Today I received the last Public Enemy sealed vinyl I’ve been searching for, and that’s the 1989 banger “Fight The Power”. Kind of fitting because this song is the one that first got me into PE a couple years ago.

Nobody could accurately calculate the current population of sealed copies of this record, but I’m guessing the count is relatively low because this is the only sealed copy I’ve seen posted to eBay or Discogs in 2 years.

A timeless piece of art such as this deserves to be catalogued and preserved for history, and that’s why I’ll be sending it to VMG for grading.

I was able to get my grubby paws on a sealed original press vinyl copy of Public Enemy’s groundbreaking 1988 album “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back”.

This album contains a handful of timeless songs and utilizes the classic PE production style that left their imprint on hip-hop. Holding this really does feel like holding a fine art print of a master. Looking forward to grading it soon.

After two years of scoping out eBay and Discogs, I was finally able to land a sealed original press vinyl copy of Public Enemy’s 1989 album “Fear of a Black Planet” in great condition and for a very reasonable price.

The next step is to send this vinyl off to VMG for grading. Public Enemy’s music is art as much as it is music, and this album deserves to be encapsulated and displayed like a classic painting.

The newest addition to my growing Public Enemy music collection is this 1984 promo record of Spectrum City featuring Chuck D and Hank+Keith Shocklee (future “Bomb Squad” members).

Chuck graduated from Adelphi in 1984 and this is the earliest vinyl that he’s featured on to my knowledge.

Picked up this sealed OG press vinyl copy of Public Enemy’s 1987 debut album “Yo! Bum Rush the Show”. This isn’t the album they’re best known for, but this is where it all began. Grateful to have this hiphop time capsule in my hands and I plan to get it graded soon.