#8 “Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos” – Public Enemy
Chuck D’s bombastic, politically-charged raps made Public Enemy the premier group in hip-hop during the late 80s and early 90s. And no song visualized a more potent message and angry focus than this grim story rap about the prison industrial complex. Drawing parallels to slavery, Chuck’s chilling narrative about a jailbreak is as stunning now as it was in 1988.
