Days after announcing their new album, What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?, Public Enemy just revealed who they collaborated with on the new record.
They definitely enlisted some heavy hitters. George Clinton will be featured on both “When the Grid Goes Down” and “Grid,” which also brings in Cypress Hill. Mike D and Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys and Run-DMC will be on “Public Enemy Number Won,” while Ice-T and PMD lent their voices to “Smash the Crowd.”
Public Enemy previously released their collab with DJ Premier, “State of the Union (STFU),” and “Fight the Power: Remix 2020,” where they share the mic with Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, Jahi and YG, while Questlove takes on the turntables. The updated version of “Fight the Power” premiered on this year’s BET Awards.
Chuck D will also be doing a special Facebook Live session today (Sept. 1) at 9am PT/12pm ET. More info on that chat is here.
See Public Enemy’s What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down? tracklist below:
01 – âWhen The Grid Goes Downâ ft. George Clinton
02 – âGridâ ft. Cypress Hill and George Clinton
03 – âState of the Union (STFU)â ft. DJ Premier
04 – âMerica Mirrorâ ft.. Pop Diesel
05 – âPublic Enemy Number Wonâ ft. Mike D, Ad-Rock, Run-DMC
06 – âToxicâ
07 – âYesterday Manâ ft. Daddy-O
08 – âCrossroads Burningâ (Interlude) ft. James Bomb
09 – âFight The Power: Remix 2020â ft. Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, Jahi, YG, Questlove
10 – âBeat Them Allâ
11 – âSmash The Crowdâ ft.. Ice-T, PMD
12 – âIf You Canât Join Em Beat Emâ
13 – âGo At Itâ ft. Jahi
14 – âDonât Look At The Skyâ (Interlude) ft. Mark Jenkins
15 – âRest In Beatsâ ft. The Impossebulls
16 – âR.I.P. Blackatâ
17 – âClosing: I Am Blackâ ft. Ms. Ariel
What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down? releases on Sept. 25 via Def Jam Recordings. You can preorder the record along with PE merch here.