Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black
by Public Enemy
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Public Enemy bestography
Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black is ranked 3rd best out of 19 albums by Public Enemy on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Public Enemy is It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back which is ranked number 237 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,585.
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Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 40/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Vox Magazine 50 Albums of 1991 | 38/50 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 15/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 80 Music Albums of 1991 | 32/80 | 3 |
| 2026 | Jakor | Top 50 Music Albums of 1991 | 27/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 56 Music Albums of 1991 | 27/56 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 81/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1991 | 9/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 701-800 | 78/100 | - |
| 2026 | AledJames | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 38/100 | 13 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 115 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 361 | |||
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Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/02/2026 17:34 |  Brandon8 | 1,055 | 88/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 18:02 | Jakor | 5,550 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2026 21:19 | AledJames | 1,720 | 69/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.3/100, a mean average of 75.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.
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Socipluco 07/10/2015 09:15 | #145447 | TOP COMMENT
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Great album. Terribly underrated. Everybody who listened to the rest of PE discography knows that this is, along with it takes a nation and fear of a black planet, one of their best albums. The sound is even rawer than the previous albums, if you can picture that, with the bomb squad kickin harder than they've done before and chuck d delivering his terribly good conscious flow. If you're a PE fan, this is essential. If you're not, than it is just good music (wich not always is easy to find).
Best tracks: can't truss it; 1 million bottlebags; bring the noise (feat. Anthrax) (Edited)
I don't find the music or production very interesting on a lot of this album, compared with Public Enemy's previous two albums (the Bomb Squad didn't produce this one). The rapping and beats are pretty good, though much of the rapping is too fast for my liking. I liked Flavor Flav on the second half. But this album does interest me enough to want to hear it again. (Edited)
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/30/2012 18:36 | #45665 | TOP COMMENT
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Bring the Noise was epic. The rest of this album is a little preachy.
Thanks Naples - your tremendous knowledge of hip-hop enables me to identify the key tracks without having to listen to the rest. (Edited)
Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 05/15/2011 23:52 | #21801 | TOP COMMENT
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A letdown after Fear Of A Black Planet, and a bit preachy. But these guys were still so much better than most of their contemporaries. (Edited)
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