Returning to Def Jam after more than two decades, Public Enemy is back and louder than ever! What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down is the revitalized social justice anthem of 2020 and the body of work is a call to action, inciting justice for the black community. The album features artists such as DJ Premier, Mike D, Ice-T, PMD, Run DMC, and Jahi.

Flash was the DJ and the Furious Five were the best multiple rappers around, moving from the music's low-rent dance origins (it was Flash who began cutting in repeated portions of other records) and party spirit to the "message" approach that took over in the mid 80s, prefigured in "The Message." Much of what came later, started here.

Eminem has released a deluxe edition of his most recent LP Music to Be Murdered By. In the vein of Lil Uzi Vert’s Eternal Atake deluxe edition LUV vs. The World 2, Music to Be Murdered By - Side B is actually a full-on sequel album with a new collection of 16 songs. It features Dr. Dre, who appears on “Guns Blazing” and co-produced “She Loves Me” and “Discombobulated.” Ty Dolla $ign, DJ Premier, and Skylar Gray also appear on the album.

If Eminem's Curtain Call: The Hits really is his final bow and not merely a clever denouement to his series of Eminem Show and Encore albums, it's a worthy way to retire. And even if he stages a comeback years from now, there's little question that the first five years of his career, spanning four albums plus a soundtrack, will be his popular and creative peak, meaning that the time is right for Curtain Call – it has all the songs upon which his legend lies.