Fear of a Black Planet
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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.
An angry squad is out in the streets with a massive, rhytmic manifesto, written with fire and brimstone, to enlighten the ignorants and to guide the faithful.
Beware of the wicked drums that announce some of the deadliest rhymes around.
Beware of the wicked drums that announce some of the deadliest rhymes around.
1990 saw a great year for the Bomb Squad after their production success with Ice Cube and Public Enemy. Producing two classics in one year, "Fear of A Black Planet" is as angry and chaotic as Public Enemy is known to be. With "Fight the Power" being a defining classic, too which it was the main song for Spike Lee's film "Do the Right Thing". Along with "It Takes A Nation", Public Enemy's third album was a highly impactful album, for it's time.
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| #96 | / | NME Top 500 of All Time |
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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