Public Enemy unveils the tracklist for their upcoming album āWhat You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?ā, revealing a powerful lineup of guests on the legendary groupās first release for Def Jam Recordings in over two decades including Nas, YG, Rapsody, DJ Premier, Black Thought, Questlove, Cypress Hill, Run-DMC, Ice-T, PMD, George Clinton, Daddy-O, Jahi, The Impossebulls, Mark Jenkins, S1Ws Pop Diesel and James Bomb and Mike D and Ad-Rock of Beastie Boys.
The announcement of āWhat You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?ā and their return to Def Jam — a cultural institution that they helped build — was heralded around the globe last week with the groupās iconic logo projected onto some of the worldās other most iconic cultural institutions including the Eiffel Tower and Moulin Rouge in Paris; Parliament, Marble Arch & Tate Modern Museum in London and more.
The album is led by the single āFight the Power: Remix 2020,ā re-conceptualized by Public Enemy with Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, YG, Jahi and Questlove for the 2020 BET Awards in June, and officially released as a single along with the album announcement last week. It also includes Public Enemyās recent single, āState of the Union (STFU),ā produced by DJ Premier. The track holds nothing back as it calls out Donald Trump and his destructive reign.
āWhat You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?ā will be released on September 25th via Def Jam Recordings, along with exclusive Public Enemy merchandise.
Tracklisting:
01 – āWhen The Grid Goes Downā ft. George Clinton
02 – āGridā ft. Cypress Hill and George Clinton
03 – āState of the Union (STFU)ā ft. DJ Premier
04 – āMerica Mirrorā ft.. Pop Diesel
05 – āPublic Enemy Number Wonā ft. Mike D, Ad-Rock, Run-DMC
06 – āToxicā
07 – āYesterday Manā ft. Daddy-O
08 – āCrossroads Burningā (Interlude) ft. James Bomb
09 – āFight The Power: Remix 2020ā ft. Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, Jahi, YG, Questlove
10 – āBeat Them Allā
11 – āSmash The Crowdā ft.. Ice-T, PMD
12 – āIf You Canāt Join Em Beat Emā
13 – āGo At Itā ft. Jahi
14 – āDonāt Look At The Skyā (Interlude) ft. Mark Jenkins
15 – āRest In Beatsā ft. The Impossebulls
16 – āR.I.P. Blackatā
17 – āClosing: I Am Blackā ft. Ms. Ariel