claim: Brian De Palma directs television but has yet to direct film.
evidence: `` Night of the Living Baseheads '' is the third single released by hip hop group Public Enemy , from their critically acclaimed album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back .. Public Enemy. Public Enemy ( band ). It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. hip hop. hip hop music. The lyrics deal with the effects of crack cocaine on African-Americans during the 1980s crack epidemic , referring to the slang for cocaine `` base '' .. crack cocaine. crack cocaine. crack epidemic. crack epidemic ( United States ). The song reached # 62 on the U.S. Hot R&B  /  Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks .. The song uses more samples than any other song on the album , a total of 20 -LRB- including the sample of Chuck D saying `` Bass ! ''. Chuck D. Chuck D. at the start of the song `` Bring the Noise '' -RRB- .. Bring the Noise. Bring the Noise. The chorus of the song that asks `` How low can you go ? ''. , refers to a person degrading himself / herself , rather than a dance .. The title is a reference to the film Night of the Living Dead , equating people addicted to crack cocaine with zombies .. crack cocaine. crack cocaine. Night of the Living Dead. Night of the Living Dead