Pop Will Eat Itself (and Public Enemy): Scrapping With Rap
Steven Wells, NME, 29 October 1988
AS DEF JAM'S happy rap panto rolls through Europe, Pop Will Eat Itself and Public Enemy are getting on fine. Unfortunately the hordes of Belgian B-Boys HATE the Poppies and the feeling is pretty mutual.
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