Public Enemy have announced the tracklist for new album What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down, and it’s an old-school extravaganza. The outfit’s first album for Def Jam in more than 20 years features Beastie Boys’ Mike D and Ad-Rock, Cypress Hill, Run-DMC, Ice-T, Nas, YG, DJ Premier, George Clinton, the Roots’ Black Thought and Questlove, Rapsody, and more. See the full tracklist below.
What You Gonna Do is out September 25. It follows 2017’s Nothing Is Quick in the Desert. Upon announcing the album, Flavor Flav said, “Def Jam is like the house we grew up in. It’s cool to be home.” Today, Chuck D will take questions about the album on Facebook Live from midday Eastern.
Earlier this year, the group released “State of the Union (STFU),” the album’s DJ Premier–produced lead single. They have also released an updated version of “Fight the Power,” featuring YG, Black Thought, and others. Before that, the group appeared to fire Flavor Flav, then claimed it had been an elaborate hoax. Flav said he had been unaware of the plan.
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What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down:
01 When The Grid Goes Down [ft. George Clinton]
02 Grid [ft. Cypress Hill and George Clinton]
03 State of the Union (STFU) [ft. DJ Premier]
04 Merica Mirror [ft. Pop Diesel]
05 Public Enemy Number Won [ft. Mike D, Ad-Rock, Run-DMC]
06 Toxic
07 Yesterday Man [ft. Daddy-O]
08 Crossroads Burning (Interlude) [ft. James Bomb]
09 Fight The Power: Remix 2020 [ft. Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, Jahi, YG, Questlove]
10 Beat Them All
11 Smash The Crowd [ft. Ice-T, PMD]
12 If You Can’t Join Em Beat Em
13 Go At It [ft. Jahi]
14 Don’t Look At The Sky (Interlude) [ft. Mark Jenkins]
15 Rest In Beats [ft. the Impossebulls]
16 R.I.P. Blackat
17 Closing: I Am Black [ft. Ms. Ariel]