PUBLIC ENEMY- Los Angeles House of Blues October 1999

By C.A. BATTS

Somebody dropped the ball. What happened to FIGHTING THE POWER. How can a venue be half full and full of white boys for a PUBLIC ENEMY concert. I was embarrassed. It¼s like watching Mike Tyson be disqualified for knocking out a bum in the second round after the bell rang. What should I say now...that Flava Flav stole the show at 46 coming out with a 5 foot O.J. statue eating a banana and doing his famousYYEEAAHHHBOOOYYYEEE and along the while promoting his new album and dissing DEF JAM politely. I wanted to enjoy the show so I'm not going to be petty and find faults at seeing PE now rather than in 87...times have changed but not the message... they will withstand the jigginess and shininess of most of the rap shit that exist today... there songs are infinite in the souls of the young black men they¼ve inspired.