same here bro
i dont have any ideas for a username same i get chills when i hear it
Nas Stan Same here
this song has such a powerful message
camokoy I don't Chuck D has written anything that didn't carry a strong message, long live the days of spoken word wrap.
"Spitting riches, bitches, and this new thing about snitches
Watch them asses move as the masses switches
System dissed them but barely missed her
My sole intention to save my brothers and sisters"
Chuck's a fucking genius.
For information,I'm a Scottish Lass from Aberdeen,Scotland and have followed#Publicenemy since 80's...Chuck D et al have taught me so freaking much over the years and #Chuckds and PE writing is spot on..I know that Chuck likes to check out culture of everywhere they play and learn about the politics. They had and still have a hardcore set of fans in Aberdeen and everywhere in Scotland. He actually said at the Glasgow gig that he thought Scotland would be independent by now!!!!!.. Yep they have so many gifts and I am so very honoured to have found them when I did. They are true genuine highly talented and genius writers and musicians. THANK YOU PUBLIC ENEMY FOR LETTING YOUR FANS BE OURSELVES..with peace and love from Aberdeen!!✌❤💕
This song only has one problem... It ends...
XD True
right click on the video and click loop
I think it's perfect... Cause they say what they needed to say and it keeps you coming for more...
I really hate your stupid comment.
Andromeda Galaxy Nebula I really think you should stfu
THIS is one of my ENTRANCE SONGS when I hit the floor at work! P.E. NEVER DISAPPOINTS!✊🏾
I've been listening to rap since 79' and I've NEVER heard HORNS blaze like that b4 in Hip-Hop! (Shout-out to Hank Shocklee & The Bombsquad). As long as there is injustice in this world P.E will STAY relevant! 💯
what!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! when you realise the horns are shirly basseys,,, yeah,,, really,,,,,
This one is so powerful... Could listen to this song all day!
Thanks to Public Enemy for freakin' awesome tune!
2021 and I'm still moving to this. If you're here I salute you. Xxxx
This song is so good it makes me cry.
Brings me back to when I was 15 years old, me and my friends were up all night partying on a Friday night, wake up Saturday morning at my house and play EA skate 2 ALL DAY. What a great time in my life lol
Bruh 😭
This is what HIp Hop is supposed to be.
10 yrs later still the best song ever
When the track and the message of the song are so good its like a shot of vitamins and nutrition straight to my soul...
I am from Paris in France always loved and follow Public Enemy still number one in my heart
Bars and hooks are crazy. Chuck D is the ultimate M.C.
Easily.
One of my favorite songs, Flav makes this song just right, he brings the perfect balance to Chuck D.
Yeah, the contrast between Flav and Chuck D soooo damn perfect !!
My GOD I miss this song .
Bro I just found this song and this…my goodness it’s amazing g
Protests on the streets 2020 and this song is still relevant
This guys flow is unbelievable I love it. Why are the no more rappers like this anymore the game has dropped.😥
The guy is not a guy! He is Chuck D. Lead singer of Public Enemy! His music embodies substance!
I had to retire. :)
Chuck D and GURU gangstarr
Are the only 2 guys I know that has the voice,flow,and style
End of Match movie , watch it, it`s worth it! Saw it yesterday and heard this g e n i u s track. I was flashed so hard as I heard that song for the very 1st time! How could I have missed it?!?
Love listening to this whilst out riding on my mobility scooter.
Sippin on Gin'n'juice!? Nice one!
Am I allowed to listen to this? I'm an old (64) white guy, and I love it! ❤
I too
Of course - do what the heck you want - you've earned it!
54, white father of four. Kickin' this now. Chuck's voice is like a stand-up bass. Get's your full attention every time he starts a verse. Top 10 all time rappers!
Remember this as the theme music for the London 2012 paralympics - epic!
Dude it totally is 🤙
Chuck D & Public Enemy are the reason rappers now can talk about political & social issues. Respect 💯💯✊✊
Just one of the best hip hop records that didn't need to glorify drugs and shootings to be quality
The most epic moment ever happened when I was driving around in the back of a yellow cab in NY and this song comes on... Pure epicness
+Aaron Simpson especially planes
Mikkel Dall-hansen so it's not a new joint?
Mackers Yeah the New York Jets ❤
Mikkel Dall-hansen holy shit...
pearlXdiver 99 yall were better than giants finally
Thanks Scott for introducing public enemy
To me
Any time I listen to this I remember there is someone out there with less than me and doing more with it than I am and I move my phat ass and get going. This song is for anyone who needs to hustle and get started.This song makes you feel like everything is possible, because actually. It is.
💪
Brings tears to ma eyes pals ! Keep it Real
USA Redeem Team brought me here! Miss you KOBE #USA #KobeBryant #Gold
Damn! I miss Public Enemy!
I Bumped them A lot when I was stationed in Asia in 88-92.
This beat gives me goose bumps!!
This jam is so nostalgic,brings back that early 90s so much..
Skate 2 :) Love this song
Greatest rap song of all time
Best driving song. Especially from south orange county to LA
And Luton down to Watford UK yeah boy!!!!
Gosh...end of watch. Such an amazing movie!
Chuck d... Flavor Flav... And those horns... Yeah boy ✊🏾
Chuck D best rap voice Ever!
I don't know why, but this song gives me so much motivation
The horns are what make this song.
Those horns are nice ✊🏾
Its been years!!! I remember skating the streets listening to this song. Keep the wheels fresh and the trucks a little less than tight my brothas.
I was a teenager when PE came out & after “Shut Em Down” I sorta strayed away from their music....this is really good I’m glad I got turned onto this....thanks Huffy 👍 my man
Who bumping this still in 2019
just like dat... Harder Than Evah
super duper Forever. REAL Shit. For Real.
Im bumping it right now cooking thanksgiving dinner
I just found this. I'm only upset it took this long.
2020
You gotta give these games credit for brining kids to great music like this.
"Fuck da Police but who's stopping YOU from killing me?"
Love that line!!
Fuck the police as a corrupt force... You may love an individual police or many of them, but their institution is fucked.
+Cam Champ better than having nothing, and it's no where near as corrupt as many other countries like Columbia.
+Cam Champ every force(💰) is corrupt, just look at the 2016 presidential nominees.
+Martin Duprey
That's what happens when the system is only there for the system itself, not for the citizens. Sad shit.
I remember when this album released. Still just as dope as ever.
You don't stand for something, you fall for anything
Harder than you think, it's a beautiful thing
quoted that a lot
not many people recognize it That is a Damn Shame
Still jamming to this in August 2019
when i walk to school i listen to this and walk like a boss.
Oh god lol but what does others think LOL
Kieran Penhallow most likely looking and thinking look what drugs do...
mcod99 legend
hahaha man i do the same thing. lols
mcod99 lol yea prob thats what I would think
Quite possibly the best hip hop I've ever heard. Made me cry.
YES!!!! I agree, something about those trumpets but made me cry too...
I never knew how hard this song hits ya and how much it makes sense.
This will be bumped for an eternity.
2020 and still rocking this bad boy. 2021 will roll by and ill still be bopping to this
We need rappers like Chuck D back, cause the game just ain't what it used to be, now it's just full of clowns.
***** You must be one of those wannabe thugs. I hope you're not talking about the same game I'm talking about. I'm not not talking about mortal combat dude, I'm talking about rap.
***** Yet as we speak n*ggas think it's cool to be a thug. 9/10 of the MCs on here rap about sex, money, drugs, and black on black genocide, that alone should tell you something is wrong with the game. Dude seriously, the only real rapper you mentioned is Kendrick Lamar, the rest are pretty much... lame or average. (Forgot about J.Cole). I take that back, just Kendrick.
jmoney2620
Problem is, people are buying it. 'The game' clearly extends to the target audience, so something is seriously wrong!
Fizzoid Me personally, I don't buy that stuff, I listen to Kendrick Lamar, Lupe Fiasco, Chuck D etc.
jmoney2620 Man, I'm STILL listening to Lupe's Food and Liquor album. One of my favourites.
Beat a 30 crack habit it took everything I had from me. I was living on the streets living stumbling into an early grave. I managed to quit get clean and get it all back. And let me tell you it’s harder than you think baby
This hits HARD! should be a billboard hit
in seventh grade, we watched a documentary called "let freedom sing", featuring black artists such as Chuck D and Aretha Franklin. shortly afterward, I started listening to P.E.
...in hindsight, pretty much the only time I can remember a music appreciation class spawning an actual appreciation for music.
Absolute classic by absolute legends.
Dis is real rap music
Back in 2007, this was my hype song/warm up song I would listen to before my races when I ran indoor track my junior year. What a time to be alive! #300m 4x1 relay team!! #ChairCity #LDG
Thanks for adding the lyrics. Reading them is much more powerful than hearing them. Respect to the hip hop legends Public Enemy, y'all woke me up from the mental slumber i was in back in the day. Appreciate it👍
Just. Like. THAT.
Had to come back for another listen
This is the kind of rap I wanna hear. This shit means something. Wouldn't hear this from Drake or Tyga.
+zm15 could you give me some song titles? wouldn't mind having a listen
+zm15 I was talking more about the political message of the song, the sociological and racial issues that are rapped about. I feel like this is what rap was originally for and now it's just full of overhyped egotistical dickheads with too much money. Don't get me wrong though, I enjoy Drake from time to time.
you are completely right
+Lucy Watson I like you name BTW. ;)
+Lucy Watson political activism + preaching + rap = public enemy
They spoke the truth!!! Spoke past present Future!! Relatable 2020!!!!!!
This is one of those songs you remember forever.
end of watch✋✋
Who is here in 2024 getting their groove on to this
Ya boy
This song is hard to top.
They don't do it like this no more old school rap got you hyped 😎 I miss those days things meant something
Real rap in it's purest form. Long live hip hop
MLB Spring Training 2014 commercial!!!!! Glad that the MLB has good taste in hip hop. One of their shows they have has the song Step into a World by KRS-One playing right before they get into a commercial break.
harder than you think, better that I thought..
Yeah
This did go harder than I thought.
WERE HARDER THAN YOU THINK!!! long live public enemy
I was in Elementary When I first time I heard this and haven’t been the same since! I would listen this to this, X gonna give it you, Me and My Gang (masta ace) and Award Tour EVERY SINGLE day from 2010 till 2016! Those six years allowed be to be the person I am today!! Greats years of my life, Where I would a Playlist with some of the best songs ever, the years of discovering Hip Hop and myself
Brwn Suga saem here
RAP back in the 80’s: life in the gettos black people repressed by government fight the repression
Today’s RAP : girls twerking, money talks , guns fight bulshit
Anyway I went to Paris to a flees market and saw public enemy T-shirt on the wall behind counter and asked the shop woman how much was the T-shirt
She looked at me and said: that is not for sale ..its priceless ❤️
W
beautiful.
A great song. I love the beat, and when I read the lyrics I was really impressed with the message.
The movie End of Watch also makes fantastic use of this song; I would highly recommend watching it if you haven't.
I think a lyric that really sums up a lot of the tension between the cops and public in the movie is "F the police, but who's stopping you from killing me?"
The cops had a good sense of justice, and the ending really got me :/
Good movie...
Listening to this in the aftermath of the recent shootings and Dallas from a long way away in New Zealand. Kia kaha (be strong).
Yes
Fellow kiwi :D
^^ Always good to see the Kiwi contingent around
Kia Ora Kia Kaha brothers all round the world 1 love
Ka pai
Saw public enemy at Kendal calling festivals in England blew me away x
It’s nice to hear a MC who is actually SAYIN SOMETHING.....all these new(er) rappers don’t say shit except for what they’ve done, what they have & what they’re gonna do & it’s all bullshit
Going to see the Stone Roses and these are supporting!
Same mate
Both bands were on unbelievable form last night!!
Was an unreal gig!
Manchester etihad right?
Fuck me that would have been some gig seen Roses in Dublin but would have been a greater gig with Public Enemy.