Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World

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Season 1
  • Network: PBS
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 31, 2023
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4

Critic Reviews

  1. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Andre Gee
    Jan 31, 2023
    60
    Series directors Yemi Bamiro and Todd Williams were tasked with packing 50 years of history into roughly 4 hours. They smoothly guide us through hip-hop’s timeline, starting with a slow-burn introductory episode highlighting New Yorkers’ dire need for creative expression. This proves the series’ strongest hour. ... In 2010, Chuck D chastised Jay-Z and Kanye’s luxury opus Watch the Throne. ... Fight the Power needed more of that energy.