Public Enemy

  • "Fight the Power"

    Public Enemy's explosive 1989 hit single brought hip-hop to the mainstream -- and brought revolutionary anger back to pop.
    By Laura K. Warrell June 3, 2002

  • The reeducation of Lauryn Hill

    The hip-hop songstress says she wrote and produced her multiplatinum album. A lawsuit contends that's not the whole truth. Behind the case is a bigger question: What is a pop song, anyway?
    By Rodd McLeod May 10, 2000

  • Sharps & Flats

    RZA's music "inspired by" Jim Jarmusch's "Ghost Dog" lags behind the inspired cuts of the actual film.
    By Alex Pappademas April 25, 2000

  • Sharps & flats

    Puff Daddy's audacious "Forever" captures a paranoid success spitting in the face of his own demise. Is the Ebenezer Scrooge of rap losing it?
    By Jon Dolan September 16, 1999

  • No fear of an MP3 planet

    As Public Enemy embraces new music technology and takes on the recording industry, it's also helping smash the Web's lily-white image.
    By Janelle Brown June 1, 1999

  • The Shadow Sheds Light

    Josh Davis, a.k.a. DJ Shadow, goes on the record about his latest project, 'Psyence Fiction,' the debut album from UNKLE.
    By Adam Heimlich September 23, 1998

  • Jimmy Page and Robert Plant

    Sharps & Flats is a weekly music review roundup in Salon Magazine.
    By John Milward May 6, 1998
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