Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Reviews4 Stars - Excellent - "...Fact is, the lay off has just made Public Enemy sound fresh again...because they've regained the wicked combination of sonic disturbance and loose, rabblerousing funk that drove classic jams like 911 Is A Joke...", Recommended - "...This LP isn't just a stunning return to form for Public Enemy, it's perhaps the most powerful horrified answer to what you are doing to black culture yet...", 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Fact is, the lay off has just made Public Enemy sound fresh again...because they've regained the wicked combination of sonic disturbance and loose, rabblerousing funk that drove classic jams like 911 is A Joke...", Ranked #20 in Nme's List of the `Top 50 Albums of 1994.', Highly Recommended - "...Knee deep in the age of gangsta, at the anticlimactic millennial edge of a world already gone wrong, Public Enemy has dropped its latest...", "...Only Slightly Mellower and Less Chaotic than the Past...No-One Sounds like This...", "...Yeah, we've heard it before but Chuck can make waves even when he's treading water...MESS AGE may be PE's most consistently enjoyable disc...", "...it takes true guts to dis gangsta rap and to challenge the black community to confront its problems..." - Rating: B, "...it takes true guts to dis gansta rap and to challenge the black community to confront its problems..." - Rating: B, "...a tour de force of densely constructed music and verbiage. Snippets of Stax-Volt grooves, reggae, soul, and metal bop and weave over gut-punching bass lines and wicked drumming while front man Chuck D lets fly with...pronouncements, warnings, and accusations..."