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"Can't Truss It" is a song by American hip hop group Public Enemy. It was released on September 18, 1991 through Def Jam Recordings as the lead single from the group ...
[1] [9] Apocalypse 91 produced four singles: "Can't Truss It", "Nighttrain", "Shut 'Em Down" and its B-side "By the Time I Get to Arizona". The latter featured a controversial music video where Public Enemy was depicted killing the 17th Governor of Arizona , Evan Mecham , who refused to recognize Martin Luther King Jr. 's birthday as a national ...
[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).
The album peaked at number four on the Billboard 200; its first single, "Can't Truss It", peaked at number 50 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and gave the band their first hit on the chart. [ 1 ] [ 11 ] Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age followed in August 1994, peaking at number 14 on the Billboard 200. [ 1 ]
Gary Rinaldo (born May 3, 1969), better known by the name Gary G-Wiz, is an American record producer and film score composer.Most known for being a member of the hip hop production team the Bomb Squad, G-Wiz is a longtime Public Enemy producer and contributed to many albums including: Apocalypse 91...
Uncut (p. 130) – 4 stars out of 5 – "PE harnessed the power of chaos and rage more effectively than any punk or speed-metal merchant, were more articulate in their anger than any folk singer, were as righteous as any roots reggae or gospel singer."
The song's lyrics features revolutionary rhetoric calling to fight the "powers that be". [5] They are delivered by Chuck D, who raps in a confrontational, unapologetic tone. [ 14 ] David Stubbs of The Quietus writes that the song "shimmies and seethes with all the controlled, incendiary rage and intent of Public Enemy at their height.
He Got Game is a soundtrack and sixth studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on April 28, 1998, under Def Jam Recordings. [2] It was released as the soundtrack to Spike Lee's 1998 film of the same name and was the group's last album for Def Jam until 2020's What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down.