It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)

By Public Enemy

Sirens, free jazz squall and heavy funk collide under Chuck D, who raps about race, media and power in dense, confrontational verses. The New York group's second album, built by their production team the Bomb Squad, won the Village Voice's 1988 Pazz & Jop critics' poll. Rolling Stone ranked it number 15 on its 500 greatest albums list.

Released
1988
Tracks
16

Track list

  1. Countdown to Armageddon
  2. Bring the Noise
  3. Don’t Believe the Hype
  4. Cold Lampin’ With Flavor
  5. Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
  6. Mind Terrorist
  7. Louder Than a Bomb
  8. Caught, Can We Get a Witness?
  9. Show ’em Whatcha Got
  10. She Watch Channel Zero?!
  11. Night of the Living Baseheads
  12. Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
  13. Security of the First World
  14. Rebel Without a Pause
  15. Prophets of Rage
  16. Party for Your Right to Fight