Fear Of A Black Planet

Nope

This album differed from the previous albums in the sense that it required more attentive listening, since there is a lot of emphasis on the lyricism. I listened more passively, so I can't say I appreciated it fully. Maybe later I'll revisit certain tracks individually. I enjoyed the instrumental tracks though.

Don’t think I’d ever listen to the whole thing, feel like this could be a fire movie soundtrack or sum but I could not listen to the whole album in a sitting it was too much

Didnt get to hear much of it because finals distracted me but it was ok

I respect the intention and meaning of this album, and I can appreciate its place in musical history. But I don't enjoy listening to it. Not a rap fan, just a personal preference. And also, this music isn't for me, literally it is not meant for me - a white middle class woman - as a consumer, but the themes of disenfranchisement and systematic oppression resonate. And they should resonate with everyone. I raise my fist in solidarity and salute as an ally for all racially oppressed and marginalized people of society and I offer my support for continual progress breaking down the insidious racial barriers that threaten prosperous and harmonious unity for us all. #blacklivesmatter

not the vibe for me yesterday but i’ll listen today

Man....what a throwback.

Didn’t gel with this as much as I’d hoped. It’s pretty bloated, but has some great stand outs. Brothers Gonna Work It Out & Burn Hollywood Burn notably. Will probably revisit this in the future, and check out Hold Us Back.

I _really_ wanted to love this album, I appreciate its significance and the politically charged messages and commentary are certainly on point and relevant, sadly even today. The skills of Chuck D are obvious, and Flava Flav's work is admirable in parts too. There are a few occurrences where I find things really jarring, some of the intros perhaps... but maybe that's the point. Enjoyed it - yes. Respect it - yes. Would I listen to it again - probably not.

It's a lot more sound effects and edited together noises, which I actually kinda like. It's pretty catchy and good. Yesterday I had Ready To Die - The Notorious B.I.G. and it was a little less fun feeling, a little more raunchy and real. At the surface this appeals to me a little more. Like maybe Ready to Die was 2.5 and this is a 3.5. I think they're both 3s though. It sounds like 90s commercial music or 90s music on Nickelodeon - I can picture the clothes that people would wear in a music video of these songs.

Important album, seems heavily inspired or correlated to the work of the beastie boys.

Я начитался всяких историй про то, какие они вообще молодцы с политической точки зрения. "Молодцы". Но мне чёт не нравится как это звучит. Я пытался сравнивать с чем-то ещё, что мы слушали. Ну, как-то я не прошарил. Концептуально заходит, со всеми вот этими вставками из новостей, радиопередач, голосами дикторов и тд. Под настроение - не совсем.

звуковая стена из семплов на час убивает

Seufz - leider nicht meins und irgendwie heute doch antiquiert

Pretty alright really, Run DMC vibe

Very 90s but not really my style

Proper old school rap

Much like the other album I had by these guys, I like it. There's good rhymes and beats and I really like the sampling. It's quite a noisy record, with lots and lots going on (which I like) but it's also 20 tracks so it's quite a lot in one sitting. 3.5 rounded down.

I've never enjoyed PE all that much, but as a pale white brit I'm not exactly their target audience. Gotta appreciate those catchy hooks, tho.

Leuke oude hiphop met coole nummers. Deed me meteen denken aan oudere films zoals Do the Right Thing van Spike Lee (waar het nummer Fight the Power blijkbaar in voor komt lees ik nu) Denk dat Public Enemy hun muziek erg belangrijk is geweest voor black communities en een wel een plek heeft in de canon van Amerikaanse hiphop/rap! Verder qua de nummers is Fight the Power is natuurlijk een classic. En andere ook wel grappig en experimenteel (vond lang niet alles leuk hoor maar prima achtergrond muziek) zou m 3,5 geven als ik kon!

Groovy hiphop, mais qui va part un peu trop dans tout les sens

Goed te hebben nog steeds! En dat voor Hip-hop, dat wil toch wel wat zeggen voor mij.

Dit vond ik vroeger erg cool en is nu nog steeds relevant.

Contract On The World Love Jam - 7/10 Brothers Gonna Work It Out - 7/10 911 Is A Joke - 8/10 Incident at 66.1 FM - 8/10 Welcome to Terrordrome - 8/10 Meet The G That Killed Me - 8/10 Pollywancracka - 7/10 Anti-Nigger Machine - 7/10 Burn Hollywood Burn - 8/10 Power To The People - 7/10 Who Stole The Soul? - 7/10 Fear of a Black Planet - 9/10 Revolutionary Generation - 7/10 Can't Do Nutting For Ya - 7/10 Reggie Jax - 7/10 Leave This Off Your Fucking Charts - 7/10 B Side Wins Again - 7/10 War At 33 1/3 - 7/10 Final Count of the Collision Between Us and The Damned - 7/10 Fight the Power - 10/10 TOTAL - 150/200

Didn't like it or hate it.

It's okay I guess

ganz nice aber würds glaubi nimmer hören

Estuvo ok.

Social commentary to a beat. Lots of rage in this album.

Liked it more than I thought!

important in its message, and mostly boring in its execution

Historic album. Not on YouTube music. Not much of a hip hop fan but this was fun to listen to

Pretty good for hip-hop

Some of the production is a little grating, but maybe that is intentional with the content. Interesting listening to this 33 years after it came out and songs like 911 is a joke could be written today. Overall I like the lyrics and flow, especially of Chuck D, but not a fan of the production.

Een plaat die bol staat van lyrics die gaan over de zwarte zaak, de toekomst van de zwarte man, gedrenkt in de zwarte Amerikaanse geschiedenis en cultuur. Hoeft dit door mij gereviewd te worden? Voor de sport dan, we zitten nu toch op deze site. Thematisch zit hier voor iedereen een les in, en het wordt vaak grappig gebracht, iets minder agressief als op de voorganger It Takes a Nation... Ik ben wel fan van de grooves waarover gerapt wordt, vooral de harde funk kant doet em het voor mij. James Brown heeft het gelukkig mogen meemaken. Die epische drumtrack op Anti-Nigger Machine kan gemakkelijk 10 minuten blijven gaan. En de raps zelf glijden er weer over als een bobslee. Ice Cube's bijdrage doet mee Burn Hollywood Burn vliegen. Cool dat hij achteraf met zijn eigen films de middenvinger naar Hollywood hoog heeft gehouden. Gezien er net iets minder nummers achteraf blijven plakken, een 3,4 afgerond naar een 3.

Quite an interesting album, and possibly something I could enjoy more if I learned the history around it/the meaning behind the lyrics, etc., but it only grabbed me occasionally

Good message.

Not bad this one. A few great tracks here.

Cool sampling

Some good stuff in here. Some of it is just noise.

There’s nothing worse than politics and racism ruining what would otherwise be a pretty decent album. Flav is annoying at times, but the beats are fun if not a little repetitive… Meh

Ihan jees kuunneltava. Ei ehkä kummiskaan mun lempi hiphoppia. Kappaleet aika täynnä sampleja ja ehkä ehkä liian "meluisia"

It was cool. I liked it better than I expected. R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

Meh

This is definitely a step up from their previous album that was on this list. Their flow and production is much better. It feels like this is on the precipice of the larger style change in hip hop that went from rudimentary rhymes and flows to much different flows. This is pretty good though for how old it is. They do have "Fight the Power" on here and that song is great so not a whole lot of bad could be said about the album. A solid 3/5 by today's (my) standards.

Good

Love the sampling style and commentary

the overall theme of this album is important and relevant even today, but must of been a real shock when it was released. Chuck D has some great bars across this album, and he and Flava Flav work well together, almost like what a rap concert is like. But some of the songs are just strange and don't really work. 3/5 Will listen to a few tracks again

I like some Public Enemy, although this isn't my favourite album of theirs

Classic but did sound a bit samey to me

Not for me

I throught this was gonna be borimg cuz I'm not a fan of early 90's late 80's rap. Enjoyed it, the lyrics are solid and the beats hit hard. 7/10

A bit samey. No stand outs but an enjoyable listen.

I wanted to give this album a better rating but tbh I was bored out of my mind. All of the beats are deeply repetitive, and I really could have done without the 30 plus minutes of sample monologues. Public enemy is capable of such incredible musical heights, and they definitely hit some peaks on this record, but it’s all dragged down by the weight of the production. Idk, when it works it works but this one feels long for the sake of being long.

Not a rap fan but it gave interesting cultural context. I also liked the addition of other sound sources like radio or TV news.

I prefer the 90s when Conscientious rap and gangstar rap were separate. This 80s brand of hybrid is kind of annoying. This album was enjoyable, great production, but still this early in hip hop- too obsessed with audio clips and skits and shit. 40min of music 20min of not

Old skool! Hadn’t heard this before. It’s okay. Not a huge fan of some of this old school flow but the DJing and production was cool.

I was really enjoying this, I’m not typically a fan of interludes but Public Enemy seems to do the well. Really seemed to lean on DJ Terminator X on this one and he can really carry them. 40 mins and this is 4 stars there’s just too much fat here. 3 stars

Hip-hop. Ni fu ni fa.

Albums laced with aggression and harshness tend to be a hit or a miss, and oftentimes I find myself needing to be in a certain mood to revisit. But this, barring certain aspects, mostly hits. Even though I may not be eager to revisit, I do find it an important album. Important to hip-hop and important to the social issues that still plague American society even to this day. Unfortunately, it does drag on just a wee bit too long, as I've found myself starting to grow antsy in the latter half. I also find the inclusion of homophobic and antisemitic views to be a bit of a bummer. It kind of just leaves a sour taste in my mouth, ya know?

I can see the energy & talent here, but it's not for me.

I was heavily into It Takes A Nation.. years ago but never bothered exploring anything else. Similar vibes to that album, some of the Chuck songs are really good, but too many weak intermissions break up a lot of the flow. Less catchy then their previous album on first listen. Still pretty good though, 3.5*

Incredible beats mixed with some great rapping, let down by flavour flav. It's very old school rap which I've always struggled with a bit anyways

A bit better than the album that had air horns but I’m not sure that’s saying much

Okay, so these guys are either growing on me or this was the their best album.

holu ,fck... annan vähemmän tähtiä koska monta kertaa vahingossa jätin mainosta tulemaan. objectivelly, when you think about it, this is true. hyvä albumi, on liikaa TÄYTETTÄ:... SEKAVA ALBUMI... VAIKEA SEAURAILTAV..täyteliäät biitit, lukuisia ääniä, varying rhythms, numerous samples, media sound bites, hyvä asia tämä.. sopii kaaostyyppiseen viestiin...tematiikka kalloon syvälle..rasismointi...peukku alas...ei jatkoon... welcome to the terrordome

Still culturally and politically relevant. Has no-one taken any notice for the past 35 years? I love that it’s angry and in-yer-face but I guess a bit too long and not varied enough for me. But there are some iconic tunes in this. Fight the Power!

Not my favorite PE album but still good.

the first hip hop album on hear and the second one I actually heard (TPAB was my first) and I liked it... It wasn't as mind blowing as TPAB but still pretty good... 6.5/10 (3/5)

Not my favorite album by Public Enemy. Too much noise over the hip-hop.

3/5 Best: Fight the Power Worst: Pollywanacraka

3,5

Flava flav was surprisingly bearable in this

I did enjoy this.

Identifying Public Enemy : It’s Public Enemy

More than 35 years since their debut album, the hip hop world is yet to better Public Enemy. Innovative and combative, but really accessible. The two vocal tones work perfectly together. This album sags a bit in the middle, but there is plenty here to enjoy. Rating: 3/5 Playlist track: Fight the Power Date listened: 26/05/23

See the value as an album but not for me

Fight the Power!

This is nice exuberant but still political rap. A pleasing and nostalgic listen.

funky.

3.4/5

Justifiably angry - good beats and impactful lyrics. Not a genre for me and a bit repetitive but powerful music

This was good and I overall enjoyed it for the genre, which is not usually something I gravitate towards. Awesome beats and rhythm too.

A bit long, could do with some cutting down to make it more streamline but generally a decent record

Music and lyrics was ok. Not my favorite genre but thirty years later not impactful as it was in 90

First public enemy I've ran into on this list and I'm hoping they have their better albums.

I would have liked this a lot more if I didn't have to hear Flava Flav's stupid ass voice.

A pair of mongrel dogs fighting in the carpark of a pub in the rough part of town. One shits all over the back heel of the other one and shoots a look into its eyes as if to say 'don't you dare come round here again'.

Man, this is early in the genre. So many missed opportunities to drop f bombs, but instead they used nice language and rhythms to convey their message. Much respect for that.

It's not even that I don't like this. I can appreciate it. Production value, lyricist ability, endless sounds and being slammed over the head with the message. It's just not for me overall.

I haven't heard this in a little while. It's lost a little something with me.

I had a copy of this album already, but haven't listened in a while. It's a pretty heavy album - brutal really with all the sounds they through at you and pretty relentless. There is quite a contrast between Chuck D's political commentary and Flavor Flav style

Good album.

It’s ok. Not my favorite style of hip hop though

I liked all the different and interesting sound samples.

Bit of a mess! More interesting as a social commentary than as something I'd listen to because I enjoy it

Alright, Fear of a Black Planet by Public Enemy. I've had two Public Enemy albums on this list so far, and while I do enjoy listening to these guys overall with their lyrics full of righteous outrage and energy that makes you want to start a riot and highlight injustice wherever you are - be it on a crowded subway on the way home from the office or dropping off the little ones at daycare - this is my least favorite of the two; and let me tell you why. The album is way too sample-heavy overall, relying on it's chaotic (albeit carefully put together), mix of noise, riffs and even samples of their own music to create the anarchic feeling of an album with a little too much going on and a little less focus on the lyrics. Hell, I feel like I'm on high alert throughout the entire album, and while this might be what was intended, I also feel like I'm about to have a panic attack in front of a bunch of strangers which has never been exactly my idea of a solid time. When the lyrics get to come to the forefront, though, they are great, and an anthem such as the critically acclaimed Fight the Power at the end of the album makes you think that what you just went through wasn't so bad after all - what counts is the final destination, and even if it was a bit of bumpy road (and by bumpy I mean feeling like you're dodging missiles and gunshots during rush hour) getting there, you got what you wanted in the end. Now take a deep breath and keep going about your day. You've been through a lot.

A groundbreaking album when it came out, now it sounds slightly dated.

Enjoyable rap album, a bit out there, but iconic none the less. 3/5. Favorite Track: Burn Hollywood Burn

old school, aggressive, quite good.

Hugely influential and featuring Chuck D’s baritone: “the voice of God in a storm” according to The Bomb Squad. Still not really my thing, but I’d take PE over most other narcissistic, violent and mysogynistic rap music. A million miles away from De La Soul’s light and funny 3 feet high.

I love Chuck D's delivery, and I find the aggressive, squally mesh of sound backing the vocals appealing. The messages are urgent and are presented with no little wit - sadly, much still resonates today. My big beef? Man, this sounds dated. I own the album, but possibly because I thought it an important record rather than a particularly listenable record. This is a 3.5 but I'm in a mean mood, so rounding it down to a 3.

Not their best but anything coming from chuck D is already going to be better than most

I am not in fear of this album and I appreciate it for what it is. It is however not best suited as a soundtrack for a destressing and relaxing walk. I was going for forest fun but ended up with gangsta gun.

I like this album more than their other album from earlier. I give a high 3.

Dated production and flows, but the anger still pops out the songs and the energy is high. Still, despite loving hip hop and rap, and hating racists, I still don't really enjoy listening to public enemy

Moins emballant que "it takes a nation of millions...", pas de tube qui se détache, mais ça reste bon, la superposition de sample donne des titres pleins de fureur, de chaos, de bruit, grand melting pot de la culture des 30 ans précédents, digéré et recraché dans ta face. J'aime bien.

Testosterone levels doubled listening to this. Sounded like they were cruising for smacked botty.

Salrightttt

Samples coming out their arse blends well. Back when hip hop was innovative creative and respectful. While still getting their point across. When dissing was saying they needed to wash their ass or their mother has golden nipples. Takes me back to seeing them in tramlines ‘16 where me and Matt got a picture with Chuck D. Spoiler: it wasn’t Chuck D. Any cunt could have been Chuck D - the real magic is how they’ve made this music in this time period. ~10 years before the CD came out. DJ (Terminator X?) an absolute big dog Long tho. 3.5/5

groovy scratches album starting incident at 66.6 is wow yeah this is hip-hop kinda homophobic tho -1 ok pop off freestyle not the biggest hip-hop fan but it's cool

Classic hip hop, pretty good

Not really my thing

Good stuff.

Great, not stop

Its a 3 Lyrics are really impact ful even today sadly

Hip hop

Not a big fan of hip hop, these are obviously very well thought out lyrics but I'm also not big into listening to lyrics so not gonna be analyzing that. Saved songs: Welcome To The Terrordome, Pollywanacracka, Final Count Of The Collision Between Us And The Damned

Great messages, good beats and vocals, mixed quality of songs, but a memorable journey. While I'm not a fan of Hip Hop, this was very decent listening.

мало что запомнила кроме Голливуда

Ha! Call this rap? Hardly a nigga, muthafucka or ho to be heard. Yes please, I'll take that.

Groovy

This was a little milder than I was expecting. It was not bad overall.

In "Fear of a Black Planet", Public Enemy grasp the bull by the horns, realising hip-hop's full potential to shock, outrage and offend. They also take the opportunity to make a statement on the world from their unique perspective, and harness their genre as a vehicle for change that threatens to break down or crash every few minutes. This album is rich, overwhelming, chaotic, furious, exhausting, incendiary. Play it loud and drown. The music is dense and seems impenetrable on first listen: a complete overload of samples and effects, like Spector re-incarnated. Listen to the opening bars of "Brothers Gonna Work It Out" for an accurate representation of the flavour of this record: squalling distorted guitar, a heavy, front-and-centre beat, discordant keyboard, ad-libs dropping in and out, piles of reverb, and Chuck D spitting out a hurricane, barely pausing for breath. Chuck is an admirably passionate MC and there are so many lyrics to take in - pages and pages all at once - that I could only let it wash over me at first. Song by song, I became enveloped in the urgent, angry world echoing all around me: "Fear of a Black Planet" is a spectacularly immersive album. "911 Is A Joke", "Who Stole the Soul" and "Burn Hollywood Burn" were just some of my highlights on first listen, as well as the iconic "Fight the Power". It's only after a few listens that I caught wind of the anti-Semitism row that plagued the band more than any other, and then identified the problematic lyrics in the otherwise knock-out "Welcome to the Terrordome." It was hard to keep approaching the work in the same way, knowing the group's anti-semitism and homophobia severely injures the album's mission statement and undermines Public Enemy's plea for a tolerant world. At its heart, though, I can't deny that "Fear of a Black Planet" is a compelling listen. It's overlong, stretching its dense, cacophonous and enveloping production to its limit over 63 minutes, but perhaps that's the point. It's hard to feel quite as engrossed in "B Side Wins Again" or "War at 33 1/3" as it is in "Brothers Gonna Work It Out" or the intoxicating "911 Is A Joke", because lack of sonic variation or vocal delivery has caused a serious fatigue. By the end, it's hard to even determine whether the group are calling for peace, violence, or anything in between, but it's a gripping and engaging album that demands full attention.

Some great tracks with strong social commentary from the time. I like hip-hop but I don’t love it and this album was very much ‘of its time’ for me.

While still decent, in my view a significant step back from It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. 3/5

Never a great sign when you’re relieved that an album ended and the Spotify algorithm took over.

Really inventive use of samples, solid listen.

A lot of the themes in this album are still relevant 30 years on quiet sad. Very good early hip hop album.

Pretty good

not quite 4 but most tracks were good

average 90s east coast hip hop

Hype energy, get's you nicely riled up as I guess they intended. Too much 'over the place' to enjoy a full album listen but has many cool parts

Fun in-your-face rap. A fun style, but most songs sounded really similar, and 20 songs just felt too long.

Though hip hop is not a genre I listen to at all, I respect the hell out of this album. The songwriting achieves its goal of making the listener aware of the systemic racial issues in the world and highlights important topics worth pondering. I'm glad this album was successful and I hope it ruffled a few feathers. 3.5/5

their 2007 album "how you sell soul" is way better

Very influential but doesn't hold up to today's standards. Sounds pretty dated

älskar old school hiwp hawp

6/10. A little disappointing, I liked their other albums better. Still solid, but lacking some energy.

I like concept/themed albums, and this is a 5/5 on that front. The beats are also solid, with impressive production. That said, the choice of "instruments" makes it a bit… ¿noisy?, in a way that make it hard for me to pay attention to the background sounds individually, but also makes it hard to pay attention to the lyrics. It's a little bit strident for background listening, but also hard for me to actively listen to for the reasons I just mentioned. My heart wants to give this a 4, but my head has to give it a 3 based on my previous rating scale. So far that's been: 3. I liked this but probably won't listen to again 4: I liked this and will likely check out to see if I want to add it to my regular rotation And unfortunately, due to the "I don't know when I would listen to this" issue I doubt the second part will happen.

It's alright, felt like too many breakdowns/speeches/interruptions. Not enough hooky jams to be memorable.

Meh, was ok, annoyed me how it kept switching from ear to ear in my headphones

Best Song: Fight The Power. There's a reason it's the most popular off the album. Pure righteous fury. Worst Song: 911 is a Joke. Great, a full Flava Flav song. Overall: Flava Flav thankfully takes little airtime on the album (although still more than he's due). Chuck D has such a buttery smooth flow which, when paired with his political lyrics, make compelling songs. Still, some of the production is dated, hindering its listenability in the modern day.

A lot of Jazz and rock influence. The old school rhyming cadence was nostalgic

Solid, but noisier than expected. Few tracks stood out. Maybe need a few more listens.

A decent rap album from public enemy. Nowhere near as entertaining or influential as their first album. This one is a bit too sporadic with their short songs and bits between some of their aggressive songs. Chuck D has a great flow and the heavy bass and drums make this a unique sound only public enemy can do. 6.5/10

Hip-hop. Ni fu ni fa.

kuuntelin loppuun, parempi kuin odotin! tosi 1999, ei voi väittää etteikö olis vanhentuneen kuuloisia skrätsäys-/sämpläys-interludeja, hassu tuplaustyyli. voimaa ja sanomaa (jota en kuunnellut)

Better than the first one I heard.

Not my type

Very Oldschool, good tracks but a little to oldschool to be among my favourites. Delivers a message.

Two thousand twenty two the number, another summer, sound of Public Enemy to kill your slumber, Music hitting half as hard, cause you know it got old, Once dangerous, hey, hey! Now a critics darling y'all, Flav's yappin' while Chuck's rappin', Saying like he mean it, Meanin' when he say it, While Terminator X spinnin', These beats he be killin', Insert generic line here, Insert generic line there, A true relic of hip hop history, But no one's bumping this recently.

Very interesting soundscape, more a special effects album than a music album but interesting to listen to

solid album overall, hard hitting lyrics that are still pretty apt for some situations today, some of the hook melodies and sample repetition I found to be a bit grating

Great energy from a classic hip hop group. I think it should be intergraded in political science classes’ curriculums.

these beats still sound great after 3 decades

Chewbacca?

Not my favorite public enemy album - too much going on with the production - can't hear Chuck D and Flavor Flav

Good

S'aite I like public enemy flava Flav is funny

jammy

ok, not my genre

I can appreciate the importance and influence of this work and others by Public Enemy, but 80s/90s hip hop is really not my groove most of the time. I don't listen too closely to lyrics, so perhaps that's the source of my feelings of underwhelming. This album also feels too long and repetitive musically.

I enjoyed this for the most part and liked how aggressive it was. I'm not a fan of Flavor Flav, but Chuck D is great. I thought the use of sampling was cool and how they built rhythms off of random sounds. The song structures were cool with how the songs flowed together. I thought it got repetitive after a bit.

Love the genre and respect for the topics of the lyrics but couldnt get into this one

i only listened to half of it but it was okay i guess

Good, would need to give a stronger listen to evaluate more deeply

Gesellschaftlich relevante Lyrics Behandelt Problem der 1990er

I preferred Gang Starr to this (as recent hip hop comparisons) and I'm trying to work out why, I think Gang Starr was more laid back. I totally enjoyed this album but can't see myself listening so readily - I listened to GS like 3 times. But there were totally ones in this album that were an absolutely bop - I guess it was also quite long so harder for me to reflect and pick those out. 3.5 ideally

There are better Public Enemy albums

J’aime la diversité qu’il y a dans cet album. Il y a aussi un côté un peu plus décontracté que dans It take a million to hold us back. Le message passe pareil.

Intéressant d'entendre l'album sur lequel se retrouve l'excellente et importante Fight The Power. L'album est par contre long et répétitif. C'est dense et ça vient épuisant. C'est un peu difficile aussi de se concentrer sur le propos. L'intro est bonne et bien montée, 911 Is A Joke et la pièce Reggie Jax apportent un côté différent qui fait du bien. Pour un album de 1990, je m'attendais à quelque chose d'un peu plus différent. Il a définitivement eu un impact sur plusieurs groupes qui ont suivi, donc une étoile bonus pour ça.

Svidio mi se. Možda bi čak i slušala par pjesama jednom godišnje.

Nostalgija osobno, ništa više.

Was fine but not amazing imo. I really liked the sampling of news recordings etc.

I liked it as far as hip hop goes but probably wouldn’t listen again.

Pretty good! I don't think I've ever really listened to Public enemy, but it wasn't what I was expecting. It was more...thoughtful, and less violent than I expected. There's a line in a KRS-one song that says the difference between emcee-ing and rap is: "Rappers spit rhymes that are mostly illegal. Emcees spit rhymes to uplift their people". This album seems more in line with "emcee-ing", especially compared to Straight Outta Compton or something like that which came out around the same time and also deals with many of the same frustrations. I much prefer the Chuck D. parts to the Flavor Flav parts. Chuck D gets 4/5. Flavor is like 2/5. All in all, album is like 3.5/5 (because it's weighted more towards Chuck D.).

Well, once again my notes disappeared. I liked some of the famous songs, but otherwise was a bit disappointed...other than the big hits, I thought the rest of the album didn't do much to stand out.

Obviously a seminal and extremely important album full of adventurous sampling. I'd have to really listen to the lyrics to bump this up, but it's not half bad as a background album either.

nja, inte den bästa hiphopen vi haft. men helt okej

Fue un disco que no me desagradó, para ser de este género. Creo que todavía no llegaba la época de R&B con tonadas sexosas o el Hip Hop de sonar como idiota y eso le da puntos.

Cet album a quand même bien vieilli en comparaison à beaucoup de trucs old school. Je comprends pourquoi c'est un album si important dans l'histoire du genre. Pas mon genre trop trop, mais s'écoute bien quand même.

Le caractère lancinant et répétitif de la musique est parfait pour accompagner la verve énergique de Chuck D ; en même temps, cela devient vite redondant, malgré les intermèdes instrumentaux de Terminator X. Quelques succès ressortent évidemment : "911 Is A Joke", "Burn Hollywood Burn".

Political hip hop at its best . 911 is a joke and Burn Hollywood burn are standouts .

Great album, some awesome sampling and Fight The Power to end with, what's not to like?

Good one

Got thru whole album. Rather enjoyed it. Only couple times wonder is this going somewhere

Not my forte, but a nice old-school album nonetheless.

Całość brzmiała jak jedna bardzo długa i bardzo średnia piosenka, trochę te piosenki wszystkie takie same były. Generalnie nie było to nieprzyjemne do słuchania, ale myślę, że nigdy więcej tego doświadczenia nie powtórzę.

Bardzo ciekawa warstwa muzyczna. Bogactwo dźwięków, różnych sampli i ciekawie zmiksowane. Przekaz liryczny trochę mniej adekwatny do naszej sytuacji z racji braku czarnej części społeczeństwa.

Nie jest to zły album, to na pewno. W kontekście roku 1990 i tego co wtedy było, to jest nawet album dobry. Muzycznie. I to bardziej w kontekście techniki muzycznej, bo mało to chwytliwe. Lirycznie jakoś nie powala. Niemniej jednak w obliczu roku 2022, ale i nawet trochę w obliczu tego co wychodziło w rapie amerykańskim parę lat przed i parę lat po 1990, nie jestem w stanie wystawić więcej niż 3.

Enjoyed some of the songs.

Too much exposition

I liked it

Föredrar a Nation of Millions, den här kändes lite för lång. Går ändå hårt men lyssnade på Chief Keefs Back from the dead 2 genast efter vilket va kray, i kontrast var dehä int så galet!

Not their best

This is the first rap album I've actively listened to and gone through the whole thing, the genre is still new to me, and I gotta say.. I really enjoyed it. It was just fun!

Raising social consciousness and making tracks people can move to.

Chuck D has a great voice man. Super Iconic. Not the biggest fan of Flava Flav. It's probably not my favorite Public Enemy album, but it's pretty solid honestly.

I love hip hop but this album doesn't age very well. It's got a few solid tracks but a lot of filler that just doesn't feel right.

FIGHT THE POWER

The music was not for me

Ruff.

A lot of great stuff on here, but also a lot of filler

Solid album

Very angry

Classic East Coast album so it had - discussion of systemic racism - Hype men - good DJing - Kinda Antisemitic - kinda homophobic - kinda against interracial relationships 3/5

Welcome to the terrordome!

-Cool guitar solo stuff happening in "Brothers Gonna Work It Out." I wish they put it a bit higher in the mix, I would think that would make it a lot cooler -Some cool rhyme scheme stuff happening in "Welcome To The Terror Dome" -Good general message and storytelling in "Burn Hollywood Burn" -Some nice stuff, but nothing really makes me want to listen more

Liked a lot of the tracks and beats, but there's just too much exposition.

This was pretty great to listen to first thing in the am on my dog walk.

Good, just feels a lot like a rehash of "It takes a nation of millions". 3

A good album with good songs and a solid message. I enjoyed it for sure.

I'm sure it was a touchstone for the genre and culturally relevant but it just isn't my jam

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Fight the power

Didn’t hate it. There were some catchy songs!

I like public enemy maar was nu niets dat me achterover liet vallen

Czas na kontrowersyjny album dosc kontrowersyjnych czarnuchow, jak mowi jeden z kawalkow, burn hollywood burn, trzeci w dyskografii zespolu, a czemu kontrowersyjny i dosc a nie bardzo, bo jednak jest to album ktory sprzedal sie dobrze i jakos znalazl sie na tej liscie, wiec porusza jak na lata 90 kontrowersyjne tematy czarnej spolecznosci, rownouprawnienie, seksizm w kulturze hip hopu, czy chocby mieszanki rasowe, czy nieudolnosc wladz i sluzb, 911 is a joke, dziwne jak bardzo po 30 latach nadal aktualne sa te problemy, aktualne ale jednoczesnie wypaczane w druga strone, bo tak jak hollywoodzki trak mowil o tym, ze ktos czarny nie dostanie powaznej roli w filmie, tak teraz niepisanym wymaganiem jest obsadzenie czarnej roli, zeby uciszyc krzykaczy rownosciowych i ich walki o urojona rownosc, czy z takim zamyslem pisali swoje teksty chuck D i flavor flav, tego nie wiem, ale nie wydaje mi sie zeby obecnie bylo duzo lepiej niz wczesniej, a czemu nie bardzo kontrowersyjny, bo grupa pozbyla sie najbardziej radykalnego czlonka przed tworzeniem tej plyty, pan professor griff wylecial za pojazdy na zydowskich mniejszosciach, nie musze mowic nawet o tym, ze def jam to wytwornia z dosc mocnymi korzeniami w ziemi obiecanej, co do samej plyty, to album jest napakowany kawalkami tak klasyczymi, ktore nawet radiowym sluchacza musialy sie obic sie o uszy w szelakich produkcjach telewizynych, wspominiany juz burn hollywood burn, ktory jest jedynym featurowych trackiem, ale jakim ice cube i big daddy kane na jednym kawalku, czy fight the power jeden z szybszych kawalkow plyty, do tego dochodzi welcome to the terrordome, na godzinnym materiale znajdzie sie az 20 trakow, bo album zawiera sporo skitowych mini kawalkow, a wiekszosc kawalkow jest budowana na ostrym samplowaniu i loopach, do tego dobra robota na tambulach i skreczowaniu jak przystalo na lordowego DJa, nie jest to moze poziom beastowych bojsow i ich paulowego butiku, ale kolazowe samplowane z pewnoscia jest mocnym akcentem plyty, album zestarzal sie dobrze, ale jednak wydarzenia takie jak meczennikowanie grzegorzow flydowych calkowicie zmienia odbior tej plyty dla mnie

i thought it was a little all the same, and the songs were unnecessarily long when they shouldn’t be, but it was a good album overall and i do really like it

Okay okay. Full dicksclosure, I listened to MOST of this but as we’re now off for the weekend I’m gonna post a review now. This didn’t grab me as much as I hoped. I was greatly enjoying the lyricisms and the ideas behind the songs but the music didn’t get me jinking and janking in the way I NEEDED as I prepared my eggs. Rap and hip hop is inherently quite repetitive and I guess I just needed something more dynamic at this time of the morning. Hey, I’ll come back to it at some point.

Starts off with high energy and total chaos, was worried a bit too much energy! Then some quite good tracks, serious messages brought in a playful way. Then chaos again, sometimes ok, sometimes giving a headache.

It wasn't bad at all, but, as with pretty much every album with that many songs, it kinda goes down after the first half. However, it's a solid record IMO.

The aggressive and energetic beats and instrumentation were solid. DJ Lord's cuts were phenomenal throughout. I appreciated the subtle sci-fi samples strewn across the project; Star Wars themed cover is cute lol. ‘War At 33 1/3’ featured a more contemporary flow, so that was nice to see. Also, that Ice Cube feature was 🤤🤤 // Favs: Contract On The World Love Jam / Anti-Ni**er Machine / Burn Hollywood Burn / Leave This Off Your Fu*Kin Charts / War At 33 1/3

Conceptually this is great, but the old school hip hop with its scratches sounds really dated and is difficult to listen to.

Important Hip Hop, the production sounds slightly dated, unfortunately some of the issues discussed aren't. Some good tunes are sprinkled throughout. BT: 911 Is A Joke, Welcome to the Terrordome, Fight The Power

It got a funky beat but is pretty political. 0RS

Rap en estado puro. Para amantes de dicho género. Ritmo y letras.

Just a bit too many parts of random talking... sandwiched between two classics. Still a worthwhile listen.

Rap, no es para mí

I liked it. Angry, militant. Above average early 90s rap.... that being said it's too long. And there is the whole anti-Semitic/homophobic angle that I didn't pick up on until Ed pointed it out... which is shocking considering the acclaim. First four tracks are great. Burn Hollywood Burn is fun. I'll give it a three.

Old school und lyricslaschtig. Isch haut semi enjoyable, weme nid aues versteit.

Heavily focused on race. Rightfully so though. It's good.

It was okay, though I’m not a huge fan of 90’s hip-hop.

as much as I enjoyed some of these songs some of them were just too repetitive and long I got bored halfway through. shame. I like the style of songs like “Incident At 66.6 FM”

An inoffensive rap album. Was ok.

decent

Wow! Fun samples. Serious lyrics.

Not mu favorite hip hop album but definitely influential.

Not bad.

Ok album not my thing but good lyrics. Songs got old quick

Like it

Old school hip hop. Probably quite fresh in 1990, and some cool tracks, but not my favorite rap era.

Prima maar beetje heftig

3/10

7,5/10

90’er hiphop, sampling, oprørsk, fight the power, “sort tv-station”

Their best album, fight the power is still anthemic

Was fine, maybe overhyped although maybe I’m listening to it in the wrong setting (on my own instead of at a party or something ). There’s something about the beats that drown out the vocals in songs that lower my ability to hear what the rappers are saying, not to mention being nit picky about some lines. Liked the 911 song, but even the best tracks weren’t that memorable for me.

Those lyrics were deep. The sounds were chaotic at times. 2.5

Accidentally started listening on shuffle 💀💀💀 Sound effects are sometimes a bit weird and date the sound of the music, like one of those shitty radio DJs Quite a few instrumentals, not a fan 😬 Some of the songs are a bit too long MESSY Faves - Who Stole The Soul?, Welcome to the Terrordome, Fear of a Black Planet, Revolutionary Generation No songs saved or added to playlists Overall - not bad or unlistenable! Just v messy and a bit dated, not really for me Would I check out their other music - probably not

ffcc

Ice Cube's pocketbook must be very thankful that no one took him literally when he sang Burn Hollywood Burn.

I expected much better. Out of date and corny.

This album is too long. I don’t understand Flava Flav and his whole thing.

Jotennin ollenkaan ei lähtenyt. Räppi on mulle muutenkin koko isona genrekokonaisuutena hankala, eikä tän flow tuntunut yhtään omalta. Muut saman genren edustajat tällä listalla on tuntunut paljon tärkeemmiltä ja toimivimmilta, oikeasti merkityksillisiltä. Lyriikka on vihaista ja kantaaottavaa, mutta nyt on myös myönnettävä, että tosi vähälle jäi ajatuksella kuuntelu niiden osalta.

olin että no ei tää voi olla niiiin paha. kesti ikuisuuden! taapero on löytänyt rumpukoneen! ei silti ollu aivan hirveä. mutta pitkä.

Sinällään ihan hyvä levy, mut vähän turhan pitkä siihen nähen mitä sisältö oli. Joka biisistä tuli semmonen olo että tän vois heittää N.W.A:n Straight Outta Comptonille ja menis ihan täydestä.

9/11 25-vuosipäivänä lauletaan että ”911 Is A Joke” - sattumaako? 🧐😬 Odotin/muistelin et tää ois ollu paljon kovempi! Olin myös yllättynyt et esim. Straight Outta Compton oliki jo pari vuotta ennen tätä. Oon käsittäny tän jotenki merkityksellisenä kulmakivenä, mut ei tää musta tuonu hirveesti mitään oleellista uutta - fiittien täydentämä Burn Hollywood Burn melkeen parasta antia. Ja voi luoja miten heti eka raita pöris ku modeemi. PLIIP BLUUP vaan sinnekin! 🫠 (lyhyempään tehokeinoon ois voinu viel mennä, mut liika on liikaa)

cool guys but not my jam

não me pegou

Angry rap is not my thing. That said, this wasn't awful.

Bon mais pénible à écouter avec tous les extraits et samples

Some of the samples work in this album but I found it to be a bit repetitive after a while.

This gets very boring very quickly to me. I'm a big hip hop fan but Public Enemy never did it for me.

Gammal hiphop än en gång. Inte min grej, men jag kan förstå att det har ett visst kulturellt värde.

Good lyrics. Heavy on the drum and bass. Clearly a foundational album for a lot of music that would come later. It's good but not quite my style. Fav songs: Welcome to the Terrordome, Fight the Power.

This is the first Public Enemy album I've listened to. I listened to it quite happily, though it's really not something I need to listen to again. The music is too repetitive.

Yknow it’s always a little hard to talk critically about albums like this without being insensitive or ignorant, so apologies in advance It’s very unique, and apparently one of those albums that really started the trend of overtly political themes in rap albums. I think Burn Hollywood Burn is probably one of the better tracks on this, pretty unarguable themes and I think the featured artists add a lot to the musical portion. Fight the Power is also a good track, definitely more reminiscent of older hip hip in my opinion. There’s some very positive views that I’m glad they’re championing, including support for interracial relationships and being actually pretty damn women positive for a genre that’s infamously not I’ll try not to tiptoe around it; I don’t think this albums aged very well and I think some of the themings a mess. The whole themes of black unity get completely derailed by all the attacks against groups Public Enemy has personal beef with. Meet the G that Killed Me just might be one of the most homophobic songs I’ve ever heard and really implies that black unity’s great unless you’re gay. There’s also just a lot of weird attacks on stuff like obtaining public assistance for food, which again hurts that message of unity. I also just really don’t like the sound collage stuff going on in a lot of these tracks, to the point where some of them are excruciating and detract from the lyrics; from a purely musical perspective, I hate the end of Power to the People, Brothers Gonna Work it Out, and that one song I’m not gonna write out. I also think the vocals themselves just don’t have enough oomph, it feels like they’re missing emotion at times when this is very emotionally charged album content wise I think there’s absolutely some valuable insight and themes in this one, and they’re conveyed very directly, but I just think there’s too much I dislike about select content and the actual music portion of a lot of this album is just awful and actively harmful to the ability to enjoy this one. Also I kinda don’t like how Flavor Flav gets a pass for being a serial woman beater and I feel like it never gets brought up because his public image is so positive. Don’t think I can quite justify giving this a 1 but easily a low 2

Outside of two tracks, I didn’t really find anything revolutionary about this album, not even the lyrics. Seems like most of these issues were from the 40’s and 50’s in the degree that they are written about yet they are portrayed as present tense. Not my place to judge the content of the lyrics though, since I can’t really argue with how they felt when they wrote them. The two most noticeable weak links on this album found a new home in the Plucky Goose Egg Fund and they were the very repetitious and noisy BROTHERS GONNA WORK IT OUT & the annoying mid-tempo narrative POLLYWANACRAKA! Those two tracks were by far the worst! A lot of cool samples throughout this, although at times this came across as too busy for my tastes. A lot of average stuff surrounded by 2 terrible and 2 great tracks. I could give or take half of the interludes as 50% had a point and the others just didn’t work for me. So putting them all together in one track didn’t really hurt the rating. I can understand this having sentimental value to some, but your can’t really rate an album on how it affects the easily influence people of society. It’s just centralized rebellion from one standpoint, but it is done pretty well.

it doesnt look like my type of album

Still don’t like this much - harsh and annoying, which is the point to a degree. It is more interesting now as a quasi-historical document; I was most engaged when I was reading the lyrics on Spotify along with the music.

The sampling was chaotic and stimulating, at times entertaining with all the recorded messages, and at times the samples were at odds with each other harmonically, like how I've noticed with some other albums in this space. I guess the point is they are purely being treated as rhythmic tools. I do t mind the edginess, but I didn't notice much appealing about the lyrics. Interesting how high the instrumental-to-vocal ratio was

I feel like I have to TRY to enjoy this, like most early hip hop. The rapping sounds dated and the beats are made with primitive technology. The sampling is fun and it is culturally important, but not enjoyable as music, for me

Not my thing, but som good tracks

Ser mange skryter av tekster og tematikk, men jeg klarer ikke helt å få fatt på det. Blir litt sliten av mange låter her om gangen.

A bit too frenetic for my taste.

Not a fan.

there were a few songs on here that i liked, but the overall flow did not awe and amaze... i understand the cultural significance of the album but this one just is not for me im afraid.

Standard

This is an album that was clearly not designed for someone with my particular brain function because all the layering and panning made me physically dizzy.

Semmoista paahtunutta, väljää hipediräptihoptia jota ei oikein jaksanu kuunnella. Tylsähköä.

Not really my jam

I love the message but hate the music, it's way too stuck in the past with all the DJ-scratching effects and the rap that feels more like a talk rather than sticking to the rhythm, which I wouldn't mind normally but it became too much on this record after I got to the 8th track of 20

Boring sample based hip hop. Beginning of the 90s there were far better albums already.

fine, prob 3/5

Its giving Thomas the stank engine

Although it might say my favourite genre is currently electronica, this was painfully repetitive to listen to. There were some good moments and the lyrics are still relevant today, but that doesn't mean much when you have to listen to what sounds like a dragged out 1 second loop over and over again.

There's a space movie these guys should see if they're looking for a black planet

Groovy, though I found the singing to spoken to enjoy whilst reading as it was at time jarring and took me out of the book.

They’re basically from my hometown but I didn’t love this

Nope not for me. I understand it was a game changer in the hip hop world. But I just can’t sit through an entire album.

Nope, allt utom texterna som är bra förstås. Samhällskritik är nästan alltid bra i den här formen och rap funkar bra för det tycker jag. Public Enemy är bara inte för mig, i alla fall inte detta album. Inga låtar som jag gillade speciellt mycket osv. Kommer ej lyssna igen.

Maybe I wasn't listening attentively enough, just seemed pretty meh

This would have been a better listen if I was at a party instead of answering emails at 9 am 🤣

Fml

toch niets voor mij, terminator x

Ну...

Не большой фанат репа

Not a big fan of rap, but this one is at least nice. 2.25

Nah