Bro the bomb squad brought ice cube to an entirely new level.. match made in heaven

The Bomb Squad literally had 20 samples in the whole song and matched it so great together. That is incredible and let u know they see things different from samples than a average producer….

I remember when Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince won album of the year against Public Enemy. I immediately thought that they should've told Public Enemy from the stage, this is yours, come up and get it.

The sampling work on PE’s projects is amazing... great video!

Don't forget; when Chuck raps in Fight The Power: We got to fight the power that be....... and then comes the sample of Planet Rock by Africa Bambaataa and says Yahhhhhhhh just hit me. Excellent done by the Bombsquad.

As teenagers in the mid 1980s, one of my best friends got into rap as soon as Run DMC reached the suburbs. He spent the next few years trying to get me into it, but it was a losing battle. I was into punk, hardcore, thrash, and rap was just too alien to me. One day I was over at his house and he was listening to a brand new album, and I thought it was even more noisy and cacophonous than his usual stuff. I was doing my best to ignore it, but then something came out of the din and caught my attention- a sample of the song Angel of Death by Slayer. At the time that was my favorite song off my favorite album by my favorite band. I said, "Who is this???" That was when I first heard of Public Enemy. I gave him a tape and asked him to tape it for me, meaning that specific song, which was 'She Watch Channel Zero.' When he gave the tape back, he had recorded the whole album instead of just the one song I wanted. At first I was irritated, having to scan through the tape to find the song. Then at some point I noticed that other songs on the album were starting to sound more appealing to my ear, and I started listening to the whole thing. Next thing you know it was one of my favorite albums. I ran out and bought my own copy, then I went back and bought Bum Rush, and I couldn't wait for their next record. A few months later, they put out Fight The Power as a 12", and I played it over and over until the groove was almost toast. PE at their absolute peak IMO. They were my gateway drug, after I got into PE I got into tons of other rap, and it wasn't long before about a quarter of my record collection was all rap and hip hop. Anyway, this morning I listened to Sly & the Family Stone album Stand for the first time, and at some point I thought, "I think I just heard something PE sampled!" and that's why I'm here.

I could not stop listening to nation of millions. It blew my mind. I was destroyed (in a good way) by it. If they never made another song, that would have been ok. It was visceral, raw, and so frenetic, it excited me in ways I’m still figuring out all these years later. It was so intense, I’m still recovering from it . Absolute art and still a huge influence on my life since. It’s almost unfair in a way. I’m like a recovering addict still chasing that ghost all these years later. Nothing since has ever come close.

The Bombsquad’s work on Son of Beserk and Young Black Teenagers was way ahead of its time. Some of my favorite underground 90s music. Dope vid..

The Bomb Squad, Public Enemy's production team, constructed the music for "Fight the Power," through the looping, layering, and transfiguring of numerous samples. The track features only two actual instrumentalists: saxophone, played by Branford Marsalis, and scratches provided by Terminator X, the group's DJ and turntabilist-Marsalis also played a saxophone solo for the extended soundtrack version of the song. In contrast to Marsalis' school of thought, Bomb Squad members such as Hank Shocklee wanted to eschew melodic clarity and harmonic coherence in favor of a specific mood in the composition. Shocklee explained that their musicianship was dependent on different tools, exercised in a different medium, and was inspired by different cultural priorities, different from the "virtuosity" valued in jazz and classical music. Marsalis later remarked on the group's unconventional musicality: They're not musicians, and don't claim to be-which makes it easier to be around them. Like, the song's in A minor or something, then it goes to D7, and I think, if I remember, they put some of the A minor solo on the D7, or some of the D7 stuff on the A minor chord at the end. So it sounds really different. And the more unconventional it sounds, the more they like it. As with other Public Enemy songs, the Bomb Squad recontextualized various samples, and used them to complement the vocals and mood of "Fight the Power". The percussive sounds were placed either ahead of or behind the beat, to create a feeling of either easiness or tension. Particular elements, such as Marsalis' solo, were reworked by Shocklee so that they would signify something different from harmonic coherence. The Bomb Squad layered parts of Marsalis' D minor improvisations over the song's B♭7 groove, and vice versa. Regarding the production of the song, Robert Walser, an American musicologist, wrote that the solo "has been carefully reworked into something that Marsalis would never think to play, because Schocklee's goals and premises are different from his." On August 24, 2014, Chuck D posted a photo on his Twitter profile of a cassette tape from the Green St. studio. The tape's label is branded with the studio's branding and a hand-written title suggests that the studio was used for the recording of the song.

Love the history of music , it makes music so much better

The main reason why I enjoy listening to 80s and 90s Rap music so much, is because I like to guess the samples used in these songs. It was a new hobby I developed during Lockdown. After a while, it got boring due to most of the songs sampling either the Funky Drummer solo, at least one aspect of Atomic Dog, or the Funky Worm synthesizer, but in the end, I quite enjoyed this hobby overall

Well, I can definitely say, hip hop has changed. I still have to go back and listen to the good music

This video made me cry. All the black struggle in this song.

Great vid. Bomb squad are such an underrated production team

Great video and breakdown, the only thing you missed was the TroubleFunk part in the songs intro is a snip of DJ Cash Money cutting doubles of "pump me up' from the Doctor Funnkenstein and DJ Cash Money - Scratchin´ To The Funk 12inch

This is great and important work. Instant subscription!

They also produced records for Vanessa Williams

This video does the classic justice thank you for this!!!

I love love LOVE learning about the history of music, how a song was made, the selection of samples, etc great work!!!

It’s actually scratching to the funk by cash money kicking off the pump me up sample

loved the production value, loved the topic, the history... great video. definitely checking out your other videos now :)

Loved this video, thank you! I’ve heard FTP thousands of times and it still blows my mind. I am grateful for a lot of things in my life, PE and Bomb Squad are extremely high on that list.

Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

Really solid work covering this incredible moment in 1989. Beautiful vid. Respect!

This is a great production! What originally intrigued me about HIP HOP, was that I could identify most of the samples used in the rap songs. I'm 57. The samples were songs I heard as a young child.

Fear of a Black Planet is the hip hop Sgt. Pepper or Pet Sounds. Production masterpiece!

This video should have way more views!

THIS is so good!!!! Thank you!

I loved the qualidad of your video. It's realy good

Hip hop drum pattern was started in Cincinnati

The eara of best music ,the beats . I love some old song and go back to them time to time. My favorite genre is Rock but Hip Hop also hold a place in my heart. Thank you for making such a wonderful video.

Great video. Keep doing what you're doing.

Awesome!!! Amazing work mate

We need a part 2

Thanks for educating me

That’s when they made the best music love it

This channel is awesomee

yo congrats to tha bomb squad! Fight the Power is now the second greatest song of all time (Rolling Stone List) !!!!!!!!!!!!! Sound of the Funky Drummer ~!!~

This was so dope!

Wow this really is amazing hearing about the history of music

Some people come along way

Really Hip Hop has changed drastically. Thanks for sharing this.

Great work man! Fascinating stuff. One of the most powerful jams I’ve ever heard in my life…as a white dude that tune made an impact. I could watch P.E. producing/history all day long. I can’t think of anyone better in hip hop.

Really dope video!! thank you!!

Very Great thank you!

Fantastic video. Always wanted to see a breakdown of this masterpiece

1:53 You forgot Eric Vietnam Sadler! 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️

10/10 Great work! Thank you.

Dr Dre dissed Cube and the Bomb Sqaud said, we got this.

Bomb Squad slept on, PE almost memory holed… why? That’s another topic though… Great video.

Great video. Well done.

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This is good content definitely ❤️

80s baby in the house

Nice 🙏🙏🙏🎧☀️❤️❤️❤️

Dopeness

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That's what's currently happening now they're switching instead of fighting

James Brown

#wickedwednesdays #hiphoppdx

I was wondering what happened to the Bombsquad?

I hate to break it to you bro after doing a descent video but Public Enemy had already Revolutionised Hip-Hop before Fight the Power was released on the Previous LP It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us back & Don't believe the Hype. Some may even argue that they revolutionised Hip-Hop on the Debut Yo Bum! Don't Rush the Show

I miss the old school hip-hop . Today's hip-hop is definitely not the same

Not mentioning Eric Sadler as a bomb squad member discredits this. Please get y'alls facts straight

80s were the best

Public enemy out lasted all other rap groups

Dr Dre took everything from them