302 - Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet - Tony Rock
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EPISODE SUMMARY:
Sometimes a song is more than a song, it's a message from a specific moment in time or a statement on the world in which it was written. Sometimes an artist channels the circumstances they see around them and explains hardship, struggle and love they see better than any news report or novel can. All of that is true of the political rap group Public Enemy. Their 1990 album Fear of a Black Planet represented comedian Tony Rock's experience growing up in New York City more than anything he had heard before it. And to this day he feels its message still holds true.
SHOW NOTES:
01:30 - Intro
11:30 - Baptizing your ears
19:00 - The Culture
24:00 - Has anything changed?
34:45 - The children are our future
44:15 - Unsegregated music
52:00 - White fear
1:04:15 - The Hits!
1:14:00 - Selling a message
1:21:00 - We need an alien attack
1:28:00 - Lightning round
1:31:15 - Outro/New music
Check out the music history of this album here.