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Their major label albums were: Yo!

Bum Rush the Show ( 1987 ), It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back ( 1988 ), Fear of a Black Planet ( 1990 ), Apocalypse 91 ...

The Enemy Strikes Black ( 1991 ), Greatest Misses ( 1992 ), and Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age ( 1994 ).

They also released a full length album soundtrack for the film He Got Game in 1998.

Ridenhour also contributed ( as Chuck D ) to several episodes of the PBS documentary series The Blues.

He has appeared as a featured artist on many other songs and albums, having collaborated with artists such as Janet Jackson, Kool Moe Dee, The Dope Poet Society, Run-DMC, Ice Cube, Rage Against The Machine, Anthrax, John Mellencamp and many others.

In 1990, he appeared on " Kool Thing ", a song by the alternative rock band Sonic Youth, and along with Flavor Flav, he sang on George Clinton's song " Tweakin '", which appears on his 1989 album The Cinderella Theory.

In 1993, he executive produced Got ' Em Running Scared, an album by Ichiban Records group Chief Groovy Loo and the Chosen Tribe.

Chuck D stated that rap is devolving so much into a commercial enterprise, that the relationship between the rapper and the record label is that of slave to a master.

He believes that nothing has changed for African-Americans since the debut of Public Enemy and, although he thinks that an Obama-Clinton alliance is great, he does not feel that the establishment will allow anything of substance to be accomplished.

He also stated that French President Sarkozy is like any other European elite: he has profited through the murder, rape, and pillaging of those less fortunate and he refuses to allow equal opportunity for those men and women from Africa.

In this article, he also defended a comment made by Professor Griff in the past that he says was taken out of context by the media.

The real statement was a critique of the Israeli government and its treatment of the Palestinian people.

Chuck D stated that it is Public Enemy's belief that all human beings are equal.