Rebirth of a Nation

I was not a fan of Rebirth of Nation and put it away for months but looking for something to listen I said ahh what the hell let me give this another shot.. Now I get it and has really kept my interest this is a good collaboration with Paris.

A few complaints, though. Essentially, this is NOT a PE album. Many of the tracks were not only featuring Paris, but he also wrote and produced the ENTIRE ALBUM. That would make it a Paris album to me if Chuck D and Flav were not the ones technically rapping on here. It don't matter, though. This is a good album, but if you want some new Public Enemy, check out Son of a Bush and How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul.

Best Public Enemy album since "Fear of a Black Planet." Absolutely amazing!!!! Chuck D can do no wrong. Thank you Paris for this fine offering, you are a genius!!!!

This album delivers a hard message to the people who listen to real rap. Their old stuff was better, but this is still a good album nonetheless. Commercialized Rap has been the biggest downfall for hip hop and gets worse and worse every year. These dayz anybody can become a rapper, but not everyone can become a true MC. For those who don't know, hip hop's basic definition is "the passing of information." Real hip hop has been underground since the start.

This is what this generation needs to hear. Don't get me wrong anything that moves you has done its job musicaly but make no mistake about it Rap music was at it's finest when it reached and teached. Let us hope this will motivate new cats to hold themselves to a higher standard.

I understand some of the criticism leveled at PE albums for the last 15 years. But the thing to me is Black people do not like it when our artists grow/evolve. We always refer to the old stuff as being so much better. I am the first to admit that Paris' production cannot compare with the Bomb Squad. With that said it is far better than 90% of the pitiful production found on BET and local radio these days. A 2 or 3 star Public Enemy project still blows the current bunch of rap artists out of the water. Let us put this into perspective. Prince is one of the greatest artists of the last 28 years. Like him or not his genius is undisputed. Yet I hear people say he fell off after Sign O' the TImes. They want him to give us Purple Rain part 8. The R. Kelly's of the world play it and safe and give us the same recylcled/formulaic fecal matter that was a hit 10 years ago. But let a beloved artist (Public Enemy) change and challenge us on other levels and we reject it outright. No appreciation is forthcoming from us. It frustrates me when a David Bowie can go from a cross dressing/androgynous Ziggy Stardust, to an 80's pop sound, then move into a harder/industiral sound in the 90's and his audience moves with him. All of Bowie's music is not the same. He has changed dramatically but his fan base stays with him and new ones come on board over the years. Yet Black artists are not afforded the same luxury. Why is it that when I saw Public Enemy on their Revolverlution Tour I only saw a few Black faces in the audience? Why were all of them around my age or older? Yet the majority of people who came out in support of PE were a bunch of whte kids who were 2 or 3 years old when It Takes A Nation... dropped. There is something wrong with this picture. And the problem is not Public Enemy we need to look at ourselves and stop living in the past. Its 2006. Lets go forward.

public enemy doing the damn thing like it sould be keep it up "no one can hold u down"

YES! Finally! Old school rap is back in action! THIS IS GREAT!

It seems to be a trend, being a Public Enemy fan many complain that the beats are not what they used to be. I love that P.E. made a few songs with MC Ren, from N.W.A. and other underground artists, but listen to the lyrics (people have not done that for about a decade). This album is a sign of the rebirth of REAL hip hop, others will follow soon enough.

Put PE and Paris on the same disc and greatness is inevitable. Granted, not all tracks are on point, but the vast majority speak to the present government administration and state of the country. Pick up this album!