Rebel Without A Pause (track)
by Public Enemy
Year: 1988
From the album It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (track #14)
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Rebel Without A Pause appears on the following album(s) by Public Enemy:
- It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (track #14) (this album) (1988)
- Power To The People And The Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits (track #3) (compilation) (2005)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/28/2026 08:28 | Siromynian | 17,775 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2026 19:26 | bonnequestion | 16,918 | 74/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2026 20:25 | Exist-en-ciel | 161,279 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/18/2025 09:38 | spinout | 41,002 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2025 14:49 | markl73 | 7,030 | 78/100 |
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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 83.5/100, a mean average of 81.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 84.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 16.9.
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DeusExMackia 06/19/2018 12:50 | #216994
The sample on those breaks is f*cking awesome, as is the rest of the song. Goes like a B-52 on a bomb run.
Graeme2 11/22/2013 20:29 | #94118
One of the greatest and most important singles ever in any genre. Rewrote the rule book for hip hop. Check out the hammersmith odeon footage of this from def jam tour 87.
Romanelli 01/27/2013 16:40 | #63061
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