Public Enemy Information

Public Enemy has devoted their career to delivering messages that address weighty issues about race, rage and inequality with a combination of style and substance never seen before. All the albums released in their nearly 20 year career have met with critical acclaim from publications as disparate as Time and The Source, and worldwide sales in the millions. At the close of 1999, The New York Times named Public Enemy's music to their list of the "25 Most Significant Albums of the Last Century" and in 2005 The Library of Congress included Fear of a Black Planet in a list of 50 recordings worthy of preserving that year in their National Recording Registry. Most recently, Spin magazine chose two Public Enemy albums for their "100 Greatest Albums (1985-2005)" list, with It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back coming in at number two and Fear of a Black Planet at number 21. The band has embarked on over 35 tours, performing over 1300 concerts to fans in 40 countries. Three albums are certified multi-platinum, three more are gold, with four gold singles and a platinum-selling home video. Their latest album, New Whirl Odor, was released in October of this year.