Blog 11 !

 For this weeks blog I decided to listen to "Night of the Living Baseheads" by Public Enemy. This song is something that I would never choose to listen to on my own. I picked this song because I think that way Public Enemy uses this song to inform a community about a problem is really interesting. The song opens with a recording of Malcom X and most listeners would think that Public Enemy was using this to look at the relationship between the rising sales of cocaine to systematic problems. However, Public Enemy uses their platform to tell the blatant truth of the situation. Comparing with many preceding Black Nationalist leaders, they are not sugar coating a truth. It is a way to express reality that may not be discussed in media. Many artists write songs about their experiences, but I think that this is different. Public Enemy is not just writing about their experiences, but they write as if their music is a form of media. It highlights many topics that are not talked about in media and should be because they are important topics to discuss. It also causes media to reach a different demographic. I think that in 1988, most of the people who listen to this genre of music is also not watching the news or reading the newspaper. So, it becomes a cultural channel of important issues.