Public Enemy's Fear Of A Black Planet - Why 35 Year Later This Album Is Still Relevant

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Public Enemy's Fear Of A Black Planet - Why 35 Year Later This Album Is Still Relevant

Public Enemy’s ‘Fear of a Black Planet’ Turns 35 This Year! From time to time, I will be doing a series of throwback CD reviews of CDs I find relevant and think need to be recovered and kept alive, as well as introduced to a whole new audience that may be too young to remember. […]

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