The track was later used in the 2005 movie Jarhead, where "Don't Worry Be Happy" also appears. Around this time, New York City under Mayor Ed Koch was racially polarized, and I wanted this song to be in the film." Public Enemy Fear Of A Black Planet 1990 The Island Def Jam Music Group Released on: Producer: The Bomb Squad.I wanted this song to be an anthem that could express what young black America was feeling at this time. Power To The People Channel ZERO 189K subscribers Subscribe 145 Share 4K views 4 years ago Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Power To The People Public Enemy Show more Show. Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Power To The People Spike Lee recalled in Public Enemy: Inside The Terrordome: "We knew ('Fight The Power') was coming out in the summer of 1989, and in the summertime, there's always one song in New York that, if it's a hit, you can hear everywhere: on the subway, cars, coming out of people's houses. Stream songs including Youre Gonna Get Yours. It plays in the opening scene where Rosie Perez dances to it, and is used as the motif, playing from Radio Raheem's boombox (adorned with a Public Enemy sticker) throughout the film until a climactic scene where Sal smashes it with a baseball bat. Listen to Power to the People & the Beats - Public Enemys Greatest Hits by Public Enemy on Apple Music. PUBLIC ENEMY - POWER TO THE PEOPLE & THE BEATS - GREATEST HITS (X) (BLOOD RED W/ (Vinyl LP). The song first appeared on the movie soundtrack, released in June 1989 a month before the movie hit theaters. Lee's idea was to have the group record a version of the spiritual " Lift Every Voice And Sing," but PE producer Hank Shocklee nixed that idea, telling Spike it had to be the kind of song you'd hear blaring from cars in Brooklyn.Ĭhuck D wrote the lyric based on the concept of the film, starting with the title. Public Enemy, also known as P.E., is a seminal Golden Age era Hip-Hop group known for their densely layered production and politically charged lyrics demonstrating their interest in the concerns of. Public Enemy wrote "Fight The Power" for the movie Do The Right Thing at the request of Spike Lee, who directed the film. Watch the video for Power to the People from Public Enemys Fear of a Black Planet for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists.
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