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100
Fear of a Black Planet finds the Bomb Squad at the height of their powers, assembling deeply intricate grooves out of infinitesimal building blocks.
100
Hip-hop has a habit of moving at such a pace that records date in a matter of years, but Fear Of A Black Planet is utterly timeless. Musically, it's funky, avant-garde, dense, and original (and it uses live instrumentation, as if that matters). Lyrically, it's inspired, intelligent, emotive, and angry as hell.
91
Fear of a Black Planet isn’t Public Enemy’s masterpiece. But it’s a formidable piece of work, and the one pop album released so far this year that no one interested in the current state of American culture can afford to ignore.
80
The group's determination and realism, its devotion to activism and booty shaking, make Fear of a Black Planet a welcome, bracing triumph.
some of the most socially relevant music ever. this goes hand-in-hand with NWA and what they said about unfair treatment of black people. there are bangers, and there are tracks with some deep lyrics that you just have to sit back and listen to. at times i felt that the production started to sound the same, but the rhythm changed a bit.
fav tracks: welcome to the terrordome, burn hollywood burn, power to the people, fear of a black planet, fight the power.
fav tracks: welcome to the terrordome, burn hollywood burn, power to the people, fear of a black planet, fight the power.
Its political significance certainly boosts its score, but this is definitely one of my favorite hip hop records of all time.
Fear of a Black Planet opens with a warning siren of pop culture samples and knocking drums. It makes itself blatantly clear: get out now or get ready to get knocked on your butt, and then, on the next track, they deliver the first knockout blow. That track, Brothers Gonna Work It Out, still reigns as one of the most powerful, uplifting, and jaw dropping moments of Public Enemy's entire powerful, uplifting, and jaw dropping discography. What then follows is 18 tracks of government call-outs ... read more
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Track List
- Contract On The World Love Jam
- Brothers Gonna Work It Out
- 911 Is A Joke
- Incident At 66.6 FM
- Welcome To The Terrordome
- Meet The G That Killed Me
- Pollywanacraka
- Anti-Nigger Machine
- Burn Hollywood Burn
- Power To The People
- Who Stole The Soul?
- Fear Of A Black Planet
- Revolutionary Generation
- Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya, Man!
- Reggie Jax
- Leave This Off Your Fuckin Charts
- B Side Wins Again
- War At 33 1/3
- Final Count Of The Collision Between Us And The Damned
- Fight The Power
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Added on: October 13, 2012
