Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo)

Description

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the second studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on June 28, 1988, by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records. It was recorded from 1987 to 1988 in sessions at Chung King Studios, Greene St. Recording, and Sabella Studios in New York. Noting the enthusiastic response toward their live shows, Public Enemy intended to make the album's music at a higher tempo than their 1987 debut Yo! Bum Rush the Show for performance purposes. The group also set out to create the hip hop equivalent of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On (1971), an album noted for its strong social commentary. Through their production team the Bomb Squad, Public Enemy introduced a densely aggressive sound influenced by free jazz, heavy funk, and musique concrète as a backdrop for lead rapper Chuck D, who employed sociopolitical rhetoric, revolutionary attitudes, and dense vocabulary in his performances.It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back charted for 47 weeks on the US Billboard 200, peaking at number 42, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 1989. The album received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised its production techniques and Chuck D's socially and politically charged lyricism. It also appeared on many publications' year-end top album lists for 1988 and was the runaway choice as the best album of 1988 in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics' poll, a poll of the leading music critics in the US.Since its initial reception, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back has been regarded by music writers and publications as one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time. In 2000, it was voted number 92 in Colin Larkin's book All Time Top 1000 Albums, and in 2003, it was ranked number 48 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, the highest ranking of all the hip hop albums on the list, and the only one acknowledged in the top 100. In the 2020 version of the same list, the album was ranked number 15, while other hip-hop albums moved into the top 100.

Release Info

Artist: Public Enemy
Label: Def Jam Recordings
Format: LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo
Country: Europe
Label: Def Jam Recordings
Released: 2023-11-10
Genre: Hip Hop
Style: Conscious

Tracklist

Silver Side
A1 Countdown To Armageddon
A2 Bring The Noise
A3 Don't Believe The Hype
A4 Cold Lampin With Flavor
B1 Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic
B2 Mind Terrorist
B3 Louder Than A Bomb
B4 Caught, Can We Get A Witness?
Black Side
C1 Show Em Whatcha Got
C2 She Watch Channel Zero?!
C3 Night Of The Living Baseheads
C4 Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
D1 Security Of The First World
D2 Rebel Without A Pause
D3 Prophets Of Rage
D4 Party For Your Right To Fight