It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
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It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is a studio album of the famous Hip-Hop group Public Enemy. It is the most acclaimed album in the late 80's.
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[edit] About
The album was released on April 19, 1988 by Def Jam Records. It features 16 tracks of songs. The album reached number one on Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Album chart and number two on the Billboard 200 chart. The album was voted as the best album of the year by the Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics. It was also named as the greatest album is Spin Magazine
[edit] Tracks
| Track | Title | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Countdown To Armageddon | 1:40 |
| 2 | Bring The Noise | 3:46 |
| 3 | Don't Believe The Hype | 5:19 |
| 4 | Cold Lampin With Flavor | 4:17 |
| 5 | Terminator X To The Edge of Panic | 4:31 |
| 6 | Mind Terrorist | 1:21 |
| 7 | Louder Than A Bomb | 3:37 |
| 8 | Caught, Can We Get A Witness? | 4:53 |
| 9 | Show Em Whatcha Got | 1:56 |
| 10 | She Watch Channel Zero | 3:49 |
| 11 | Night of The Living Baseheads | 3:14 |
| 12 | Black Steel in The Hour of Chaos | 6:23 |
| 13 | Security of The First World | 1:20 |
| 14 | Rebel Without A Pause | 5:02 |
| 15 | Prophets of Rage | 3:18 |
| 16 | Party For Your Right To Fight | 3:24 |
[edit] Awards & Certifications
[edit] Chart Toppers
| Year | Album | Billboard 200 Chart Position | R&B/Hip-Hop Chart Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back | 42 | 1 |
[edit] Credits
Performance Credits
Public Enemy Primary Artist, Primary Artist
Professor Griff Vocals
Chuck D Vocals
Fab 5 Freddy Vocals
Flavor Flav Vocals
Terminator X Turntables
Norman Rogers scratching
Erica Johnson Vocals
Oris Josphe Vocals
Johnny Juice Rosado scratching, Turntables
Harry Allen Vocals
Technical Credits
Professor Griff Contributor
Chuck D Contributor
Flavor Flav Contributor
John Harrison Engineer
Jeff Jones Engineer
Rick Rubin Executive Producer
Carl Ryder Producer
Nick Sansano Engineer
Hank Shocklee Programming, Producer
Terminator X Contributor
Chuck Valle Engineer
Eric "Vietnam" Sadler Programming, Contributor
Greg Gordon Engineer
Jim Sabella Engineer
Matt Tritto Engineer
Christopher Shaw Engineer
[edit] Trivia
- The title of the track Louder Than a Bomb was influenced by the title of The Smiths album Louder Than Bombs.
- Rebel Without a Pause, which is a play on the title of the 1955 James Dean film Rebel Without a Cause.
- The track Rebel Without a Pause appeared in the videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, as well as the Playstation game, Thrasher: Skate and Destroy.
[edit] Shop
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[edit] Song Meanings
[edit] Reviews
The album is an influential, a classic, gripping and captivating. The album is a combination of Rap, Jazz, Rock and Funk. Public Enemy addressed very important issues specifically within there community, while making music that everyone could listen to while daring to deeper politically and socially then any of there counterparts.
