August 9, 2007
Raj
I have been revisiting my love for Chuck D, Flava Flav, and Terminator X — collectively known as Public Enemy. I remember driving my parents station wagon (sans built-in tape deck) around in 9th grade with a portable boombox blasting PE’s “Rebel Without a Pause” from “It Take a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.” The record sounds as fresh, dance-y, and rebellious today as it did then. It’s hard to keep from busting out a few robot dance moves on the subway followed by an MC Hammer old skool run-in-place.