Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Artist:

Public Enemy

See Also:

Flav, Flavor Marley, Bob Parliament

Description:

Public Enemy: Chuck D, Flavor Flav (vocals); Norman "Terminator X" Rogers (scratches); Professor Griff (background vocals); The Security Of The First World.
Additional personnel: Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, Hank Shocklee (programming); Johnny Juice Rosado (scratches); The Black To The Future Sample Stars (background vocals).
Engineers include: Nick Sansano, Matt Tritto, Chris Shaw.
Recorded at Greene Street Recording, Chung King House Of Metal, New York, New York, Sabella Recording, Roslyn, New York & Spectrum City Studios, Hempstead, New York.
The title says it all. In 1988, when this album was released, Public Enemy`s music cut with a wholly revolutionary edge. Rarely has fear, anger, paranoia and anxiety been so masterfully compressed onto a record`s grooves. The Bomb Squad`s artistry is the keynote to the hard, lean delivery, while Chuck D`s supremely pointed lyrics leave no stone of the black experience unturned. It is not comfortable listening, but on tracks such as `Don`t Believe The Hype`, `Night Of The Living Baseheads` and `Rebel Without A Pause` the listener is left in no doubt that they are facing a fantastically potent force.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Countdown to Armageddon
2. Bring the Noise
3. Don`t Believe the Hype
4. Cold Lampin With Flavor
5. Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
6. Mind Terrorist
7. Louder Than a Bomb - (remix)
8. Caught, Can We Get a Witness?
9. Show em Whatcha Got
10. She Watch Channel Zero?!
11. Night of the Living Baseheads
12. Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
13. Security of the First World
14. Rebel Without a Pause
15. Prophets of Rage
16. Party For Your Right to Fight - (remix)

Album Information

Release Date:

05/02/1995

Type:

Performer

Genre:

R&B

Subgenre:

East Coast Rap

Label:

Def Jam (USA)

Producer:

Hank Shocklee; Carl Ryder

Catalog Number:

527 358

Original Release Year:

1988

# of Discs:

1

SPARS Coding:

AAD

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

58 : 0

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