912. PUBLIC ENEMY, "911 Is a Joke"
Produced by Carl Ryder, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, Hans Shocklee, and Keith Shocklee; written by Flavor Flav, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, and Keith Shocklee
Def Jam 73309 1990 Billboard # 34
Because back in the day, children, Flavor Flav was not a clown--he was a Fool. Cracking wise and speaking truth, here he is in his finest hour, not merely serving as a comic foil for Chuck D but holding the whole single by himself, being seriously funny. Social commentary you can dance to and sing along on the chorus for? That makes the upper half of the Hot 100? Hell yes that's a day that we should feel nostalgic for.
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