Editing New-school hip-hop (section)

===Public Enemy===
[[File:Public Enemy @ Sir Stewart Bovell Park (2 1 2011) (5356059653).jpg|alt=Three men on stage, one of whom is holding a guitar.|thumb|right|Public Enemy performing in 2011]]
Public Enemy, having been reluctantly convinced to sign to a record label, released ''[[Yo! Bum Rush the Show]]'' on Def Jam in 1987.<ref name="Coleman351">Coleman, p. 351</ref> It debuted the Public Enemy logo, which depicted a hatted b-boy in a sniper's crosshairs, and was replete with battle rhymes ("Miuzi Weighs a Ton", "Public Enemy #1"), social-political fare ("Rightstarter, Message to a Black Man)" and anti-[[crack cocaine|crack]] messages ("Megablast").<ref name="Coleman351" />

The album was a critical and commercial success, particularly in Europe, unusually so for a hip hop album at that time.<ref name="Coleman354">Coleman, p. 354</ref> ''Yo! Bum Rush the Show'' had been recorded on the heels of Run-D.M.C.'s ''Raising Hell'', but was held back by Def Jam in order for them to concentrate on releasing and promoting the Beastie Boys' ''License to Ill''.<ref name="Coleman351" /> Chuck D of Public Enemy felt that by the time their first record was released, BDP and Rakim had already changed the landscape for how an MC could rap.<ref name="Coleman351" /> Public Enemy were already recording their second album ''[[It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back]]'' (Def Jam, 1988) when ''Yo! Bum Rush the Show'' hit stores.<ref name="Coleman351" />