Public Enemy 
Variations: Enemy Radio.
The latest album released by Public Enemy is Black Sky Over The Projects: Apartment 2025. This album was released 06/27/2025.
The best album credited to Public Enemy is It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back which is ranked number 227 in the overall greatest album chart with a total rank score of 7,025.
Public Enemy is ranked number 200 in the overall artist rankings with a total rank score of 10,462 (this takes into account any aliases or variations).
Public Enemy official website: http://www.publicenemy.com
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Public Enemy best albums
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Public Enemy best tracks
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Artist ratings | Avg. artist rating |
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| ! | 07/27/2025 11:25 |  doombringer | 185 | 85/100 |
| ! | 06/12/2025 23:04 | Invader666 | 337 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2024 19:27 |  paladisiac | 1,035 | 67/100 |
| ! | 02/06/2024 02:21 | EntList | 1 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/23/2023 11:53 | Stevo796 | 980 | 74/100 |
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This artist has a Bayesian average rating of 74.7/100, a mean average of 73.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this artist is 23.9.
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zags7000 08/15/2015 07:17 | #147711
Their first four albums are not just classics but important recordings in american history. Fear of the Black Planet may be my choice as their greatest though It Takes A Nation... is equally great.
junodog4 06/30/2012 18:33 | #45663
As a white kid, growing up in middle-class, suburban Canada, Public Enemy knocked me over. Powerful lyrics, powerful beats, powerful samples. I can only imagine what it did for a black kid from inner city Detroit...
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