Public Enemy Tops VH1’s 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs in History

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VH1 Finally got it right: the music channel named Public Enemy’s seminal hit “Fight the Power” number one on its list of the 100 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs in History.

That was my jam right there! Spike Lee directed the video which was filmed on location in Brooklyn in 1989. I was working at New York hospital at the time, and the police were on the scene in full force thinking there was going to be a riot because Tawana Brawley was there.

Tensions were still high from when she lied and accused a white cop of raping her. The city had police on horseback and paddy wagons on standby. It was very insulting. But those were good times.

VH1 also named Rapper’s Delight by the Sugarhill Gang which took second place on the list, with Dr. Dre’s Nuthin But A ‘G’ Thang coming in a close third.