Public Enemy - Live from House of Blues

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Summary: Public Enemy Live at the HOB is bananas!
Review: ...is a well produced, carefully crafted, concert for home entertainment. The performance was bananas as most of you who've had the opportunity to see them live would agree. In other words, it was 100% DunDee. The portion of the DVD I enjoyed the most was contained in the SPECIAL FEATURES section and titled "ARCHITECTS OF RAP." It featured Mista Chuck giving the intelligent purchasers of this DVD a vehicular tour of Strong Island and it's relevance to PE's history. We went through the "VELT," Hempstead ( he showed us Eddie Murphy's childhood home), and 510 South Franklin Street--the bat cave, if you will, for PE in their infancy. That was special. Mista Chuck discussed the Friday Night Throwdown at WBAU and the history behind that. Most of us loyal PE fans know that so I won't mention it here. Plus if you want to hear you can bum rush the door of the store and pick up the DVD or you can tap the mac and order it online. The highlight of the tour was when he stopped and talked about the back of a little known McDonalds where Glen Freidman took that famous photo which would turn out to be on the cover of their first album--Yo! Bum Rush the Show. Chuck also discussed how the group and the members in the group got their names. Interesting piece. Gives you real insight on the group. Simply put, it's a must have for you legions of loyal PE fans.

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Summary: The legends will not leave until the kids are ready to lead!
Review: Or something like that, I hope I got the quote right. Anyway, great energetic performance. I cannot believe these guys are in their 40s, they don't act like it! Not only was the live performance great. The extra features had some great history on Public Enemy as well. A must for any Public Enemy fan! It's a shame the content of rap has gone down hill and didn't follow the political path pioneered by Public Enemy. Most of the songs are performed in full. Though, their first hit, "Public Enemy No. 1" is only partially performed, just the first verse. Good thing I can download a full excellent remix version for free here at [Amazon.com] (Public Enemy No. 1 (Tribal Trance Mix) remixed by Dimension Zero in the music downloads section). I hope Public Enemy plans on releasing more DVDs of their older performances. Who has VCRs these days?

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Summary: Strong&Powerful
Review: Performance from Public Enemy.it's really sad that they no longer get half the attention as many of these Bums out now that are making a Mockery of Rap as we know it.with PE School is always in Session.this is a solid Performance&Great Insight to PE.

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Summary: The legends will not leave until the kids are ready to lead!
Review: This is truly one of the finest performances that I've seen on DVD! The boys from Strong Island still have a flame that burns within and energy that's unsurpassed. Mind you these guys (Chuck D, Flavor Flav and Prof Griff) are close to forty if not over. They did a great job in performing all their hit records and even at times rapped ole school! My 5.1 Digital Surround Sound system was bumping and blaring as the sound was just clear, concise and incredible. Damn it felt good to sit back and enjoy one of the most knowledgeable, rebellious and legendary rap groups of all time! Power to the People!

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Summary: Outstanding Performance!!
Review: This is truly one of the finest performances that I've seen on DVD! The boys from Strong Island still have a flame that burns within and energy that's unsurpassed. Mind you these guys (Chuck D, Flavor Flav and Prof Griff) are close to forty if not over. They did a great job in performing all their hit records and even at times rapped ole school! My 5.1 Digital Surround Sound system was bumping and blaring as the sound was just clear, concise and incredible. Damn it felt good to sit back and enjoy one of the most knowledgeable, rebellious and legendary rap groups of all time! Power to the People!