Power to the People Festival, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD, 10-3-2026, Part 5 - Public Enemy

Here's the fifth out of ten albums of the October 2026 Power to the People Festival. This one features the rap group Public Enemy.

If you've been following this blog for a while, you must have noticed I'm not a fan of rap music, since I almost never post that kind of music here. But I do like Public Enemy, especially their first few albums. Unlike most rap I've heard, they talk about important things, especially political things, in an intelligent way, instead of the usual about ho's, wealth, boasting, dissing, and so forth. I also like how their music is clearly based on an appreciation of classic soul music. Plus, lead rapper Chuck D has an awesome, righteous voice. It's exactly as if Martin Luther King, Jr. were a rapper. And that's no coincidence, since Chuck D has said he's closely studied King's voice.

Here's their Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Enemy 

This album is 39 minutes long. 

01 talk (Public Enemy)
02 talk (Public Enemy)
03 Harder than You Think (Public Enemy)
04 talk (Public Enemy)
05 By the Time I Get to Arizona (Public Enemy)
06 Can't Truss It (Public Enemy)
07 talk (Public Enemy)
08 Shut 'Em Down (Public Enemy)
09 talk (Public Enemy)
10 Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos (Public Enemy)
11 Welcome to the Terrordome (Public Enemy)
12 He Got Game (Public Enemy)
13 talk (Public Enemy)
14 911 Is a Joke (Public Enemy)
15 State of the Union [STFU] (Public Enemy)
16 Black Is Back [Back in Black] (Public Enemy)
17 Bring the Noise (Public Enemy with Scott Ian)
18 Fight the Power (Public Enemy)
19 talk (Public Enemy)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/NCpdTc6g 

alternate: 

https://bestfile.io/en/AwOzCPdvC1YqERZ/file

The cover image of band leaders Chuck D and Flavor Flav is from this exact concert.