"Frustrated" after the lukewarm reception reserved for their debut Yo! Bum Rush the Show in 1987, Public Enemy (Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, and Terminator X) immediately returned to their base in Long Island along with the infamous Bomb Squad (Hank and Keith Shocklee, Eric “Vietnam” Sadler) for their next hit.

With unstoppable momentum, unorthodox production techniques – which would soon become rap rules – and references to the entire recent African American history, within a few months they were ready to declare revolution with the most "dangerous" and important rap album of all time…