It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

jebo vas public enemy da vas više jebo... evo, ovo je TREĆI album s popisa, kronološki prvi, a meni posljednji, fala bogu. i pogodite šta? zvuči isto kao i preostala dva. ovaj je možda i najbolji, ali i dalje mi ne valja. svakako je utjecajan, ne mogu to nikako poricati, mislim da bih ovaj odabrao kao reprezentativan i uklonio preostala dva (sudeći po prosjecima na ovoj stranici, čini se da se i ostali korisnici načelno slažu da je ovaj najbolji, premda je »fear of a black planet« jedva trunku lošiji po ocjenama, za svega 0,02). no to što je u tako velikoj mjeri utjecao na zvuk većine naredne rep glazbe ne smatram baš dobrom pojavom... još neki komentari uz baš ovaj album: jedan od ovih likova ima toliko nepodnošljiv i krindž glas, ne mogu ga smisliti, drugi je okej. tekstovi su bezvezni na tipični repniški način: ja sam crnac, niga ovo, niga ono itd., mjestimice su prošarani danas dobrano ofucanim političkim porukama. na gotovo svakoj pjesmi uspiju naći neki visok, piskutav zvučak za semplanje (ne znam kako da drugačije opišem) koji se neprestano na pjesmi ponavlja, a koji meni zvuči strašno i iritira me. sve u svemu pjesme mi ne zvuče dobro ni u jednom aspektu i imao sam osjećaj da album traje dva sata, a ne manje od sata... ne mogu svrstati među kečine jer zacijelo nije sranje, moglo se odslušati i sasvim razumijem zašto bi netko ovome dao peticu, drago mi je da se nekima sviđa i da uživaju, al za mene jednostavno nije

[odslušao i napisao 29/10/26]

Not my bag. Rytmiskt och en massa prat. Men vart är melodierna och refrängen?

Don’t believe the hype

I honestly think I blame that Lil Yachty video where he’s freestyling with Tyler the creator and does this mock old timey rap, but I just can’t seem to enjoy any hip hop music now that sounds even remotely like that.

The beats on here really don’t help either, feel like Terminator X is making the songs as obnoxious and as irritating as possible. Making me say “I’ll (not) be back”.

Flavor Flav also just pisses me off lol

1.5

Seems like every Public Enemy album is gonna be like this. Nothing wrong with the lyrics, but these backing tracks are really grating, it's taking me some effort to not just skip through them.

4/5. When it comes to early (pre 90’s) hip-hop music, it is my belief that Public Enemy are one of the few groups to really still stand the test of time. Part of that is the way their music is produced, both minimal yet punchy and aggressive. The same can be said for the rapping of Chuck D and Flavor Flave, they might not be the most technically insane rappers but they rap with such conviction that it ends up fully working, which is important for songs as politically charged as theirs. And it all comes together to create a ton of bangers like the first main track here “Bring the Noise.” There’s also “She Watch Channel Zero!?” Which samples Slayer’s Angel or Death of all things. Just great listen all around.

PE's reception history has taken lots of twists and turns, and I think it's time for a reappraisal. Like the critics first noticed, this is completely groundbreaking music and we've heard little since that can produce the same kind of noisy, awe-inspired sublime.

Also, the only time I've ever fanned out in my life is when I met Chuck D. But that's a different story for another time.

hippe-di-hoppe-di

2.7

Strong messages and rhymes, the immediacy of the delivery and the tight interaction of the vocalists add up. Personal highlights are Black Steel and Don't Believe The Hype.

meh

Out of the three Public Enemy albums I've heard thisis easily the most ahead of its time. It's got the incessant, bolshy rapping but there's a sense of fun and plenty of pep in the production, which goes surprisingly hard at points. It all comes together as a very vibey, head banging package without any weak spots.

its good hiphop, just its autumn and im gonna save it for next summer, and yes i know TECHNICALLY its not autumn yet, but idc really it is for me

"Your general subject, love, is minimal
It's sex for profit"

10/10 Absolute Music... Still 4/5

Absolute classic hip hop.

Cool

Day 7

Dare I say the best hip-hop album of the 80s

Fav tracks: Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos, Don't Believe the Hype, Night of the Living Baseheads, Rebel Without a Pause, Prophets of Rage

Too much repeating of words and annoying sounds.

Tåler tiden mye bedre enn jeg forventa. En del av rappinga er litt goofy, men allikevel: Veldig fett album!

yeeeeeeeeeeeah booooooi here we go again

Excellent record, sounds like a completely different genre to all rap before it and to be honest after it as well other than like rap rock and rap metal maybe

Idk it was fine ig. Fav track: Louder than a bomb