Chuck D. famously calls out Elvis on “Fight The Power,” but less famously calls out fellow Anthology member Bobby McFerrin in his declaration of a new musical era. The gangsta rappers Chuck termed “black CNN” loudly broadcast truths about poverty, the police and systemic racism that made McFerrin sound anodyne, that mainstream America has barely caught up to decades later. Ice-T makes the case for radical realism, KRS-One drops knowledge as he connects the ‘officer’ to the ‘overseer’, and Geto Boys vividly illustrate the emotional cost of street life.