Public Enemy has already released two tracks from the album: “State of the Union (STFU)” and the recently-released updated version of “Fight the Power.”
Public Enemy has shared the tracklist for their new album What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down. The album will feature guest appearances from Beastie Boys’ Mike D and Ad-Rock, George Clinton, Run-DMC, Cypress Hill, Ice-T, PMD and others.
What You Gonna Do is out September 25. It will be the first album from the group since Nothing Is Quick in the Desert dropped in 2017. This will be the first album under the Def Jam banner since the He Got Game soundtrack dropped in 1998. In a press release, Chuck D talked about the importance of returning to Def Jam, saying:
Cultural Institutions are important. Being an integral part of one is an honor bestowed and to uphold. Public Enemy songs are forever sonic prints in the sands of time. And it’s time—it’s necessary—to bring the noise again from a place called home. Def Jam. Fight The Power 2020.”
The group has already released two tracks from the project: the DJ Premier-featuring “State of the Union (STFU)” and the recently-released updated version of “Fight the Power,” which features Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, Jahi, YG, and Questlove.
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