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The song was written by the artists alongside Justin Tranter and the producers Mattman & Robin. [1] The song was also included on the band's fifth studio album Mercury – Acts 1 & 2 (2022). The song became JID's first song to reach the top 5 in the US, and became the band's first song to reach the top 5 since the 2017 song "Thunder".
"Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" is a song on the American hip hop group Public Enemy's 1988 album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. It was released as a single in 1989. [1] The song tells the story of a conscientious objector who makes a prison escape.
"Enemy" was released as the lead single to the band's third record.The song become a minor hit for Fozzy as it received airplay in over 80 stations across the US. The song is one of Fozzy's most well-known songs and has become a staple at live shows.
In 1988, shortly after the release of their second album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy were preparing for the European leg of the Run's House tour with Run–D.M.C. [4] Before embarking on the tour, film director Spike Lee approached Public Enemy with the proposition of making a song for one of his movies. [4]
"911 Is a Joke" is a 1990 song by American hip hop group Public Enemy, from their third album, Fear of a Black Planet. Solely performed by Flavor Flav, the track became a hit in April 1990 upon its release as a single, reaching number 15 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart, and number one on the Hot Rap Singles chart, becoming their second number-one rap chart hit after "Fight the ...
The song appears in the 1999 video game Thrasher: Skate and Destroy. The song also is featured in the 2004 video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas on the classic hip-hop station, Playback FM (for which Public Enemy's frontman Chuck D voiced the station's DJ "Forth Right MC"), as is "The Grunt" on Master Sounds 98.3.
In 1996, the song was covered by Terminal 46 for the electro-industrial various artists compilation Operation Beatbox. [7] The group Digital Assassins also did a cover of the song, entitled "Return of the Living Bassheads (Somethin' Really Bad)." This cover was featured on video games such as Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 and BMX XXX.
[1] [2] After Liam Howlett of the Prodigy saw it, the band released an official version of the mashup, the song "Shut 'Em Up". (The new release's title was a combination of the words from the two original songs' individual titles, making the title, like the song itself, a mashup).