Yo! Bum Rush the Show was an invigorating record, but it looks like child's play compared to its monumental sequel, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, a record that rewrote the rules of what hip-hop could do. That's not to say the album is without precedent, since what's particularly ingenious about the album is how it reconfigures things that came before into a startling, fresh, modern sound. Public Enemy used the template Run-D.M.C. created of a rap crew as a rock band, t...   [ read more ]

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First-ever full length retrospective from the most influential hip-hop/rap group of all time! Featuring Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Terminator X, and Professor Griff. 18 digitally remixed classics including 'Fight the Power,' 'Bring the Noise,' 'Rebel Without a Pause,' 'Don't Believe the Hype,' '911 is a Joke,' 'Can't Truss It,' and 'He Got Game.' This release is complete with deluxe packaging including rare photos, detailed credits and insightful essays from Harry Allen and the Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch.

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VINYL FORMAT. "...It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, a record that rewrote the rules of what hip-hop could do...what's particularly ingenious about [this] album is how it reconfigures things that came before into a startling, fresh, modern sound. Public Enemy used the template Run-D.M.C. created of a rap crew as a rock band, then brought in elements of free jazz, hard funk, even musique concrete, via their producing team, the Bomb Squad, creating a dense, ferocious sound unlike anything that ca...   [ read more ]

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