Aggression Quote by Dr. Dre

I grew up on Public Enemy, which had a message with great music behind it.

— Madlib

We were inspired by groups like Public Enemy, EPMD, and N.W.A. and ya know, Boogie Down Productions, Run-DMC and the list goes on.

— B-Real

I played more of an advisory role with Public Enemy. I really trusted them to make the music that they wanted to make, and…

— Rick Rubin

With Public Enemy, they were doing such a different thing in terms of what they were talking about - .social content, political content -…

— B-Real

For me, if Public Enemy doesn't exist, Cypress Hill definitely doesn't exist, because we were directly influenced and inspired by them. From the production…

— B-Real

N.W.A had something in common with the Rolling Stones and MC5 and groups like that: the voice of rebellion. It's rebellion against your parents.…

— Jerry Heller

How good music and bad reasons sound when one marches against an enemy.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

What Public Enemy and Underground Resistance had in common was a rejection of the idea of music as entertainment.

— Mark Fisher

I didn't have a lot of overtly political songs. I think it was more the actions of the group that were threatening to the…

— Greg Ginn

When E started Ruthless, we didn't have to listen to anybody tellin' us what we had to do. That's why the music was so…

— MC Ren

The moment you start asking questions, you become public enemy number one.

— Richard Ojeda

The enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have.

— Truman Capote