To be most effective, the Bomb Squad needed to craft its sound around a very particular type of MC. Chuck D was an obvious choice for Public Enemy: his voice was loud enough to work in concert with the clashing of sounds, and his flow was sharp and even enough to let the music work around him. He wasn’t trying to overpower it so much as he was trying to find a way to live within it. It takes a special MC to find a comfortable pocket amid the hectic rage swelling out of the production of the Bomb Squad. It needs an MC who is equal parts ferocious and generous, willing to bow a bit to production
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