taken from 'Countdown To Armageddon', the intro-track of public enemy's album 'it takes a nation of millions to hold us back' (1988), in which an introducer warms up the audience and introduces public enemy on stage on november 3rd, 1987 in london. the album itself is recorded in studio.

Public Enemy rewrote the rules of hip-hop, becoming the most influential and controversial rap group of the late '80s and, for many, the definitive rap group of all time. Public Enemy pioneered a variation of hardcore rap that was musically and politically revolutionary. lead rapper Chuck D rhymed about all kinds of social problems, particularly those plaguing the Black community, often condoning revolutionary tactics and social activism. In the process, he directed hip-hop towards an explicitly self-aware, pro-Black consciousness that became the culture's signature throughout the next decade. Musically, Public Enemy were just as revolutionary, thanks to their production team the Bomb Squad.repeat (stars and stripes) was mixed by nicholas sansano, frank rivaleau and dan wood of the bomb squad.with the clash (see rudi can't fail), public enemy has been lyrically one of the main influences of the manics.