Public Enemy (Central Park Summerstage, NYC, 8/16/10)

By Andrew St. Clair - August 18, 2010 | Email the author

Public Enemy perform at Central Park Summerstage (8/16/10)

Photo – Andrew St. Clair

On 8/16/2010 on Central Park Summerstage, Chuck D of Public Enemy said that they don’t perform in NYC very often, but then they do it’s like an eclipse. It’s special.

And during a nearly 90 minute set, it was nothing but! PE played many if not all of their classics including ‘Terminator X to The Edge of Panic’, ‘Welcome To the Terrordome’, ‘Bring The Noise’, ‘Don’t Believe The Hype’, ‘Shut ‘Em Down’, ‘Cold Lampin’ With Flavor’, ‘Burn Hollywood Burn’, & ‘Fight The Power’. Basically something for everyone. To see Chuck D and Flavor Flav (who are now in their 50′s) jumping up and down and running side to side non-stop is a sight to behold. And, while Flavor Flav may be the self proclaimed ‘reality star of the decade’, he’s at his best on stage as the best hypeman in the biz.

Public Enemy is on tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of their 3rd album, Fear of a Black Planet. A dense sample-based epic that was more about social issues and empowerment within the black community and absolutely not about about ‘bling and bitches’.

Check out a ton of pictures of Chuck and Flav “after the jump”.

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