I was a HUGE fan of Public Enemy when I was fourteen years old, to the disgust of everyone I knew.
In the 80s, I thought Flav was a clown and couldn't understand why he was in Public Enemy at all.
But now he's probably my favorite part of the band. I used to think "911 is a Joke" was lowbrow and stupid, now I think that the beats on most of their tracks are really good, but their goofy politics and weird/gay "Security of the First World" shit and the fact that half the band hates white people (nearly all their fans are white) was just some kind of humiliation ritual that appealed to self-flagellating white people.
Thoughts?
In the 80s, I thought Flav was a clown and couldn't understand why he was in Public Enemy at all.
But now he's probably my favorite part of the band. I used to think "911 is a Joke" was lowbrow and stupid, now I think that the beats on most of their tracks are really good, but their goofy politics and weird/gay "Security of the First World" shit and the fact that half the band hates white people (nearly all their fans are white) was just some kind of humiliation ritual that appealed to self-flagellating white people.
Thoughts?