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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.

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Record Label
Universal Music TV
UPC
0731454242325
eBay Product ID (ePID)
20050155086

Product Key Features

Artist
Public Enemy
Era
1980s
Format
CD
Release Year
2000
Language
English
Style
East Coast Rap, Hardcore Rap, Golden Age
Features
Studio Recording
Release Title
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold US Back
Type
Album
Run Time
3471 Sec
Genre
Rap & Hip-Hop

Additional Product Features

Reviews
Included in Ap's "10 Essential Political-Revolution Albums", Included in Ap's "10 Essential '80s Albums"., 5 Stars-Indispensable-"...The Greatest Rap Album of All Time, a Landmark and Classic....", Ranked #12 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums of the Eighties" Survey., "The early Public Enemy masterpieces remain unique and inimitable now, relics of a world irreparably changed though in a few notable ways, very much the same.", "...Nation of Millions Lived Up to Its Hype and Then Some...", Ranked #5 in NME's list of The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s - "...IT TAKES A NATION... drags punk, rock, and hip-hop screaming towards the end of the century....Definitive...", "...Responsible for the angriest polemic since The Last Poets....They revolutionized the music, using up to 80 backing tracks in the sonic assault....to these ears PE sound like the greatest rock'n'roll band in history.", Included in Spin's list of the Top Ten College Cult Classics - "...In any context, a revolutionary work...", Bloody Essential - "...I hadn't believed it could get harder than YO! BUM RUSH THE SHOW. Or better....It was like being beaten over the head in four/four time with a skip...", Ranked #48 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...Loud, obnoxious, funky, avant-garde, political, uncompromising, hilarious...", 10 (out of 10) - "...the greatest hip-hop album ever....this wasn't merely a sonic triumph. This was also where Chuck wrote a fistful of lyrics that promoted him to the position of foremost commentator/documentor of life in the underbelly of the USA....", Ranked #6 in AP's list of the 'Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...After IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK, rap couldn't just be stupid and boom and yelp--it had to have production values and 'relevance'...", Ranked #1 in Vibe's "Top 10 Rap Albums"., 4 Stars Out of 5-"Packed Full of Loud, Obnoxious Classics....You Really Should Own this by Now.", Ranked #47 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime", Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century, Ranked #9 in Nme's List of the 'greatest Albums of All Time.'
Additional Information
Noise-bringing debut that--quite literally--revolutionized hip-hop with in-your-face politics and intense sonics.
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States

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