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Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

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Genre:Hip Hop
Style:Conscious
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Tracklist

Side Silver
Countdown To Armageddon1:41
Bring The Noise3:47
Don't Believe The Hype5:20
Cold Lampin With Flavor4:13
Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic4:30
Mind Terrorist1:18
Louder Than A Bomb3:37
Caught, Can We Get A Witness?5:03
Side Black
Show 'Em Whatcha Got1:57
She Watch Channel Zero?!3:50
Night Of The Living Baseheads3:16
Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos6:25
Security Of The First World1:22
Rebel Without A Pause5:05
Prophets Of Rage3:15
Party For Your Right To Fight3:27

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Album Sales: 1,000,000+
First Release Date: April 1988

The second studio album from Public Enemy. It is considered one of their most commercially successful albums as well as one of the most influential rap albums. By August of 1989, it was certified platinum in sales by the RIAA, after shipments of one million copies in the United States.

Track 1 on the A side Countdown To Armageddon is actually the voice of trance DJ Dave Pearce

"It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back" reached Number 42 in the Billboard Top 200 and produced five singles:
"Don't Believe The Hype / Prophets Of Rage"
"Night Of The Living Baseheads"
"Bring The Noise (No Noise Version)"
"Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos"
"Rebel Without A Pause (Vocal Mix)"

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