YouTube stays undefeated for Rap ephemera: behold this early 90s TV commercial for Public Enemy's short-lived clothing brand Rapp Style. A pertinent reminder that rapper clothing lines have always been corny and always will be corny. Flava Flav? More like Flava Free amrite. Those Public Enemy baseball jerseys were $38 back in 1991/1992, but you've gotta be makin' money like Barry White if you wanna procure a vintage one in 2025.
Potential name for a Public Enemy luxury Eurotrash fashion line: Cold Lanvin With Flavor.
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Only rap related gear I copped were a pair of Lugz. The soles split within a week.
I've not listened to any P.E. music released after There's a Poison Goin' On, which I skimmed through in an Our Price while on my lunch break.
Last album I checked was Muse Sick n Hour Mess Ov A Title. Only know those 2 big singles after that.
Even at the height of PE's dopeness/cultural relevance, why would any young person want to resemble those guys? Chuck and flav were born middle-aged.
I guess I'm the one person still buying PE/PE-adjacent releases in 2025. Post 94 PE projects definitely worth owning:
"There's a poison going on"
"He got game"
"We wreck stadiums" (a solo Chuck D album about American cricket)
"The Evil empire of everything"*
"Most of my heroes still don't appear on no stamp"*
*These latter two albums were part of a dodgy "you can own shares in a PE album" Sellaband crowdfunding scheme/scam. The scam was originally 100 bucks for 4 shares in the album and a copy of that album. Ultimately Chuck had some shame and still scammed us suckers but did give us two whole very good albums for that extortionate price. A quick Google tells me that these albums are now available for normal prices.
How much coin have Chuck & pals raked in from licensing the beat for "Harder than you think" to Channel 4's "The Last Leg," BetMGM gambling ads and countless other campaigns? Or does all the money go to the owners of the original Shirley Bassey song?
Public Enemy have some of the worst song/album titles in Rap history. Not even Atmosphere or Sole can topple their crown.
The thing which REALLY made Harder Than You Think blow up here was it being the main theme for C4's coverage of the 2012 paralympics. Pretty hilarious that P.E had a U.K hit song in 2012. That shit got to number 4 in the charts 😄🤯
I did like that Chuck D solo single No. It was finger-wagging Rap, but I love the beat.
Crazy timing because I listened to that Chuck D solo record from 96 for the first time earlier this week. I was blissfully unaware Chuck D dropped a solo album period. Didn't hate the album, only liked 'No' as well as 'Free Big Willie'.
Justice for No.
Obviously Max B is still rusty but this is a step in the right direction https://youtu.be/26Z82ERbfCA?si=tfSbghwHAFSfFjMP
Yeah, not bad.
My understanding of that new Max tape is it’s him rapping over other people’s beats like he’s always done makes me more inclined to check it out cause that new song with French is caca.
I was hoping Lap Dance would be a flip of the old N.E.R.D & Lee Harvey joint.
maan between this and the fact that Midway were planning to put out a sequel to Revolution X with PE in it, it's making tracks like "1 million bottlebags" look even funnier in the light
Lolz
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