VH1 has selected Public Enemy's Fight the Power as the greatest hip hop song of all time. It is an obvious and rightful choice. The track elevated hip hop from party genre to political change. It was also the heartbeat for Spike Lee's 1989 masterpiece, Do the Right Thing. Both film and song helped bridge the racial, cultural, and generational divide from the 80's into the 90's. No other media did as much damage.
Speaking of Lee, Roger Ebert interviewed him at the Toronto Film Festival.
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