Channeling the Champions of Change: As Racism and Inequality Rise, Fans Once Again Look to Public Enemy as Hip-Hop Icons Release Man Plans, God Laughs Record  

Legendary hip-hoppers prove massive popularity still intact with current sold-out world tour

“With the skilled DJ Lord backing them up, clown prince Flavor Flav and truth speaker Chuck D did what they’ve done for 30 years: Put on a high-energy show that keeps the audience’s hands in the air.” (VegasSeven.com)

(Los Angeles, CA) – June 24, 2015

The Brookes Company today announced the release of Man Plans, God Laughs, the long-awaited new record from hip-hop icons and champions of change, Public Enemy. In an interview with Maxim, founder Chuck D called Man Plans, God Laughs a “commentary on the 21st century in this technological – yet highly political – world.” Fans can purchase the record as a CD and in digital form on July 14 and on vinyl on July 25 via Chuck D’s digital music store, www.RapCentralStation. For more information on Public Enemy and Man Plans, God Laughs, visit Public Enemy’s official website.

Fueled by Chuck D’s passionate vocals, Flavor Flav’s euphoric delivery, and the Bomb Squad’s unrelenting beat and colorful samples, Public Enemy burst on the music scene in 1987 as hip-hop heroes and sonic revolutionaries. Their debut record, Yo! Bum Rush The Show, “heralded hip-hop’s great leap forward,” according to The New York Times. Their sophomore effort, 1988’s It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back, was added it to The New York Times’ list of 25 Most Significant Albums of the Last Century.

1990’s Fear of a Black Planet featured Public Enemy’s signature song, “Fight The Power,” used by Spike Lee in his film Do The Right Thing. 1991’s Apocalypse 91…The Enemy Strikes Black went platinum. By 1999, Public Enemy’s stance in the controversial Napster debate made Chuck D the voice of the digital music cause.

Public Enemy’s “Say It Like It Really Is,” from their 2012 album The Evil Empire of Everything, provided a fitting backdrop to the intense preview of Selma that chronicled the months leading to the Selma-to-Montgomery civil rights marches. Their song, “Harder Than You Think,” was selected for NBC’s official Super Bowl XLIX Commercial.

“Harder Than You Think” was also featured in the UK’s emotional “Meet The Superhumans” 2012 Paralympics campaign. The track went on to reach #4 on The Official UK Singles Chart and #1 on the Indie Singles Top 20 Chart. In 2013, Public Enemy joined Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Run DMC, and The Beastie Boys in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Public Enemy return with Man Plans, God Laughs, a reminder that, according to Chuck D, “once we win one victory, another battle develops.” He adds that the Man Plans, God Laughs title was inspired by a comment made by NBA hall-of-famer Dr. Julius Erving: “When Dr. J said it, he was referring to all his plans for him and his brother – and then his brother died. The message I got was, ‘Stay humble.’”

Chuck D recently revealed that the sounds on Man Plans, God Laughs were “inspired by the latest works from Run The Jewels, Yeezus, and Kendrick Lamar.”