Public Enemy

USA, 1985–now

Chuck D and Flavor Flav's Long Island crew. The Bomb Squad's siren-wall production and Chuck's oratory made It Takes a Nation of Millions hip-hop's most militant masterpiece.

Influenced by

• James Brown

Influenced

• Massive Attack
• The Prodigy
• Rage Against the Machine
• Anthrax
• The Chemical Brothers
• Eminem
• 2Pac
• Wu-Tang Clan
• Cypress Hill
• The Roots