It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

50 Greatest ROLLING STONE Albums Of All Time – No 48 Black Records Matter

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4 September 2020

Band: Public Enemy
Album: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Released: 28 June 1988

Keyline: BLACK LIVES MATTER (yes, 32 years ago too, bully Trump!)

AllMusic wrote: “‘Yo! Bum Rush the Show’ was an invigorating record, but it looks like
child’s play compared to its monumental sequel, ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us
Back’, a record that rewrote the rules of what hip-hop could do. That’s not to say the album is without precedent, since what’s particularly ingenious about the album is how it reconfigures things that came before into a startling, fresh, modern sound. Public Enemy used the template Run-D.M.C. created of a rap crew as a rock band, then brought in elements of free jazz, hard funk, even musique concrète, via their producing team, the Bomb Squad, creating a dense, ferocious sound unlike anything that came before.” Score: 5/5.


Full album…

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Key tracks: Rebel Without A Cause / Don’t Believe The Hype / Bringe The Noise

– REBEL WITHOUT A PAUSE –

– DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE –

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– BRING THE NOISE –

Full album…

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PUBLIC ENEMY: Facebook

Eye-Catching Album Covers – PUBLIC ENEMY

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Great album covers from the past…

3 June 2020

‘It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back’ by PUBLIC ENEMY
Released 28 June 1988 – the band’s second album.
Charted for 47 weeks on the US Charts, peaking at #42
and was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 1989.

Two of the powerful tracks…

– REBEL WITHOUT A PAUSE –

– DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE –

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Album In full…

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PUBLIC ENEMY: Facebook

PUBLIC ENEMY Released Razor-Sharp Album ‘IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK’ Thirty Years Ago…

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Going back in sonic history looking for memorable albums…

27 June 2018

Band: PUBLIC ENEMY

Album: IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK – their 2nd LP

Released: 28 June 1988 – 30 years ago

ROLLING STONE wrote: “Loud, obnoxious, funky, avant-garde, political, hilarious. Public Enemy’s brilliant second album is all of these things, all at once. Chuck D booms intricate rhymes with a delivery inspired by sportscaster Marv Albert; sidekick Flavor Flav raps comic relief; and production team the Bomb Squad builds mesmerizing, multilayered jams, pierced with shrieking sirens. The title and roiling force of “Bring the Noise” is truth in advertising. “If they’re callin’ my music ‘noise,'” said Chuck D, “if they’re saying that I’m really getting out of character being a black person in America, then fine – I’m bringin’ more noise.”

TURN UP THE VOLUME says: these explosive rap masters were the most furious,
the most opinionated and the most inspiring ones ever. Pure street punk poetry!

THREE TOP TRACKS: Bring The Noise / Don’t Believe The Hype / Caught, Can We Get A Witness

* BRING THE NOISE

* DON’T BELIEVE THE HYPE

* CAUGHT, CAN WE GET A WITNESS

Album in full…
(#1 – #16)

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PUBLIC ENEMY: Website – Facebook – All Albums