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'Don't believe the hip-hop'

Updated on 23 May 2008

By David Fuller

Back on the road again, Public Enemy lament the fact that the new style of hip-hop has lost its soul. David Fuller reports.

It has been 20 years since the hip-hop band Public Enemy released their ground-breaking album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.

The angry Chuck D, together with the cheeky Flavour Flav, punched out some of the most politicised lyrics of their time.

Now on the road again, a mellower Chuck D laments the new, more commercial face of hip-hop, - saying it has lost its soul.

But how relevant are Public Enemy to the younger generation?

The accompanying report is by David Fuller

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