Public Enemy drops surprise album with sharp social commentary

Public Enemy has returned with a blistering new shock album, “Black Sky Over the Tasks: House 2025,” a defiant, 12-track assortment that fuses the group’s signature social commentary with a contemporary dose of old-school fireplace. 

Launched with out advance discover, the document was launched on a “pay-what-you-want” foundation for 72 hours, giving followers unprecedented entry to the group’s most pressing work in years.

“These new tracks are so that you can get all the way down to at residence,” mentioned Taste Flav, who joins Chuck D on the forefront of the discharge. “Pay whatcha need for the subsequent 72 hours.”

From the opening bars of “C’mon Get Down,” the album showcases the enduring energy of hip-hop to problem injustice and unify generations.

Chuck D, credited below his actual title Carlton Ridenhour, and Taste Flav ship scathing verses over manufacturing by Carl Ryder, C-Doc, JP Hesser and Sam Farrar. 

Cuts like “Evil Approach” name out performative gangsterism — “You bought to alter your evil manner/What goes up comes again down” — whereas “Sexagenarian Vape” explores the strain between youth tradition and ageism, a recurring theme all through the document.

Public Enemy additionally revisits their longtime critique of the American political system. On “March Insanity,” the group takes purpose at lawmakers’ inaction over gun violence in colleges: “Grade One to Twelve/Even kindergarten/Want safety from this sick pattern began.”

Elsewhere, “Fools Idiot Fools (Soiled Drums Mixx)” rails towards local weather denial, political corruption, and what the group calls “the masquerade parade spinning in webs of charades.”

The album doesn’t draw back from humor and swagger. “Messy Hens” finds Taste Flav taunting gossipers: “Ain’t frightened bout one other sucker / Talkin’ ‘bout Messy Hens on Hennessy.”

“Public Enemy Comin Throoooo,” in the meantime, celebrates the group’s longevity and their place in hip-hop’s pantheon, referencing the Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame, Lollapalooza, and a long time of excursions.

With manufacturing credit spanning California, Pennsylvania, and New York, “Black Sky Over the Tasks: House 2025” represents a cross-country assertion of resilience. 

Veteran drummer Tré Cool (Inexperienced Day) contributes stay percussion on “Fools Idiot Fools,” whereas C-Doc and JP Hesser’s engineering brings a uncooked immediacy to the document.

On “Ageism,” Chuck D delivers one of many album’s most private performances, confronting stereotypes about getting older artists: “Been their age, they ain’t by no means been mine… Ageism caught within the bitterverse.”

From the percussive stomp of “…The Hits Simply Carry on Comin…” to the confrontational nearer “March Insanity,” Public Enemy proves they continue to be as very important — and as unflinching — as ever.

Followers are already taking to social media to pour out love for the mission.

On the group’s X submit asserting the album, social media person Ben took to X, previously referred to as Twitter, writing: “Flav elevating his recreation to a complete new degree on this one,” including flame emojis on X, previously referred to as Twitter.

In a nod to a title of one of many tracks on the album, social media person Previous Skool Muzik commented, saying: “The Hits Simply Hold On Comin!”

The album is now out there at www.publicenemy.com.