Black Sky Over The Projects: Apartment 2025
Enemy, 2025
9/10
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The hip-hop icons Public Enemy are back with their first album in 5 years, where they again address the ills of society, politics and corporations that serves as effort of sincere gratitude toward their fans.
“Siick” opens with soundbites and a thumping drum before Chuck D’s unmistakable voice enters the buzzing climate and Flavor Flav’s backing commentary, and “Confusion (Here Come The Drums)” follows with a firm beat and plenty of rhythm that invites dancing to the infectious hip-hop.
Getting near the middle, the love letter to hip-hop, “C’mon Get Down”, spotlights Flav’s distinct voice and C-Doc’s lively musicianship that invites singing-along, while “Messy Hens” pairs their signature blend of rap and rock with the timelessness the band are known for.
Landing close to the end, the R&B spirit of “Ageism” has Chuck D taking the lead in a song about aging that recruits soulfulness, and “March Madness” exits with an anthem that surrounds school shootings, where Public Enemy don’t pull any punches lyrically, of course.
Few outfits have done more for hip-hop than Public Enemy, and all these decades later they’re proving there still very in tune with political and social issues, where their progressive version of rap settles in just as well as it did in the ‘80s and ‘90s.
Travels well with: Detroit Illharmonic Symphony- Everything Is Shattered; Dedicated Servers- Colors