Public Enemy's third album is arguably their greatest, although it received less attention at the time of release due to allegedly anti-Semetic comments made by band member Professor Griff. Although Chuck D made an apology at the time, he has since taken it back, stating that Griff's comment was anti-Zionist and not anti-Semetic. Fittingly, this album and the previous record both reference the plight of the Palestinians
Time has proven this to be the superior record, with Chuck D's lyricism at its career high, and the rest of the band sounding tighter, tougher and better produced. Sadly, the Bomb Squad would leave after this record, leaving Public Enemy to pursue a different musical direction that lacked the crunch to match Chuck's rhymes. Listening to this, though, one wonders how it all went so wrong and the gangstas moved in.
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