Chuck D chooses songs from Curtis Mayfield, Bob Marley, Marvin Gaye and talks about how the Isley Brothers influenced the iconic “Fight The Power.” “When I did "Fight The Power" in 1989 understand how much I was influenced in 1975 by "Fight The Power" by the Isley Brothers. So that obviously is the first record if I had to name on your list. "Fight The Power" in 1975 was a record that moved me,” he says.