It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

~ Release by Public Enemy (see all versions of this release, 13 available)

Annotation

Seminal hip hop album released in 1988 by Def Jam in association with Columbia/CBS in many territories.
Built on a vast array of soul and funk samples, the tracks have gone on to be widely sampled themselves.
The album contains an introduction and interludes recorded at a Brixton, London UK live concert for Dave Pearce's A Fresh Start to the Week show on Capital Radio.

A remastered edition was issued in 1995. (CD cat: 314 527 358-2).

Annotation last modified on 2007-07-04 16:47 UTC.

Tracklist

# Title Rating Length
  CD 1
11 Countdown to Armageddon 1:40
22 Bring the Noise
5 3:46
33 Don't Believe the Hype
5:19
44 Cold Lampin' With Flavor 4:17
55 Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
4:31
66 Mind Terrorist 1:20
77 Louder Than a Bomb 3:39
88 Caught, Can We Get a Witness?
4:53
99 Show 'Em Whatcha Got
1:56
1010 She Watch Channel Zero?!
3:49
1111 Night of the Living Baseheads 3:15
1212 Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
6:23
1313 Security of the First World
1:20
1414 Rebel Without a Pause
4 5:03
1515 Prophets of Rage 3:19
1616 Party for Your Right to Fight 3:25

Relationships

DJ-mixes:
Bring the Bars (Public Enemy x Black Flag) by Max Tannone (track 2)
mash-ups:
Bring the Jugs! (Public Enemy vs. Glen Miller Orchestra) by dj BC (track 2)
Bring the Justice by Z‐Trip (track 2)
Bring the Television (Public Enemy vs. Television) by Go Home Productions (track 2)
Immigrant Noise by Z‐Trip (track 2)
Union City Noise (Public Enemy vs. Blondie) by Go Home Productions (track 2)
sampled by:
Back Once Again by Hilltop Hoods (track 2)
Dj piinab plaati by A-Rühm (track 8)
Egg Man by Beastie Boys (track 2)
Everything I Am by Kanye West feat. DJ Premier (track 2)
Here We Go Again by Everclear (track 2)
I Got Next / Neva Hadda Gun by KRS‐One (track 2)
Justify My Love by Madonna (track 13)
Lets Go Get Stoned by Sublime (track 14)
Long Island Wildin' by De La Soul (track 14)
No Time for Yes by The Evolution Control Committee (track 3)
P.E. 2000 (Rock remix) by Puff Daddy (track 5)
Rock the Funky Beat (original version) by Natural Born Chillers (track 8)
Show Me What You Got by Jay-Z (track 9)
That’s Enough by Talib Kweli feat. John Forté, Skyzoo, Posdnuos, Rubix & Fashawn (track 12)
samples:
Angel of Death by Slayer (track 10)
Flash's Theme by Queen (track 5)
Hyperbolicsyllablicsesquedalymistic by Isaac Hayes (track 12)
remastered versions:
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy [ Remove | Edit ]
ASIN:
US: B00000DS9Q [info] [ Remove | Edit ]
Discogs:
http://www.discogs.com/release/176585 [info] [ Remove | Edit ]
recording of:
Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos (track 12)
She Watch Channel Zero?! (track 10)
Show 'Em Whatcha Got (track 9)