let take one album i think that had a huge influence, the early marvin gay. i did a documentary on the album what s going on. it was about racism, poverty, it became a protest anthem. does it still speak to the marginalized and owe prosed the way this did? no, not like that. this is a different time and era. my impression of what i see in art today is not as intense as it was when you. there was much more on the line there? i think there was. it s not still a passion or as new as it was then. that s what what you say. these were people who were going
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continued policing and racial problems. it was art in pursuit of truth and maybe change just as the soundtrack s original public enemy song, fight the power, which you probably remember has become such an iconic protest anthem, remaining relevant today. well, the music outlet complex invited me to discuss some of the top protest anthems across all of hip hop, along with music journalist brian miller. well, of course, that song did come up, and we want to share with you right now a little bit of what we talked about, airing here on the beat for the first time. it s one of the most iconic protest songs of any genre, period. absolutely, yeah. go back and look at public enemy. they re in the streets. they have the signs. flava flav is flava flaving. elvis never meant anything to me. when you look at where it s playing, it s a lot of cities with police still killing innocent people, overwhelmingly