Public Enemy
What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down


1.0
awful

Review

by CaptainKronosVampire USER (9 Reviews)
September 27th, 2020 | 17 replies


Release Date: 2020 | Tracklist


I haven't really heard a album this bad from an acclaimed artist before or since hearing this, and I'm not convinced that I'm ever going to hear an album so haphazardly written and poorly recorded with such unmemorable guest spots and where the only track.to have any good quality recording was a remix of a 30 year old song. It's the sound of what happens when you let your Trump Derangement Syndrome influence your album's direction. Public Enemy sounded a bit out of touch with American popular culture railing against gangsta rap on Muse-Sick-N-Hour-Message, here they're completely out touch with American music circa 2020, when hip hop was quite different from it was in 1990.



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user ratings (24)
1.9
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HalfManHalfAmazing
September 27th 2020


2795 Comments


review is way too long and ranty, imo.

widowslaugh123
September 28th 2020


4051 Comments


Yeah too long but still POS. I’ll have to check this to see if it’s as bad as you say.

Supercoolguy64
September 28th 2020


11791 Comments


looking through the rating averages on the public enemy page is kinda sad

Gyromania
September 28th 2020


37095 Comments


so... do these guys just turn into complete dogshit after muse? because the averages for everything after that are so low. i've only heard their iconic stuff

Minushuman24
September 28th 2020


4994 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

I mean, I don't disagree with him when he says that you're a racist if you still support Trump. Straight up, you're trying to justify systematic racism. Why give an inch when they take a foot, fuck them.



That being said, yeah, orange man bad is a bit played out. I would expect more from Chuck.

Gyromania
September 28th 2020


37095 Comments


^ hilarious take. that's all i'll say on the matter.

Minushuman24
September 28th 2020


4994 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

^ Gyro with an idiotic take as usual, unsurprising

Gyromania
September 28th 2020


37095 Comments


yep =]

Minushuman24
September 28th 2020


4994 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

Ugh, yeah, this sounds like absolute fucking trash.



"What Happened" is right.

Gyromania
September 28th 2020


37095 Comments


man the lyrics on this thing are so fucking bad. and the songwriting just isn't there. going from it takes a nation of millions to hold us to this is very jarring

Minushuman24
September 28th 2020


4994 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

I can't even focus on the lyrics because the production is outstandingly bad. Trying not to expect some great leftist lyrics here either, which is hard to do when they wrote Nations.



Minushuman24
September 28th 2020


4994 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

Holy fuck this is bad

Gyromania
September 28th 2020


37095 Comments


i stopped at 6 tracks deep. maybe you'll make it further than me. the lyrics are so fucking garbage i could die. can't believe this is the same people responsible for writing their first 3 albums. those had nuanced political statements, this shit is just childish. and yeah the production is embarrassing. one of those rap groups that should have just called it quits after they started putting out mediocre content.

Minushuman24
September 28th 2020


4994 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

You didn't even make it to the worst songs. Beat them All almost made me tap out.



Right now I am thinking of giving this a pity 1.5, borderline 1.





Minushuman24
September 28th 2020


4994 Comments

Album Rating: 1.0

Yeah nevermind this sucked ass. The best songs are the last two tracks and that is just because they are inoffensive musically.

claygurnz
October 14th 2020


7582 Comments

Album Rating: 2.0

Yeah this is bad man, they sound so tired lol

HalfManHalfAmazing
October 15th 2020


2795 Comments


bruh State of the Union and Fight the Power remix are both good. I mean, I admit SOTU has pretty cringe anti-Trumpisms but overall both are dope songs. I highly doubt this is a 1.



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