#PublicEnemy6Music – bring the noise in our collaborative Public Enemy playlist

It seems hip-hop pioneers Public Enemy have skewed their own message of anti-propaganda - “don’t believe the hype” - by releasing a brand new album on the hush-hush, with barely any hype at all.

Chuck-D and co released the group’s 15th studio album ‘Man Plans God Laughs’ this morning across the world via their own online store Rap Central Station, as well as on CD and vinyl from July 25.

According to a Public Enemy spokesperson (no word on whether or not it was Flavor Flav), the new record is “driven by anthems that echo Public Enemy's longstanding calls to break down institutional blockades”, and it’s left us at NP towers salivating with anticipation.

Public Enemy is hip-hop’s pinnacle in what’s known as the golden age of the genre. Second album ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back’ is considered a masterpiece, as is follow-up ‘Fear of a Black Planet’, with leader Chuck D as passionate an orator as any head of state, with clown prince Flavor Flav by his side as the ultimate hype man.

So what time is it? Its time to celebrate rap’s most consistently respected outfit in the only way we know how, by dedicated a playlist to them. Give us your PE favourites, influences that came after, seminal hip-hop samples and unlikely co-conspirators. Please.

You pick the music, so get your rock ‘n’ roll-inspired suggestions to Tom via the hashtag #PublicEnemy6Music to help create a playlist. Comment on the Now Playing Facebook page, here on the blog, email nowplaying@bbc.co.uk or drag tracks onto our Spotify and Rdio playlists.