''People Get Ready'' is the debut

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of Public Enemy spin-off project

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. The album was released on October 7, 2014. As the "next generation" of Public Enemy, PE 2.0's philosophy is to "take select songs from the PE catalog and cover or reVisit them" as well as new material with members of the original Public Enemy including DJ Lord, Davy DMX, Professor Griff and Chuck D. The album includes numerous samples from the original Public Enemy and two explicit covers with new lyrics - "What They Need" an update of the Public Enemy track "Gotta Give the Peeps What They Need" from the 2002 album

Revolverlution ''Revolverlution'' is the seventh studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released July 23, 2002 on Koch Records in the United States. The album debuted at number 110 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 chart. Upon its release, it receive ...

and "Yo!", a cover of "Yo! Bum Rush the Show" from Public Enemy's first album in 1987. Public Enemy frontman

Chuck D Carlton Douglas Ridenhour (born August 1, 1960), known professionally as Chuck D, is an American rapper, best known as the leader and frontman of the hip hop group Public Enemy, which he co-founded in 1985 with Flavor Flav. Chuck D helped creat ...

also makes guest appearances on the title track "People Get Ready" and "Yo!".

Track listing

References

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