It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
by Public Enemy

It is easily one of te best albums ever. The second half is brilliantly constructed, with six classics and one interlude (Security of the First world)

One of the greatest Hip Hop albums of all time by one of the greatest Hip Hop bands of all time. If you're not one of those people that are instantly dismissive of the whole genre then go ahead and remove the words Hip and Hop from my first sentence. Bring the Noise, Don't Believe the Hype, Louder than a Bomb, Channel Zero, Living Baseheads, Black Steel, Rebel Without a Pause. If Fear of a Black Planet wasn't also so damn good this would read like a Greatest Hits. It's also for me a guilt free listen as it's not blighted by the misogyny and violence that is prevalent in so much Hip Hop and often triggers an internal conflict where I find myself balancing an albums music against it's sentiment . Slightly confused by some of the ratings of 70/80's below from people whose comments would suggest they love the album, come on people this is at least a 9/10, show it the love it deserves! (Edited)

From junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/29/2012 02:36 | #37588 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Where would modern hip-hop be without Public Enemy? They took the meaningful side of rap and brought it to the masses. More significant than Run DMC by far. (Edited)

From swhaze TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/15/2014 14:27 | #109295 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

Anybody who would omit Public Enemy Or "Nation of Millions" from any serious discussion of the last quarter-century in American popular music - never mind rap - is an idiot. The most important hip-hop album in history and the most radical political statement ever to go platinum. Want relief from modern "gangster" rap? Want to hear old school rap? Well, then this is the CD for you. This is when rap had a cause and a feeling.

This sounds very dated today and the music on here while it might be impressive for the time just doesn't hold up to this day. This leads to a lot of moments that make you tense up a bit as they are so outdated and old fashioned. I also am not a huge fan of the delivery of Flavor Flav and I think he might be a big influence on what makes it such a tough listen. Despite this, the lyrical content is phenomenal and the themes they tackle are important and deserve to be listened to. Chuck D is the leader of this and he really carries this record for me. Overall, this is a record that you have to listen to for its lyrics and significance in music but its lack of musical quality has become evident over time in my opinion. (Edited)