Don't Believe The Hype (track)
by Public Enemy
Year: 1988
From the album It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (track #3)
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Don't Believe The Hype appears on the following album(s) by Public Enemy:
- It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (track #3) (this album) (1988)
- Power To The People And The Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits (track #5) (compilation) (2005)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/14/2026 17:43 | Exist-en-ciel | 85,144 | 71/100 | |
| 09/14/2025 13:31 | spinout | 39,142 | 83/100 | |
| 08/29/2025 14:08 | markl73 | 6,475 | 78/100 | |
| 07/25/2025 00:21 |  HoldenM | 8,266 | 91/100 | |
| 06/14/2025 18:54 | fatpizzachef | 105 | 88/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 85.6/100, a mean average of 85.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.8.
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It's catchy and well done, but this overdrawn track sounds more like speaking than full-on rapping at times.
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