Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear On No Stamp

It's hard to believe, but it's been 25 years since Public Enemy released its landmark debut album, Yo! Bum Rush the Show. The potent blend of Chuck D's commanding flow and revolutionary lyrics, Flava Flav's goofy hype-man antics, Terminator X's razor-sharp cuts, and The Bomb Squad's frenetically funked-out production (not to mention Professor Griff and S1Ws) made PE worldwide superstars and helped propel rap music out of the hood and into the suburbs. Three more certified classics followed, before Snoop, Dre, and G-Funk pushed Public Enemy out of the spotlight. But PE never quit, and has been steadily dropping new music ever since. Most of My Heroes... is PE's ninth full-length since Apocalypse 91, following up 2007's over-looked mouthful How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?. Though now into their 50s, Chuck and Flav still sound on-point, and the production is strong. We also get impressive collabos with Brother Ali, Z-Trip, Bumpy Knuckles, Large Professor, and Cormega. Another quality offering from hip-hop's elder statesmen.