Artist
Public Enemy
Public Enemy appears 2 times in our Golden Age Hip-Hop and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.
- Ranked entries
- 2
- Appears on
- Golden Age Hip-Hop and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- Year
- 1989
- Highest placing
- No. 1 in Golden Age Hip-Hop
- Updated
- 2026-08-29
Appears on
Fight the Power
1989 · Motown / Def Jam
Ranked No. 1 in Golden Age Hip-Hop
The Bomb Squad layered dozens of samples into something closer to protest collage than a beat. Still the most confrontational record ever to become a genuine popular hit.
Also on The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
Fight the Power
1989 · Motown / Def Jam
Picked by The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
The densest production in rap attached to the least negotiable lyric. Thirty-six years on, no record has managed to be this loud and this precise at once.
Also on Golden Age Hip-Hop