You don't need an addressable cable box or a fancy monitor to beam in on the most exciting TV in the country. Even a screen is superfluous. All that's necessary is a tape deck or a CD player and a finely tuned ear. Let Public Enemy supply the images.
"Rap music is black America's TV station," says Chuck D, the group's lead voice, chief lyricist and moving force. It's a solid metaphor. Rap is cool music in a cool medium, carrying a blisteringly hot message of social outrage, as instantly accessible as the nightly news. It is also, frequently, as perishable:...
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