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)
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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95/100  | 08/29/2025 14:08 | markl73 | | 80/100 |
100/100 | 07/25/2025 00:21 |  HoldenM | | 91/100 |
85/100 | 06/14/2025 18:54 | fatpizzachef | | 88/100 |
80/100 | 05/29/2025 19:44 | ShenBapiro | | 79/100 |
80/100 | 02/23/2025 10:45 | Siromynian | | 71/100 |
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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 86.2/100. 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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