When Public Enemy dropped Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025 in late June, it landed like a thunderclap, a reminder that Chuck D and Flavor Flav still make music that demands to be heard, felt, and confronted. The October 10th arrival of the CD and vinyl editions doesn’t just mark a reissue date; it feels like a full-circle moment, a chance to hold something solid from a group that’s always treated hip-hop as more than disposable noise. Even this deep into their career, Public Enemy still sounds urgent. The record kicks off with “SIICK,” a loud, muscular fusion of hip-hop and rap-rock grit that opens the album like a siren. The guitars slice through the mix while Chuck D’s voice booms like a town crier on the edge of chaos. The song feels like an announcement, not of nostalgia, but of persistence. “Confusion (Here Come the Drums)” is one of the album’s most dynamic tracks. Layers of percussion, noise, and distortion form a wall of rhythm that keeps threatening to topple over b...