The definitive biography of one of the most influential rap groups in history
In Public Enemies, bestselling author Bryan Burrough strips away the thick layer of myths put out by J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI to tell the full story—for the first time—of the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year ...
National bestselling author Kiki Swinson amps up the action and suspense with unpredictable characters, breakneck twists, and a gut-punch portrait of Southern surviving—and dying.
The next year Warner Brothers and James Cagney assured The Public Enemy's cultural longevity with an electrifying ... In all these characteristics he was resolutely urban, a product of the city and an enthusiastic participant in its ...
When quasi-retired CIA operative W. Cooper's routine of debauchery is interrupted by a request for his help in fencing millions of dollars in gold artifacts, Cooper doesn't see a downside—until, that is, everyone connected to the ...
Baby Face Nelson becamethenew PublicEnemy Number One. The Bureau was also onthe lookoutfor Homer Van Meter. Mistakenly, the already dead John Hamilton's name was also placed on the mostwanted list. Mostof Dillinger's gangand a numberof ...
Magee's story is fascinating and complex, worthy of book-length treatment itself in Clark's estimation; but here I will only cover the most salient details related to the backdrop for his involvement. 3. See Nina Strochlic, “Locked Up ...
Raising Hell's album-length cohesion and booming 808s would, in turn, influence Public Enemy. Chuck cites it as his favorite album of all time. “To me, that album was like Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point game,” said Chuck in the Run-DMC ...
He tells the stories behind the making of seminal albums such as their debut Yo! Bum Rush the Show, the breakthrough It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back, and multi-million selling Fear of a Black Planet.
A collection of more than five hundred strips from the popular and subversive comic strip The Boondocks provides a satirical look at the follies, foibles, and complexities of modern life from an African-American perspective as it offers a ...
Public Enemy Number One: A Research Study of Rap Music, Culture, and Black Nationalism in America