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 Russell Myrie Don't Rhyme For The Sake Of Riddlin' book

It's strange that an 'official' attempt at the Public Enemy story in print form has taken this long and that it is by a UK writer on a Scottish press. There is a rich, insightful and detailed story here showing the huge team effort that is / was Public Enemy written with a fan's passion. It's a decent sized book but still begs the question – there must have been more stories to tell? It places them in their slot in the hip hop history timeline (as challengers / peers / influences / students at various times) as they have been doing it since 'day'.

More insights about the members' early lives may have been useful in portraying the whole story of the people in the band. One aspect that may be a weakness of the book is that it does not go into much detail about their studio production methods – arguably the story at the heart of the book. Expensive at £17.99.

Roll on the band's autobiography!


- Chris Byrne


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