Public Enemy: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (2LP 35th Anniversary, Remastered) [DEF JAM / HIP-O]

Why you'll love it

It Takes a Nation of Millions is regularly named the greatest hip hop album ever made, a dense, furious, politically charged masterpiece.

This edition

• 2LP set
• 35th anniversary edition
• Remastered

About the album

Chuck D's booming, righteous voice and Flavor Flav's wild energy ride the Bomb Squad's chaotic, sample-stacked production, a wall of sirens, squeals, funk breaks and noise that changed hip hop.

"Bring the Noise" is an explosive call to arms, "Don't Believe the Hype" is a media takedown, "Rebel Without a Pause" shrieks with energy, and "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" is a gripping story.

Sirens, squeals and funk breaks stacked to the ceiling. Not background music, in the best possible sense.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Def Jam / Hip-O, a remastered 35th anniversary 2LP edition of the 1988 album.