@@playgroundjustice3587 Not a big Rap hip fan, but did own a copy of fear of a black planet, public Enemy were the pioneers bring rap into the mainstream, cant believe they haven't heard of them, it's like a metal head not knowing who Metallica are
Scott Ian (the guy playing the guitar and singing with the long goatee) is an amazing musician. And then you have Flava Flav and the incredible Chuck D! This was an amazing song when it came out! And still is!
Along with groups like NWA and Run DMC, Public Enemy were amongst the forefront of the Rap explosion in the 80's and 90's. Their album Fear of a Black Planet is one of my favourite albums of the genre.
The 80s & 90s produced some of the greatest rap & hip hop albums ever. Public Enemy’s Fear of A Black Planet & It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back are two of the best from that era. Also, let’s not forget The Beastie Boys made history in 1986 when Licence To Ill became the first rap album to go platinum & also the first rap album to top the Billboard chart. Not bad for three boys from NYC who’d not had a headline tour & had made the transition from playing hardcore punk (which influenced their tracks on later albums) to hip hop.
I'll take it one step further - and i might be out of line and completely wrong here - but in my mind PE is a precursor to NWA. Before PE Rap was mostly vanilla and non- political for the most part.
Rap and metal mesh well together because they are both a rebellious form of music. That, and they both have a heavy sound. If you want to check out more, check out Ice-T’s Body count.
Public Enemy was one of the biggest harcore rap groups of all time. Anthrax is known as one of the big 4 thrash metal groups. Both these groups were huge in the 80's and 90's.
I don't know about huge. While Anthrax are considered one of the big 4 of the big four only Metallica ever really became huge. Megadeth a distant second and arguably huge especially if you put Metallica on an iconic level. Third and fourth debatable but well back from second. Slayer i think sold less albums but I'm fairly sure they had a much more lucrative touring career then Anthrax. Maybe I'm biased by what i saw, but Anthrax was an opening act for large arena and stadium shows, not a headliner. I saw them in 87 open for Kiss with a crowd of 5000 in an arena that held close to 13000. Then again in the same arena in 90 or 91 opening for Iron Maiden for a crowd of 2500. In contrast when Metallica came through for Justice they sold 11000 as headliner and when they came back for the black album they sold out. 20 years late Megadeth and Slayer co-headline an arena show that sells out while Anthrax plays a theatre with like 2000 seats and doesnt. I've always been a fan but i just don't think they count as huge.
@@bobneil3716 metallica is by far the biggest, but there are thousands of thrash bands. to be in the big 4 is huge. anthrax was one of the pioneers in that genre. They were very big in the 80's and 90's. And I said anthrax "was" huge, not "is" huge. I know a guy named bobby neil from new york. any relation?
@@Hollingsworth2781 I get that you meant in the 80s/90s. Huge is a relative term so in all fairness it is subjective. Certainly if you were a metalhead in the 80s you knew them and probably had a record or two(i still have my signed copy of Among the Living). I guess i see huge bands as ones that transcend their genre. Or at the very least, graduate to headliner. No my name was just a dumb joke i think i used when i got a gmail account when gmail came out as beta or something.
@@bobneil3716 when I said huge I did not mean bonjovi, bruce springsteen, metallica type ticket and album sales. I meant huge in the thrash community. A huge influence. And they they did get lot of notoriety for helping bridge the gap between rap and metal with bring the noise. I am not really big fan of theirs or any thrash band for that matter. I like metal, but more traditional heavy metal. I like songs that have melody. I totally appreciate the musicianship of a lot thrash bands, but need my melody in my music. The only metallica songs I like are their more popular ones like nothing else matters. Ironically, Bobby Neil was a guy I knew in NYC. He used play with tico torres from Bon Jovi before they got big.
I saw these two bands live when they toured in support of this collaboration at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom, the bands sent the crowd home chanting Anthrax, Public Enemy on the way out after the show, no violence, just people coming together sharing the love of music!!! Ahh, the 1990s.
Public Enemy were pioneers, not just in rap, but in collaborating with bands from completely different genres. They even toured with Anthrax around this time. It sparked a whole debate and interest in cross-genre music and collaborations. They opened the door for bands like Rage Against The Machine, who emerged 3 years after this record came out. I still have my 12" vinyl copy of Bring The Noise which I bought here in the UK in 1991. I'm a 48 year old female white Brit.
This is why young people need to go back and listen to what brought their music to where it is. And when they do, they'll realize this Mumble shit they call real today it's garbage. To ask Is public enemy a rap group is like asking is Michael Jordan a basketball player. Seriously young people, know where your music came from.
I think they should continue to listen to the music they like, and stop listening to people forcing music tastes on them, and then they should continue to explore musical history and enjoy all music however they want.
@@stgm When I was growing up, people said Public Enemy is garbage and you can't understand what they are saying and so many other things. Now in the rap game, they are legends. Do you honestly think that the Lil Pumps and the other idiots Mumble rapping will be looked upon like Public Enemy or Run Dmc? Absolutely not. They can listen to anything they want. That's not the point. But to ask if public Enemy is a rap group is insanity as they should've done some research as to who these people are. On top of that, the difference between my generations music and their generations is the idea that 50 to a hundred years from now, you can play Public Enemy and still it means something, has substance, and yet you cannot say that for the music of today that 50 to 100 years from now they won't even be remembered. In fact they won't even be remembered 5 years from now. Rap when my generation was made, was made to last while music of today is made for the now. That's the difference.
@@stgm then they shouldn't have a reaction channel because, well duh that's what reaction channels are for, listening to music they've never heard before and reacting to it, geez you really just made that comment about a reaction channel?
Also this was close to when Ice T started up Body Count, just so his metal loving buddy could have a band... Check out thier cover of Suicidal Tendencies "Institutionalized" and the original. Good stuff 😃!
I am so happy to see you guys check this out as your metal reactions along with your hip hop reactions would lead you down the path of checking out songs when both genres get together to create great music. If you like Classic Hip Hop, Public Enemy is a great group to get into. You would ABSOLUTELY have to listen to It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Fear of a Black Planet. Anthrax would be a good metal group to check out as well, for they have some classics themselves. Bring the Noise was originally a PE song. In the original lyrics they have Anthrax a shout out. Later on Anthrax covered the song for one of their albums and they were able to get PE to do the video with them.
If you like metal and rap together I will direct you to Judgement Night soundtrack, Onyx and Biohazard "Slam", P.O.D. on some of their tracks, Kid Rock from his early albums, some Cypress Hill, and you can get into some other collaborations with Korn and Ice Cube for Children of the Korn.
This happens with today's youth being insulated musically, only knowing what is going in now, today's so called pop and so called hip hop. Don't know PE or Anthrax?? Two of the most influential bands in their respective genres, active for several decades each, for real? Bet any metalhead can tell you something about Bob Marley, Sly Stone, BB King, Miles Davis, Pavoratti even. Don't be a music illiterate, people.. expand your experience a little. RUclips makes it so easy.
This happens with today's youth being insulated musically, only knowing what is going in now, today's so called pop and so called hip hop. Don't know PE or Anthrax?? Two of the most influential bands in their respective genres, active for several decades each, for real? Bet any metalhead can tell you something about Bob Marley, Sly Stone, BB King, Miles Davis, Pavoratti even. Don't be a music illiterate, people.. expand your experience a little. RUclips makes it so easy.
@@curtisthomas2670 I don't know I met a lot of metalcore screamo types who can t name 1 anthrax song or don t listen to anything from the 90's because they consider that stuff as old shit!!!!! 🤮
Scott Ian (guitar) used to wear a Public Enemy shirt in the 80's ... for a metal band that was unusual so in 91' they crossed their forces & there it is
Just discovered these guys and they're instantly my fave video reaction dudes😁 public enemy was MY SHIT in high school and I believe I had the SAME reaction when I first heard PE do this with Anthrax. These guys are legit music fans. They FEEL that shit just like I do I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!! So excited to just discover this channel so I look forward to seeing all your stuff and I'll have a blast suggesting good shit for yall to react to!! Hell yeah brothers keep this shit coming I love it😁
The coolest thing about these two groups and the time that it came out....Anthrax is a very heavy thrash metal band and Public Enemy was probably the hardest rap group. You have the two hardcore bands coming together to put out an awesome song.
Not only to I love that you reacted to this, but I love even more that you understand their message of diversity. Anthrax actually were huge fans of public because of their music and message. Anthrax personally sought out Public enemy just to this collaboration. Respect is real in this song and vid.
Anthrax, a thrash band, and Oublic Enemy, the rap group toured together in the 90s, it was one of the best concerts I've been to. It brought black and white together. It was one big party.
The Public Enemy & Anthrax tour was one of the best live concerts I’ve ever seen. Public Enemy changed EVERYTHING back in the day. And Chuck D is still a force to be reckoned with. Can’t wait to see you guys listen to more tracks from Fear of a Black Planet. It’s one of the greatest albums of all time. Please give 911 is a Joke” a listen !
Yeahhhh, Public Enemy really should be on the radar there. It's a bit like being into rock and not knowing The Beatles! That aside, this was one of those early attempts to hybridize metal (or thrash) with rap. I seem to recall dancing to this when I was about 18. And I have never danced since, to the relief of everyone....
Another great hip hop + rock song is "Walk this way" by Run DMC and Aerosmith from 1986 it reached number 4 on the charts. It "only" reached number 10 in 1977 when Aerosmith released the single (from a 1975 album).
They were 2 of the first groups from 2 different genres and came together. So freaking rad. If you listen to the soundtrack from Judgement Night. Soo much good music on that soundtrack 👊👊
Scott Ian (the guy from Anthrax that rapped) and Chalie Benante (the drummer) of Anthrax are big fans of rap. They're a thrash metal band that formed in the 80s in New York. They did a rap song on their own in the 80s, that was very much like a Beastie Boys song. They were friends with Beastie Boys. Scott and Charlie reached out to cover Bring The Noise, but they wanted to do it with Public Enemy. Originally, Chuck D wasn't sure, but then he heard it and loved it. They even put together a nationwide tour with rap and metal artists, finished each night off bringing everyone on stage to perform Bring The Noise to close the concert. Chuck D said that at the time, rap artists didn't really know about putting on a full live performance. They'd just show up and do their thing. Anthrax showed up and with their lighting timed with performances, brought the level up. Anthrax had their lighting guy meet with Public Enemy and within a show or two, Public Enemy realized how drastic of a change it can be, just having things synced right. In Scott Ian's book, he also talked about how they introduced Flavor Flav to the world of Groupies, and he was like a kid in a candy store after that. If want to hear Anthrax rapping, they did "I'm The Man" (it is very much a Beastie Boys style of rap, and it is completely just a fun, throwaway song, not meant to be serious) and they covered Beastie Boys "Looking Down The Barrel." If you want to hear more of what Anthrax normally sounds like, their metal sound, check out "Indians", "Skeletons In The Closet" (live version is the best version), "In The End", and "Blood Eagle Wings."
Its amazing to me than young fellas into hip hop have never heard of Public Enemy. It seems HipHop guys too often stay in a very small bubble of music, its nice to see u guys expending into metal, rock, and for a real treat older hip hop, rap from the 80's its way better than the shit being put out today. Public Enemy "In the hour of chaos" must do kind sir.
Always nice to see when young people start discovering music from earlier eras. And as a Gen X guy, yeah, it kinda hurts to type "era" when talking about my teenage years.
Wow, this is so something that I'd normally never watch but as usual RUclips somehow lead me to this and I'm very glad it did. One of my all time favorite songs by two of my favorite musical groups and it's good to see the younger generation appreciate it. \m/
Many Rappers and Rockers were collaborating in the 80's...The most famous collaboration had to be the one between Run DMC and Aerosmith (give it a listen) with "Walk This Way"! I've always loved all types of music and some of my black friends, especially guys, call rock, white music, but music has no color. Besides rock music came from black music...the Blues. I remember listening to interviews done with the Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Rod Steward, etc. and they would always name black artists like, Sam Cooke, Chuck Berry, or Muddy Waters as their idols and inspiration! I feel that if the music is good and moves me, I will listen!!
I'm a 55 year old metal head, started listening to hard rock and metal in the 70s, run dmc, and public enemy were 2 9f the rap groups I liked in the 80s , also look for run dmc and areosmith they did the rock n rap thing way before anthrax and public enemy. This is what we need right now to unite our youth!!!
Chuck D - “I checked out my first heavy metal show back in 1987 and Anthrax was on it,” the rapper recalls in an interview. “We got to know each other, and I named them in [original 1987 single] Bring The Noise ‘cos I thought they were cool. They had that hip-hop tip, that feel. When they wanted to make a heavy metal-type version, at first I was like, damn, I don’t know. But as time grew on we said we was with it. We said why not do something that will show both audiences that it’s the same thing: it’s attitude, speed, and still being hard without being soft."
Chuck D and Public Enemy have been around since at least 87/88. Even though they have stopped making music due to issues within their camp; Chuck D has been involved and stays involved with stuff dealing with the movement. He helped launch Ice Cube's solo carrier, stayed politically involved in helping his community and issues that effects them (as well as others), and a active member of Prophet's of Rage. He is one of the most important woke member of the rap community for decades. It saddens me people cant seem to remember his his name just his band name. He even brought the first true cross of rap and metal (not like Run DMC and Aerosmith). It was Bring the Noise with Anthrax and was still a political moving song. He has never been a sell out and never will. As well as still not getting the recognition he gets in the Hip Hop/Rap community. Chuck D is one of my top 10 musically/politically influential artist ever. I rank him as number 1 always.
Great reaction..!! Saw Public Enemy back in the day... Great show..! I saw them in Miami at the Orange Bowl when they opened up for the Rolling Stones..! They joined the Stones for a couple of songs and it was cool to see Mick Jagger and Flavor Flav together singing and strutting around the stage..!!!
Hi Guys :) I loved seeing your reaction to the first few bars so much! Waaaayyyyyy Back in my day Public Enemy took rap to a whole new level with a message of truth but you need a great hook no matter how real the underlying message is if you want it to be heard. Anthrax is a metal band that heard this incredible song and started doing it live on stage a year or two before the two groups went into the studio to re-record this already legendary track. As for the end: legendary end "hear the drummer get wicked!" closing out a really heavy track with an amazing funk beat took many white long hair kids by surprise and gave them their first taste of an infectious beat ... I can't imagine this song without that ending. Thanks for reviewing this.
Grew up listening to this i remember when this came out. Anthrax and Pub Enemy was one of the first to cross genres. I haven't listened to rap in a long time bit peeps are right go back to the old school. So much better then commercial stuff today. Anthrax is still around saw them a couple of years ago with Slayer they still have a shit ton of energy on stage.
This whole album was like this. 2 bands. One rap, one rock. Slayer and IceT Cypress Hill and Pearl Jam Etc. Plus it's one of the first times real rock blended with rap. Aside from Run DMC and Aerosmith and the odd one.
Love the way you guys didn't research the hell outta this before you listened. I'm a long-time metalhead. However, I was into rap when I was young. I listened to Run DMC, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, 2 Live Crew, Beastie Boys, and all that stuff before moving onto (and sticking with) metal. This is also my favorite rap/metal collaboration. It's a Public Enemy song that Scott Ian of Anthrax liked. They also collaborate on an Anthrax song called "I'm the Man." Some other good collaborations are Motorhead & Ice-T, Run DMC & Aerosmith, Linkin Park & Jay Z.
I'm from Cape Town South Africa and in the early 90's all us school kids grew up listening to every Public Enemy and NWA song, rapping to every lyric. Please do a reaction to any NWA song..."F***k the police is a classic but so is every other song.
chuck d is arguably one of the best lyricists and writer/rappers of all time..both groups were very spot on in their views of the wrongs in the world and society and displayed this in their music. both groups were very well known at the time. am glad you got to taste the best of both in this collab..
It's thanks to Anthrax that I expanded my musical tastes as a kid back in 91. I tracked down and bought all the Public Enemy and NWA albums which was no easy feat living in Ireland!
I'm glad they liked it. I'm 50 and that song came out when i was in high school. I still listen to it here and there as an Anthrax fan. Anyhoo....i love their reaction and my guy automatically ciphering them drum beats. That's my shit too. Good vid. Old i know but i just saw it.
I am 39 years old and white. This shit is history because this exact track has been sampled so damn much that it’s legendary! House music, breakbeats, dnb and much hippitiy hop! Love all these cultures mixed together! It needs to come back!
Back in the day, both metal and were not played on everyday radio especially when this song came out and that is why Chuck D pointed to his skin. When I was a teen in the 80s, if you wanted to hear metal in Philadelphia, you listened to WYSP on Saturday nights. If you wanted to hear rap in Philadelphia, Power 99 on Sundays was the place to be. Both genres of music were considered underground. We would pass mix tapes of both back and forth. I got to see Anthrax and Flavor Flav do this song at the Spectrum and glad I grew up when I did. Like your channel guys and rock on!
It was so good to see 2 youngsters listen to a groundbreaking song by 2 groundbreaking groups collaborating on a monster track For those who aren't familiar with Anthrax they have had an appreciation for Rap and HipHop and are also known for their rap track " I Am the Man" check that track out. Respect to this channel, to Public Enemy ,and to the almighty Anthrax !!!!
There are three seminal rap groups: Grandmaster Flash, NWA, and Public Enemy. If you are a hip-hop fan, these three band names should be tattooed on your brains. For NWA, see "Straight Outta Compton". For PE, see "Fear of a Black Planet" or "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back". For GMF, "Rapper's Delight" or "The Message". . And yes, the Black guys are PE, the White guys are Anthrax. Much like the way Run DMC did Walk this Way with Aerosmith, this song was originally Public Enemy's alone.
Anthrax and Public Enemy we're actually on tour together with Primus and everyone was having fun plus each group knew each other's lyrics and songs pretty good!
The guy rapping is Chuck D from Public Enemy and he joined recently with Rage Against the Machine to for a band called Prophets of Rage check out their song "Unfuck the world" its badass!
You guys ever seen the Spike Lee movie "Do the Right Thing"? Public Enemy supplied "Fight the Power" to that joint. "Antisocial" crossed over for Anthrax in a hella big way...
It makes a little more sense when you realize this was initially Public Enemy's song; then later they got together with Anthrax and recorded a new version.
When I saw your reaction to Public Enemy - Fight the Power, I thought how I would love to see your reaction to this song. Then I found it...I am not disappointed!
Like some of the others said, I'm surprised you've never heard of Public Enemy before. But I'm glad you discovered them and are hopefully listening to some of their other stuff.
I was so shocked that you guys didn't know Public Enemy. As a white girl from the mountains of Virginia...I was so frickin' hyped when I could get my first Public Enemy CD... Duuuudes. Public Enemy is the ab-so-lute best. Chuck D is THE VOICE. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is a seminal rap album. Every damn song is FIRE!
This is first song that mixed Metal with hip hop. The first to mix rock n roll and hip hop were Run DMC &Aerosmith with walk this way! This song bring the noise is 31 years old!
I literally gasped when he said he never heard of Public Enemy.
Was just about to post the same. Haha
SMH damn
shite i'm a white boy and i even listened to them in the day Whaaaat ?
2000👶
My god, I feel older every day.
Sorry Chuck.
If you dont know Public Enemy, do yourself a favor, and dig into them.
Do yourself a Flava and dig into them.
Fear of a black planet...greatest rap album if all time.
@@jasondunn7030 Yep. Apocalypse 91 not so bad either.
These cats need to listen to The Profits Of Rage
*Prophets
Being 13 year old in the south this mix of rap and metal was the perfect way to piss off my parents. Love it!
This song was a wonderful way of uniting all parents across all cultures in hatred of the music we listened to. It was beautiful in its way.
@@theevilascotcompany9255 indeed it was.
I wa wasn't that parent, we jammed to all genres. My kids know and listen to it all.
@@MidWestWaters345 Gas prices ain't looking too well.
this is how good rap rock could have been, this and Onyx with Biohazard
... but kid rock and limp bizkit ruined it for everyone
A legendary Metal band (Anthrax) meets a legendary Rap group (Public Enemy). One of the best and most unique collaborations ever, still to this day.
And Public Enemy is in the rock n roll hall of fame🤟
You've never heard of Public Enemy???, come on fellas!!
Jochen Cooper, chuck D is only the greatest poet of Generation X
@@playgroundjustice3587
Not a big Rap hip fan, but did own a copy of fear of a black planet, public Enemy were the pioneers bring rap into the mainstream, cant believe they haven't heard of them, it's like a metal head not knowing who Metallica are
They're too youngs probably only grow listen mumble rap of today
@@Itzzy515
They should know the roots of rap though bro, PE are legendary
I've never heard of The Beatles
Come on guys! Even this 62 year old white dude knows Chuck D and Flav!
Yeah man I hear you..!! I'm 61 and I've seen them is concert..!!!
For Real , Fight The Power My White Brother 😂 And I'm white and 50
Chuck fired Flav recently.
@@tyruskelebon6917 Why ? I know way back in the the day, They said he was doing coke during their concerts.
@@WilliamTwinHyson I think I read that he had some serious booze troubles.
Just to clarify this is a Public Enemy song released 4 years prior. The groups knew each other and did this remake as a collaboration.
Scott Ian (the guy playing the guitar and singing with the long goatee) is an amazing musician. And then you have Flava Flav and the incredible Chuck D! This was an amazing song when it came out! And still is!
Scott Ian is a huge Rap fan!
Along with groups like NWA and Run DMC, Public Enemy were amongst the forefront of the Rap explosion in the 80's and 90's. Their album Fear of a Black Planet is one of my favourite albums of the genre.
I still play that album..
FOABP is like the Floyd and Zeppelin of hip hop.
NWA 👍❤
The 80s & 90s produced some of the greatest rap & hip hop albums ever. Public Enemy’s Fear of A Black Planet & It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back are two of the best from that era.
Also, let’s not forget The Beastie Boys made history in 1986 when Licence To Ill became the first rap album to go platinum & also the first rap album to top the Billboard chart.
Not bad for three boys from NYC who’d not had a headline tour & had made the transition from playing hardcore punk (which influenced their tracks on later albums) to hip hop.
I'll take it one step further - and i might be out of line and completely wrong here - but in my mind PE is a precursor to NWA. Before PE Rap was mostly vanilla and non- political for the most part.
Have that on Cassete, still works.
Rap and metal mesh well together because they are both a rebellious form of music. That, and they both have a heavy sound. If you want to check out more, check out Ice-T’s Body count.
Nunca mejor resumido, así es!!
Body count's cover of Slayer's Raining Blood is straight🔥🔥
Watch a movie called "Judgement Night" and then listen to every song on the sound track for the best Rock and Rap combos.
Has one of the best De la soul songs ever
In England, judgement has two e's. In the USA judgment has one e.
Just check the album. Come And Die & Just Another Body Murdered.
Spawn soundtrack did the same thing, and it's just as good.
YES!!! It's reminiscent of those old 70's grindhouse movies
YES!!! I drive around in '67 Olds and listen to the soundtrack. It's literally the only CD I have left.
Public Enemy was one of the biggest harcore rap groups of all time. Anthrax is known as one of the big 4 thrash metal groups. Both these groups were huge in the 80's and 90's.
I don't know about huge. While Anthrax are considered one of the big 4 of the big four only Metallica ever really became huge. Megadeth a distant second and arguably huge especially if you put Metallica on an iconic level. Third and fourth debatable but well back from second. Slayer i think sold less albums but I'm fairly sure they had a much more lucrative touring career then Anthrax.
Maybe I'm biased by what i saw, but Anthrax was an opening act for large arena and stadium shows, not a headliner. I saw them in 87 open for Kiss with a crowd of 5000 in an arena that held close to 13000. Then again in the same arena in 90 or 91 opening for Iron Maiden for a crowd of 2500. In contrast when Metallica came through for Justice they sold 11000 as headliner and when they came back for the black album they sold out.
20 years late Megadeth and Slayer co-headline an arena show that sells out while Anthrax plays a theatre with like 2000 seats and doesnt.
I've always been a fan but i just don't think they count as huge.
@@bobneil3716 metallica is by far the biggest, but there are thousands of thrash bands. to be in the big 4 is huge. anthrax was one of the pioneers in that genre. They were very big in the 80's and 90's. And I said anthrax "was" huge, not "is" huge. I know a guy named bobby neil from new york. any relation?
@@Hollingsworth2781 I get that you meant in the 80s/90s. Huge is a relative term so in all fairness it is subjective. Certainly if you were a metalhead in the 80s you knew them and probably had a record or two(i still have my signed copy of Among the Living). I guess i see huge bands as ones that transcend their genre. Or at the very least, graduate to headliner.
No my name was just a dumb joke i think i used when i got a gmail account when gmail came out as beta or something.
@@bobneil3716 when I said huge I did not mean bonjovi, bruce springsteen, metallica type ticket and album sales. I meant huge in the thrash community. A huge influence. And they they did get lot of notoriety for helping bridge the gap between rap and metal with bring the noise. I am not really big fan of theirs or any thrash band for that matter. I like metal, but more traditional heavy metal. I like songs that have melody. I totally appreciate the musicianship of a lot thrash bands, but need my melody in my music. The only metallica songs I like are their more popular ones like nothing else matters. Ironically, Bobby Neil was a guy I knew in NYC. He used play with tico torres from Bon Jovi before they got big.
Chuck D is the GOAT
Amen
Hands down
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Nah Scott Ian is
Chuck D it's God and flavor his prophet
I saw these two bands live when they toured in support of this collaboration at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom, the bands sent the crowd home chanting Anthrax, Public Enemy on the way out after the show, no violence, just people coming together sharing the love of music!!! Ahh, the 1990s.
OMG The Aragon! What memories! *sigh* LOL
Aerosmith/Run DMC Walk This Way
Omg YESSSSSS! One of the best!!!
Anthrax "I'm the Man" (1986)
🤟😉🤟
My daughter tripped out when I played her the video
I think they were the 1st two groups that came together and made a great song. A song that should be heard
@@BILLYDEADKID yep...still have my 12inch LP with all the versions. A true classic.
Public enemy #1, rebel without a pause, don't believe the hype, fight the power, shut em down, can't truss it!
Public Enemy were pioneers, not just in rap, but in collaborating with bands from completely different genres. They even toured with Anthrax around this time. It sparked a whole debate and interest in cross-genre music and collaborations. They opened the door for bands like Rage Against The Machine, who emerged 3 years after this record came out. I still have my 12" vinyl copy of Bring The Noise which I bought here in the UK in 1991. I'm a 48 year old female white Brit.
I remember buying this back in 1991 on 7". I was 23. Good times.
This is why young people need to go back and listen to what brought their music to where it is. And when they do, they'll realize this Mumble shit they call real today it's garbage. To ask Is public enemy a rap group is like asking is Michael Jordan a basketball player. Seriously young people, know where your music came from.
I think they should continue to listen to the music they like, and stop listening to people forcing music tastes on them, and then they should continue to explore musical history and enjoy all music however they want.
@@stgm When I was growing up, people said Public Enemy is garbage and you can't understand what they are saying and so many other things. Now in the rap game, they are legends. Do you honestly think that the Lil Pumps and the other idiots Mumble rapping will be looked upon like Public Enemy or Run Dmc? Absolutely not. They can listen to anything they want. That's not the point. But to ask if public Enemy is a rap group is insanity as they should've done some research as to who these people are. On top of that, the difference between my generations music and their generations is the idea that 50 to a hundred years from now, you can play Public Enemy and still it means something, has substance, and yet you cannot say that for the music of today that 50 to 100 years from now they won't even be remembered. In fact they won't even be remembered 5 years from now. Rap when my generation was made, was made to last while music of today is made for the now. That's the difference.
@@paulkersey1007 Christ. Reread what I just said. Let people enjoy what they want.
Don't act like such an old man, bruh
@@stgm then they shouldn't have a reaction channel because, well duh that's what reaction channels are for, listening to music they've never heard before and reacting to it, geez you really just made that comment about a reaction channel?
You need to do some 90's Hip hop
Onyx - Slam
Run DMC- Down With The King
DMX- What's my Name?
Goodie Mobb - Cell Therapy
Outkast - B.O.B
Onyx with Biohazard doing Onyx song Slam or Just Another Victim with Onyx from the Judgement Night movie soundtrack.
Yea! That's what I'm talking about.
Pharcyde.
@@shawnhorror2522 you can honestly just say the entire Judgement Night movie soundtrack. Every song on it was a bad ass mix of rap/rock fusion.
@@oobembarkarlsen3255 I totally agree with you on that.
Public Enemy is Chuck D and Flavor Flav. Two legends in the rap genre really.
Also this was close to when Ice T started up Body Count, just so his metal loving buddy could have a band... Check out thier cover of Suicidal Tendencies "Institutionalized" and the original. Good stuff 😃!
Body count is a great band!
I am so happy to see you guys check this out as your metal reactions along with your hip hop reactions would lead you down the path of checking out songs when both genres get together to create great music. If you like Classic Hip Hop, Public Enemy is a great group to get into. You would ABSOLUTELY have to listen to It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Fear of a Black Planet. Anthrax would be a good metal group to check out as well, for they have some classics themselves. Bring the Noise was originally a PE song. In the original lyrics they have Anthrax a shout out. Later on Anthrax covered the song for one of their albums and they were able to get PE to do the video with them.
If you like metal and rap together I will direct you to Judgement Night soundtrack, Onyx and Biohazard "Slam", P.O.D. on some of their tracks, Kid Rock from his early albums, some Cypress Hill, and you can get into some other collaborations with Korn and Ice Cube for Children of the Korn.
purple beard great suggestions! 👊
Can't believe you don't know Public Enemy, they are hip hop legends.
I even know them, and I'm a metalhead
Black kids not knowing who public enemy is is like white kids not knowing who led Zeppelin is or Asian kids not knowing who Bruce Lee is
This happens with today's youth being insulated musically, only knowing what is going in now, today's so called pop and so called hip hop. Don't know PE or Anthrax?? Two of the most influential bands in their respective genres, active for several decades each, for real? Bet any metalhead can tell you something about Bob Marley, Sly Stone, BB King, Miles Davis, Pavoratti even. Don't be a music illiterate, people.. expand your experience a little. RUclips makes it so easy.
This happens with today's youth being insulated musically, only knowing what is going in now, today's so called pop and so called hip hop. Don't know PE or Anthrax?? Two of the most influential bands in their respective genres, active for several decades each, for real? Bet any metalhead can tell you something about Bob Marley, Sly Stone, BB King, Miles Davis, Pavoratti even. Don't be a music illiterate, people.. expand your experience a little. RUclips makes it so easy.
@@curtisthomas2670 I don't know I met
a lot of metalcore screamo types who can t name 1 anthrax song or don t listen to anything from the 90's because they consider that stuff as old shit!!!!! 🤮
@@rockyh3425 Their loss
Scott Ian (guitar) used to wear a Public Enemy shirt in the 80's ... for a metal band that was unusual
so in 91' they crossed their forces & there it is
IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK
Epic Álbum ..
Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos still hits hard
Just discovered these guys and they're instantly my fave video reaction dudes😁 public enemy was MY SHIT in high school and I believe I had the SAME reaction when I first heard PE do this with Anthrax. These guys are legit music fans. They FEEL that shit just like I do I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!! So excited to just discover this channel so I look forward to seeing all your stuff and I'll have a blast suggesting good shit for yall to react to!! Hell yeah brothers keep this shit coming I love it😁
The coolest thing about these two groups and the time that it came out....Anthrax is a very heavy thrash metal band and Public Enemy was probably the hardest rap group. You have the two hardcore bands coming together to put out an awesome song.
Not only to I love that you reacted to this, but I love even more that you understand their message of diversity. Anthrax actually were huge fans of public because of their music and message. Anthrax personally sought out Public enemy just to this collaboration. Respect is real in this song and vid.
This is hilarious and I'm obviously old af. 🤣 😂😂
Hold up, they rapping!!
This was originally done by just PE on the "It Takes a Million to Hold us Back" album. Favorite group of all time.(Outkast too)
Great times when Hip hop and Metal where coming together!
They say rap and metal can never mix
Well all of them can suck our
Sexual organ in the lower abdominal area!
Anthrax, a thrash band, and Oublic Enemy, the rap group toured together in the 90s, it was one of the best concerts I've been to. It brought black and white together. It was one big party.
Have u guys heard "Walk this way" by Aerosmith and Run DMC? You'll love it too🤘 the 80''s baby!
My jaw dropped when you say you've never heard of Public Enemy!
Flavor Flav being a fire drummer is one of my favorite hidden facts
I forgot about that video/song/rap. It's a great rap and metal crossover collaboration.
The Public Enemy & Anthrax tour was one of the best live concerts I’ve ever seen. Public Enemy changed EVERYTHING back in the day. And Chuck D is still a force to be reckoned with. Can’t wait to see you guys listen to more tracks from Fear of a Black Planet. It’s one of the greatest albums of all time. Please give 911 is a Joke” a listen !
Yeahhhh, Public Enemy really should be on the radar there. It's a bit like being into rock and not knowing The Beatles! That aside, this was one of those early attempts to hybridize metal (or thrash) with rap. I seem to recall dancing to this when I was about 18. And I have never danced since, to the relief of everyone....
Another great hip hop + rock song is "Walk this way" by Run DMC and Aerosmith from 1986 it reached number 4 on the charts. It "only" reached number 10 in 1977 when Aerosmith released the single (from a 1975 album).
They were 2 of the first groups from 2 different genres and came together. So freaking rad. If you listen to the soundtrack from Judgement Night. Soo much good music on that soundtrack 👊👊
Scott Ian (the guy from Anthrax that rapped) and Chalie Benante (the drummer) of Anthrax are big fans of rap. They're a thrash metal band that formed in the 80s in New York. They did a rap song on their own in the 80s, that was very much like a Beastie Boys song. They were friends with Beastie Boys. Scott and Charlie reached out to cover Bring The Noise, but they wanted to do it with Public Enemy. Originally, Chuck D wasn't sure, but then he heard it and loved it. They even put together a nationwide tour with rap and metal artists, finished each night off bringing everyone on stage to perform Bring The Noise to close the concert. Chuck D said that at the time, rap artists didn't really know about putting on a full live performance. They'd just show up and do their thing. Anthrax showed up and with their lighting timed with performances, brought the level up. Anthrax had their lighting guy meet with Public Enemy and within a show or two, Public Enemy realized how drastic of a change it can be, just having things synced right. In Scott Ian's book, he also talked about how they introduced Flavor Flav to the world of Groupies, and he was like a kid in a candy store after that.
If want to hear Anthrax rapping, they did "I'm The Man" (it is very much a Beastie Boys style of rap, and it is completely just a fun, throwaway song, not meant to be serious) and they covered Beastie Boys "Looking Down The Barrel." If you want to hear more of what Anthrax normally sounds like, their metal sound, check out "Indians", "Skeletons In The Closet" (live version is the best version), "In The End", and "Blood Eagle Wings."
Its amazing to me than young fellas into hip hop have never heard of Public Enemy. It seems HipHop guys too often stay in a very small bubble of music, its nice to see u guys expending into metal, rock, and for a real treat older hip hop, rap from the 80's its way better than the shit being put out today. Public Enemy "In the hour of chaos" must do kind sir.
This was such a fun tour. I saw the last night of it in Seattle, WA. Anthrax/Public Enemy/Primus/YoungBlackTeenAgers .
It was amazing.
Absolute classic! PE is one of the greatest. So many great albums!
80% of being a music fan is exploring the back catalogue. Know your history.
Always nice to see when young people start discovering music from earlier eras. And as a Gen X guy, yeah, it kinda hurts to type "era" when talking about my teenage years.
Any fan of music needs to know who PUblic Enemy is.
One of the best collaborations ever!
Ooh, Check out No Sleep til Cleveland by Prophets of Rage... Imagine Rage Against the Machine, but with Chuck D and B Real instead of Zach..
Another great,classic combination! Just like when Aerosmith and Run DMC came together!! 💛🤘🏼✌️
Rage Against the Machine- Bulls on Parade next!
Watching this video after a long time gave me the chills. I'm glad you kids are enjoying, learning and sharing the good stuff.
Wow, this is so something that I'd normally never watch but as usual RUclips somehow lead me to this and I'm very glad it did. One of my all time favorite songs by two of my favorite musical groups and it's good to see the younger generation appreciate it. \m/
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.....amazing album
Many Rappers and Rockers were collaborating in the 80's...The most famous collaboration had to be the one between Run DMC and Aerosmith (give it a listen) with "Walk This Way"! I've always loved all types of music and some of my black friends, especially guys, call rock, white music, but music has no color. Besides rock music came from black music...the Blues. I remember listening to interviews done with the Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Rod Steward, etc. and they would always name black artists like, Sam Cooke, Chuck Berry, or Muddy Waters as their idols and inspiration! I feel that if the music is good and moves me, I will listen!!
I'm a 55 year old metal head, started listening to hard rock and metal in the 70s, run dmc, and public enemy were 2 9f the rap groups I liked in the 80s , also look for run dmc and areosmith they did the rock n rap thing way before anthrax and public enemy.
This is what we need right now to unite our youth!!!
Terminator X! Public Enemy sounds as fresh today as the first time hearing them.
I was such a big Anthrax fan and got to see them several times in CA. They put on an amazing show. "Indians" and "I am the man"
Chuck D - “I checked out my first heavy metal show back in 1987 and Anthrax was on it,” the rapper recalls in an interview. “We got to know each other, and I named them in [original 1987 single] Bring The Noise ‘cos I thought they were cool. They had that hip-hop tip, that feel. When they wanted to make a heavy metal-type version, at first I was like, damn, I don’t know. But as time grew on we said we was with it. We said why not do something that will show both audiences that it’s the same thing: it’s attitude, speed, and still being hard without being soft."
Chuck D and Public Enemy have been around since at least 87/88. Even though they have stopped making music due to issues within their camp; Chuck D has been involved and stays involved with stuff dealing with the movement. He helped launch Ice Cube's solo carrier, stayed politically involved in helping his community and issues that effects them (as well as others), and a
active member of Prophet's of Rage. He is one of the most important woke member of the rap community for decades. It saddens me people cant seem to remember his his name just his band name. He even brought the first true cross of rap and metal (not like Run DMC and Aerosmith). It was Bring the Noise with Anthrax and was still a political moving song. He has never been a sell out and never will. As well as still not getting the recognition he gets in the Hip Hop/Rap community. Chuck D is one of my top 10 musically/politically influential artist ever. I rank him as number 1 always.
Great reaction..!! Saw Public Enemy back in the day... Great show..! I saw them in Miami at the Orange Bowl when they opened up for the Rolling Stones..! They joined the Stones for a couple of songs and it was cool to see Mick Jagger and Flavor Flav together singing and strutting around the stage..!!!
Wait, did the kid on the right say he’s “never heard of Public Enemy”?
Hi Guys :) I loved seeing your reaction to the first few bars so much! Waaaayyyyyy Back in my day Public Enemy took rap to a whole new level with a message of truth but you need a great hook no matter how real the underlying message is if you want it to be heard. Anthrax is a metal band that heard this incredible song and started doing it live on stage a year or two before the two groups went into the studio to re-record this already legendary track. As for the end: legendary end "hear the drummer get wicked!" closing out a really heavy track with an amazing funk beat took many white long hair kids by surprise and gave them their first taste of an infectious beat ... I can't imagine this song without that ending. Thanks for reviewing this.
Public Enemy is one of the best and influential rap artists of all time! Anthrax one of the biggest 80’s thrash speed metal bands of all time!
Grew up listening to this i remember when this came out. Anthrax and Pub Enemy was one of the first to cross genres.
I haven't listened to rap in a long time bit peeps are right go back to the old school. So much better then commercial stuff today.
Anthrax is still around saw them a couple of years ago with Slayer they still have a shit ton of energy on stage.
This whole album was like this.
2 bands.
One rap, one rock.
Slayer and IceT
Cypress Hill and Pearl Jam
Etc.
Plus it's one of the first times real rock blended with rap. Aside from Run DMC and Aerosmith and the odd one.
WebsterA don’t forget about biohazard and onyx they do 2 songs together
@@timhudson8146 oh God, how could I forget the title track! Haha. Classic.
Love the way you guys didn't research the hell outta this before you listened. I'm a long-time metalhead. However, I was into rap when I was young. I listened to Run DMC, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, 2 Live Crew, Beastie Boys, and all that stuff before moving onto (and sticking with) metal. This is also my favorite rap/metal collaboration. It's a Public Enemy song that Scott Ian of Anthrax liked. They also collaborate on an Anthrax song called "I'm the Man." Some other good collaborations are Motorhead & Ice-T, Run DMC & Aerosmith, Linkin Park & Jay Z.
Anthrax is one of the big 4...👍👍👍🤟🏻🤟🏻 there awesome 👍👍
I'm from Cape Town South Africa and in the early 90's all us school kids grew up listening to every Public Enemy and NWA song, rapping to every lyric. Please do a reaction to any NWA song..."F***k the police is a classic but so is every other song.
Just took me back to my teenagers years...LOVED this song.
chuck d is arguably one of the best lyricists and writer/rappers of all time..both groups were very spot on in their views of the wrongs in the world and society and displayed this in their music. both groups were very well known at the time. am glad you got to taste the best of both in this collab..
When Scott Ian started rapping, y'all's reaction was the best!!!
It's thanks to Anthrax that I expanded my musical tastes as a kid back in 91. I tracked down and bought all the Public Enemy and NWA albums which was no easy feat living in Ireland!
I'm glad they liked it. I'm 50 and that song came out when i was in high school. I still listen to it here and there as an Anthrax fan. Anyhoo....i love their reaction and my guy automatically ciphering them drum beats. That's my shit too. Good vid. Old i know but i just saw it.
I am 39 years old and white. This shit is history because this exact track has been sampled so damn much that it’s legendary! House music, breakbeats, dnb and much hippitiy hop! Love all these cultures mixed together! It needs to come back!
Talk about "Turnt Up!!!" We been "TURNT UP!!" Before it was the phrase of today lol
Back in the day, both metal and were not played on everyday radio especially when this song came out and that is why Chuck D pointed to his skin. When I was a teen in the 80s, if you wanted to hear metal in Philadelphia, you listened to WYSP on Saturday nights. If you wanted to hear rap in Philadelphia, Power 99 on Sundays was the place to be. Both genres of music were considered underground. We would pass mix tapes of both back and forth. I got to see Anthrax and Flavor Flav do this song at the Spectrum and glad I grew up when I did. Like your channel guys and rock on!
It was so good to see 2 youngsters listen to a groundbreaking song by 2 groundbreaking groups collaborating on a monster track
For those who aren't familiar with Anthrax they have had an appreciation for Rap and HipHop and are also known for their rap track " I Am the Man" check that track out. Respect to this channel, to Public Enemy ,and to the almighty Anthrax !!!!
There are three seminal rap groups: Grandmaster Flash, NWA, and Public Enemy. If you are a hip-hop fan, these three band names should be tattooed on your brains. For NWA, see "Straight Outta Compton". For PE, see "Fear of a Black Planet" or "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back". For GMF, "Rapper's Delight" or "The Message".
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And yes, the Black guys are PE, the White guys are Anthrax. Much like the way Run DMC did Walk this Way with Aerosmith, this song was originally Public Enemy's alone.
Anthrax and Public Enemy we're actually on tour together with Primus and everyone was having fun plus each group knew each other's lyrics and songs pretty good!
The guy rapping is Chuck D from Public Enemy and he joined recently with Rage Against the Machine to for a band called Prophets of Rage check out their song "Unfuck the world" its badass!
You guys ever seen the Spike Lee movie "Do the Right Thing"? Public Enemy supplied "Fight the Power" to that joint. "Antisocial" crossed over for Anthrax in a hella big way...
"I've heard of Public Enemy?" I am old. I remember my response to the original version. Hell, the whole "Nation of Millions" album.
Two of my favorite. Bands from back in the day. I'm east coast
Public Enemy is one of the forefathers of rap.
This was the perfect combination at the time. Both groups were at the top of their game and pretty much ruled the air waves at the time.
It makes a little more sense when you realize this was initially Public Enemy's song; then later they got together with Anthrax and recorded a new version.
When I saw your reaction to Public Enemy - Fight the Power, I thought how I would love to see your reaction to this song. Then I found it...I am not disappointed!
When rap stood for something!
There is a whole album of mixes like this called "Loud Rocks". I wore that shit OUT.
Charlie and Flav playing the same kit at the end was my favorite part.
Like some of the others said, I'm surprised you've never heard of Public Enemy before. But I'm glad you discovered them and are hopefully listening to some of their other stuff.
Check out Anthrax's I'm The Man. That's the first time that I ever heard rap and metal together, back in the mid to late 80's. It's funny as hell.
This is HILARIOUS!!! ya killin me Smalls lol
I was so shocked that you guys didn't know Public Enemy. As a white girl from the mountains of Virginia...I was so frickin' hyped when I could get my first Public Enemy CD... Duuuudes. Public Enemy is the ab-so-lute best. Chuck D is THE VOICE. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is a seminal rap album. Every damn song is FIRE!
It’s crazy to me that no one passed the classics down to these young kids. Even I grew up listening to public enemy
I quote Marshal Mathers
"Been PUBLIC ENEMY since you thought P.E. was gym.
This is first song that mixed Metal with hip hop. The first to mix rock n roll and hip hop were Run DMC &Aerosmith with walk this way! This song bring the noise is 31 years old!
I have had this on CD since the day it came out. Like both of these groups. Shit still do today.