Reviews (page 12 of 12)
Not my favourite style of Rap/Hip Hop. Burn Hollywood Burn was my favourite track but Fight the Power is also a good track
I enjoyed a couple of tracks but most of the album was just ok. Probably won't return to it except for the few tracks I enjoyed.
Didn’t really vibe with it. Not my type of hip hop for the most part.
Didn’t really differentiate between songs
Sort of charming but also not
Didn’t enjoy
Chuck D is so compelling when he's rapping, shame about everything else. The wall of noise is too noisy, Flav's enthusiasm isn't matched by skill. Best track for me is Hollywood since it's not just the two of them.
Really not my type of music.
Timeless in that the themes and social commentary are still as relevant today.
Kinda turned into guys raging to some repetitive beats. They may be good beats, but they're repetitive beats. And the constant vocals make it hard to listen to. Also, if they are trying to send a message to those who are afraid of black people, why do they do it with music they'll never listen to?
Not really my type of thing, it's not inherently bad just not my music
Nope.
aardige hip-hop, maar sommige nummers kut
Not my taste but could listen and appreciate the production that must have go e into this.
I know it's a milestone album in the history of rap, but it's just not my thing. 2 stars.
I agree with not nigel. Scott is just trying to be openly racist
Je l'ai écouté deux fois, mais ça n'a jamais vraiment réussi à attirer mon attention. Je suis toutefois sensible au message véhiculé par l'album
Nee, dit doet me weinig
really just not a an of this type of hip-hop, with like news clips etc spliced in
I had a tough time getting into Public Enemy. Love Chuck D's voice, but Flavor Fav is pretty annoying. Outside a song here and there, bands like Public Enemy and NWA, I just can't seem to enjoy. Liked Burn Hollywood Burn, but just for the irony of Ice Cube calling out Hollywood, then becoming the biggest Hollywood sell-out a couple decades later. From the streets of Compton to middle aged white dude 20 years later.... Another big "meh" for me. Flavor Fav can go away anytime too..... 2
Pros: music with a cause, important message, interesting lyrics. Cons: none of the beats were forgettable, rapping style by the group very anonymous, overall rap from early 90s that didn't get old with grace at all. I recognised couple songs from this album, but I believe the modern covers are much more listenable than the original songs. Public Enemy had an important message, and they were trying to make a difference, but music-wise, it really doesn't make any impact nowadays.
OKish.
vot dermo .... sorry not sorry ничего супер выдающегося НА МОЙ ВЗГЛЯД хипхопчикк ...
I think these individual songs would work great in some playlists but as an album it's a bit too chaotic for me
didnt like it
a whole lot of edge
p649. 1990. 2 stars. Hip-hop, so not my thing. Well done of its kind but... meh. On the plus side, most of the tracks are short. Bonus point for Fight The Power.
This is a bit too messy for me
Ei valitettavasti tää rap vieläkään lähe. Jotain ihan menevääkin seassa.
Not my cup of tea.
Too rerepetitive to my taste. Cool vibes.
bei Who stole the Soul? kommt am Anfang einfach ein Ton aus Getting Better lol
2.5
This music has always been too chaotic for me.
Ummm.. was okay..
Not for me. I appreciate its importance, though. And it was much better than I feared it would be.
Vaikka levystä tulee periaatteessa sympaattinen vaikutelma, ja vaikka jotkin biisien taustoista ovat kieltämättä nerokkaita, tyylillisesti tämä ei vain lähde. Biisit on ahdettu täyteen erilaisia sampleja/huudahduksia/ääniä, vaikka ne kuulostavat jo valmiiksi "täysiltä" kaoottisten rumpukomppien takia. Lopputulos on kakofoninen tavalla, joka ei tuota mielihyvää. Chuck D:n intonaatiosta välittyvä energinen paatos alkaa myös ärsyttämään. Jostain syystä odotin pitäväni tästä enemmän, vaikka kokemus Public Enemystä on ollut aiemminkin sama.
Too much! Just too much! Is this also back in fashion together with all 90s stuff?!
Have listened before, didn't need to do it again. 2 x meltingly good bangers, the rest is just not in the same league. Do The Right Thing is the best way to listen to this music
It's funny to think of how scared people were of this type of "gangsta rap" when it first came out. Even I remember being scared to listen to it, just based on it's reputations. And I get it - the message is intimidating to assholes trying to stay in power (which is the point), but the music itself is still so early "hip hop" that it's hard to have any real negative reaction to it. Still, this album is real busy. There's too much going on at once through most of it (which I know was innovative in the genre at the time), but it just seemed messy.
The songs tend to get samey and don’t really change that much. Although the underlying message of each song is said basically right in the title, the music tends to be forgettable. As you get through the album, the identity is lost due to the nature of how much sampling is in it. The vocals are where the album shines, but it’s sometimes difficult to understand when combined with the backing track. Favorite track: Fight the Power
This album wasn’t created for someone like me and that’s fine.
I did not enjoy this. Don't know why there seems to be a music genre that is 'Make as much unpleasant noise as possible'. Because art, I suppose?
Puedo reconocer su importancia histórica y lo que sea, pero sí fue un suplicio terminarlo. No es que sea malo, pero el género me cansa muy rápido.
Początek trochę rozczarowywał, bity jak dla mnie chaotyczne i ciężko było skupić się na treści albumu, który bądź co bądź mówił o ważnych tematach dla kolorowej mniejszości w USA. Pod koniec wrócił na lepsze tory i fajnie było poznać oryginał "B Side Wins Again" z NFS:MW ;) . Ogólnie nie zachęcił mnie do powrotu, gdyż nie mój rodzaj muzyki, ale na pewno dla fanów "czarnej" to świetna pozycja.
Album oceniony subiektywnie, bez kontekstu kulturowego. Niezwykle eksperymentalny, niestety nie do końca udany. Dziwny remix właściwie każdej z warstw muzycznych nie pozwala mi się cieszyć ani rytmem, ani melodią utworów. Dużo wstawek muzycznych słychać było w rapie lat 90 i nie tylko - inne gatunki muzyczne także inspirowały się nowinkami z tej płyty. Był to pierwszy i zdecydowanie ostatni raz, kiedy sięgam po ten album - bez zaskoczenia.
A rare miss for this group - usually the beats and bars hit hard and fast on a Public Enemy album, but here they feel a bit tired and repetitive. The subject matter and flow is still at the top of its game, but there aren't as many standout tracks or even individual mic-drop lyrics I know this group is capable of.
Meh
My housemate used to listen to this while we were at Uni. Never really got into it, but I’ve heard worse.
Fine but not something I'll go back to.
git up git up git up n git down
I respect it for it’s time but leaves a lot to be desired. Nice sampling
It's alright I suppose.
basically the same sounds over and over again, don´t kill me if you read this
Pasable como ruido de fondo 2
It wasn’t my cup of tea
Sometimes less is more.It sounded like a BBC sound effects album
it did not age well
Really don’t like this style of hip hop and not being American doesn’t help as the issues that are mentioned in multiple songs don’t do anything for me. There are just too many songs that annoy me, although I can appreciate the ideas in some of the songs
Influential, im sure, but was tough to get through the whole thing as its pretty long. Was also listening at work to be fair. Still legends.
Nope. Not my thing.
There is a lot to like about Public Enemy. But unfortunately there is too much not to like to ignore. Amidst some great social commentary and lyrics, "Fear of a Black Planet" gets bogged down with frantic changes and hyperactive and random insertions of sound. Chuck D's deep voice delivers some great lines. Flava Flav, on the other hand, is more often annoying than interesting. (Though Flava Flav does have his moments. Those moments are not from his post-Public Enemy reality show roles, where he seems to be playing an exaggerated character of his reputation. Or maybe that's just really him. There were a few times on this album when I thought he lyrical style and voice were interesting. But what stood out was yelling randomly in places where it didn't enrich the song.) A lot to like, but there were just too many times when an out-of-place sample or sound effect ruined an otherwise good thing.
The beats and the flow is spot on. But it's not interesting or as deep as they make it seem. Somehow this album makes me smell America around me, it's a very unusual sensation. It's like I'm back in Atlanta, and somehow the music feels so important. Very hardhitting, and quite a nice listen. What I'm trying to write; it's kinda monotonic in a style I don't rock too hard, but they got mad skills. Low 3/5 Ok I just heard 4 consecutive songs and didn't feel any change in setting or sound of any kind. It's just too straightforward to me. 2/5 Ok this happened when I got "It takes a nation of millions to hold us back" too. I get so tired of this music, and it becomes a chore to listen to the rest. 1.5/5
2/5
Rien n'était attendu de cet album, c'était juste un mauvais moment à passer. Cela a été fait, il est grand temps désormais de jeter cet album à la poubelle. Je tenais à profiter de cette tribune pour rappeler à Robert qu'il ne m'a toujours pas envoyé mon livre des 1001 albums. Je peux comprendre un léger retard, mais cela fait maintenant plus de 4 mois que je lui ai commandé son livre. Mais je ne m'inquiète pas, Robert est un homme de parole qui ne manquera pas à son engagement.
Not for me
WAyyy too repetitive with the production
Couple of classic songs. I think it's the first time I've heard the whole album. Public Enemy was definitely unique in this time frame. 2/5.
3. Fear Of A Black Planet - Public Enemy. 20 Tracks I'm not into rap or hip hop at all, but my biggest criticism of rap is that I often have no idea what's being said & I don't have this issue with Public Enemy. It's no "takes a Nation of Millions", (although you can really see they have tried to replicate it), but considering I don't like this genre, it's not awful at all. 2/5.
Voor een niet rap liefhebber, vind ik deze artiest nog wel om aan te horen. Stem klinkt normaal, muziek heeft wel wat geinige geluidjes. Een stuk beter dan al die duistere rap, die om de tekst gaat, die je dan toch niet verstaat. **
Disc de la vella escola de hip hop. Exageradament llarg, i això que acaba cansant al poc de començar... algun tema interessant, però moolt sobrevalorat
Really enjoyed some of these songs, but overall this album is a bit intense to listen to. This is most obvious at the end of 'Power to the people', for instance. The repetition, sampling, and switching of the sound from side to side was straight up unpleasant. This technique returns in many of the songs. Favourite songs: Can't do nuttin' for ya man; Fight the power (even though that one is also really intense). Struggling with the rating, but probably 2 stars.
Not my cup of tea.
A bit overly 90th
Not bad. But not something I love.
1.6
I've heard of this album. I've heard of this band. I've seen a lot from Flava Flav post Public Enemy's prime. Before looking up the album to play, I did not remember that any of these things belong together. "Fight the Power" might be the only song I've heard of. I can't decide if "911 is a Joke" is familiar or if it's just because it's Flav that it sounds familiar. Most of the tracks just kind of ran together. There were some okay elements, but I don't think this album was for me.
2/5. Liked 911 Is A Joke.
Malo malo, pero he oído peores
Надо полагать, классика семплинга, а то я не в материале. Не справился с прослушиванием.
Not my thing
Olisin halunnut tykätä enemmän, edes neutraalin kolmosen verran, mutta oli sen verran sekava pläjäys, että ei voi kakkosta enempää antaa tällekään. Muistaakseni joskus aiemminkin koittanut kuunnella jotain Public Enemyn levyä ja samankaltaiset mielikuvat oli muistin perukoilla. Hittibiisit on hyviä, mutta sitten hirveä määrä muuta kuraa vetää albumin kokonaisarvosanan alas.
jaren 90 hip hop. Klinkt niet heel bijzonder.
Not my type
Thematically, this album could have been a lot more, but the production took away from it entirely. Not many songs on it with serious rapping, and a lot of filler noise and instrumentals. Way too long a run time.
Lisää tätä ghettonuorten uhoamismusiikkia. Ei iskenyt NWA, ei Ice-T eikä yhtään enempää tämäkään. Ei myöskään sinänsä suuremmin häiritse tai ärsytä, joten kakkonen lienee oikea arvosana.
.. scrachssss
too political to be really catchy
2.5
Surprisingly not awful however still nothing special
err hip-hop-y. das not my genre. it's an okay background noise tho
Рэп – это однозначно не моя вещь. Просто не могу слушать эту бесконечную болтовню. К тому же альбом чрезмерно длинный. Час такой музыки ощущается как вечность
Bah, ruim.
Overuse of n word
Couldn’t finish. Absolutely terrible
Je veux bien que ça soit le début d’un mouvement de dingue, que les textes contestataires et le style complètement nouveau ça soit remarquable. Mais c’est inaudible, impossible de se mettre dans le rythme, y a que du bruit. Même les plus connus. J’espère changer d’avis
🌚
not the genre for me. but I could at least *almost* finish this album on a low low volume
No me gustó nadaa. Creo que es un sonido de momento y no es trascendente para quien escucha. No me dejó nada, ni siquiera me guardé una sola canción. Pésimo, quizás no es para mi.
Nope. Nope. Nope.
Nope, this is BAD music.
Rap from 90’s not my vibe
la verdad no me gusto. no es el rap que me gusta, es mas molesto que otra cosa. nose la historia, por ahi en contexto puede ser un gran albul, pero no
I dont think I Ever liked Public Enemy
First listened on July 9th 2026. Not for me, but the production is good.
Blimey! I tried really hard to listen to the album in one go, but I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. Yes, it's much better than the egomaniacal, misogynistic, Tourette-like gangster rap albums I've listened to for the 1001 Albums project, but ultimately, the constant agitation, anger and brutality are unbearable. It's not music, but rather a series of battle cries.
вообще не воспринимаю рэп
The album cover should set the tone and give a hint of what we're about to hear. Everything here clearly hints at epic, disturbing melodies with pointed social commentary. Right? Not so. The result is an hour-long cacophony of samples, where every track sounds identical, like background music at an amusement park. As for the rap, Public Enemy has two people in charge: Chuck D and Flavor Flav. The former raps like a sportscaster with a pillow over his face, while the latter's purpose is unclear — he only occasionally repeats a few words and shouts his signature "Yeah, boyeee!". It feels like you're listening to a Pinky and the Brain album. As for the lyrics, the messages about the might of the black race that seemed so powerful in the '80s and '90s now read like typical nagging comments on Twitter. Weak!
Sorry, I just cannot appreciate this music. 3/10
Not for me. It ruined my morning drive to work
Rap, 1990 -> 1
Kinda gave me an headache ngl
the way the album opens sets the tone for everything that follows. but I didn’t like it at all tho, none of the songs felt pleasant to my soul :(
It was kinda bad.
I thought I had already listened to this one, but I had not; just sounded the same, Tried to listen 3 times and ended up just tuning out.
It's a one its not my type of music
The sound is just not for me
Fos
I can understand that this album was influential to modern hip-hop and was very culturally significant at the time. However, I am judging these albums based on how they sound, and this one just did not sound good. The songs are very repetitive, and they are either uninteresting or straight-up bad.
It's rap and it's shit.
It’s shit, but I fully endorse the notion of burning Hollywood, I think we should all unite and focus on achieving this goal.
Was ready for this to be over from the start. I get they are talking about real issues in society, but sonically it is not for me.
Not my thing
inescuchable
Couldn’t finish this old rap is so boring
nah
Not 4 me
Not entirely sure how to review this other than to say that this really isn't my jam. It's that style of early 90s rap where they just kind of yell and its noisy and loud and a bit frenzied. Did not really enjoy it.
This album has come up in so many "Greatest Albums of All Time" lists, that I've been had to make my way through it before. Every time, it's been a rough listen. I've always ended up with a brutal migrane. When I saw this album come up, I was immediately filled with intense dread. I put off listening to it for days. Yesterday, the day came. I had to listen. I made it about 30 minutes. I'm choking my way through it now. I have to accept it. This is my least favorite record of all time. In terms of pure listening experience, nothing fucks with my ears more than this.
Я такое не люблю
Another Hip-Hop Rap album! Accoring to the number of Spotify plays, this isn't a very popular album, so why is it in this list? Based on the inoridnate number of Rap / Hip-Hop albums in this list, a better name for the list might be "1001 Albums To Make You Want To Die.
ouvi até onde deu, chegou um momento que passei a sentir mal estar, não curto.
Ikke for meg, noe som er rart med tanke på at jeg elsker sinekyre 3 liksom??
Not a fan
no
only good thing about this is the star wars cover
I was excited to see that Flava Flav was in this group! However, not my favorite music. It felt very noisy to me.
The amount of sound effects irritated me.
Didn't like it
Inimigo dos meus ouvidos. 1 hora de música repetitiva e barulhos desnecessários. Uma delas já estava me deixando irritada. 1/5
first track was vibey but the rest wasn’t my vibe :( can def tell it’s from the 90s
this was just not for me i tend to like early 2000s rap and hip hop and this was too much 80s influence
1.25 war echt so schlecht, dass ich es nach nicht mal der hälfte abgebrochen habe
J'ai l'impression que tout se ressemble
this shit is whack
get this shit off the airway bruh
Im good wlh
Racist vulgar violent misogynistic songs. WTF?
Nou daar gaan we dan. Zogenaamde hiphop-liefhebber gaat weer een klassieker afzeiken. Holy fucking shit. De eerste track van 1:44, een instrumentaal knip en plak intro, is er nog niet heel veel aan de hand, maar als het album dan echt begint bij track 2 is het bal. Dit is weer herrie waar ik boos van word. Het is vast knap in elkaar gedraaid door The Bomb Squad, maar ik kan er niet naar luisteren. Ik snap ook niet dat iemand dat wél kan. Als die mensen een afkortzaag in een balk hardhout zetten, denken ze dan ook "oh ja, lekker geluid zeg!"? Zo ja: Gefeliciteerd met dit album. Omdat je zo stoer bent krijg je een aardige politieke boodschap cadeau. Als je daar niet van houdt, zoals ik, is er niet doorheen te komen. Na track 5 heb ik er nog een beetje voor Jan Lul doorheen geskipt want m'n cijfer lag al vrij snel vast. M'n oren hielden het iets langer vol dan m'n hoofd. Ik kan hier niks mee. Ik ga nog liever een uur in een indoor kinderspeeltuin a.k.a. krijspaleis zitten dan dat ik dit moet luisteren. 1 ster. Gekmakende kutherrie.
Du wrap trop bof, pas mon genre
This is not my kind of scene This is not my kind of dream Apparently a history making album so ,⭐
This album is very (very!) insipid and uninteresting for me. I've said the same thing about the other hip-hop albums that I've had to listen to, but this opinion doesn't change as I go through more of them. Then, I guess it's that this genre doesn't interest me in the least, but, again, I will always be open-minded when listening to those albums. Yet it always comes to confirm me that this genre sounds very bland to me. This album is very long for songs that sound exactly the same. The sampling in this one is well done, sounds fluid and nicely combined with the other elements of the songs but... I just don't get the hype with this genre, it is interesting in theory but very boring for me when I start to listen to it.
This started off cool but got old quick. From the repetitive beats to Chuck D’s monotone voice, by the end of the album I wanted to cut off my ears. One song blended into another and it grew tiresome and again why does every rap album need to go for so long?
Not great Kind of boring Skipped a couple songs
No
Talking over a beat track. Not my jam
was horrible just an irritating noise
As a listener, I tend to be more connected to music than lyrics, but I'm hoping that I will someday find the album that makes me a fan of hip hop. Unfortunately, while I respect it, this album isn't it for me.
not for me
Clearly this is a classic, but musically it mostly just seems to be people saying random phrases over drum beats. Hard to give this more than a 1 from my own perspective.
Única sensação que este disco me transmitiu foi de alívio, quando acabou. Muito ruim!
I know it's groundbreaking, but I cannot stand it
I just can't get through a hip-hop album, no matter how good it may (or may not) be.
I'll say the same thing as I did about their last album here - it was an enemy to my musical enjoyment.
Not for me
This style of hip-hop is extremely grating to me. Message aside, there just isn't anything to hold onto musically here. 1.5
Naporno za slušati, dosadno i bezveze. 1/5, 1/10
BEST SONGS: - Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya, Man!
Oof no. Sorry but this was terrible! Repetitive and over an hour long?! Torture. That's what that was 1 ⭐️
Ass
The beats were fine but all that talking get to be too much.
Скажите мне кто-нибудь, ну почему практически каждый посредственный исполнитель, возомнивший себя звездой, делает такие длинные альбомы? Я устал это слушать, всё во мне протестовало. Плевать, что говорят критики и мне совершенно до лампочки, сколько у этого НЕмузыкального "шедевра" продаж. С каждым новым рэп-альбомом я всё больше ненавижу этот жанр и не вижу в нём ну ничегошеньки привлекательного. И точка.
Listened to before: Partially I tried, I promise. Every few years I try to listen to PE, because I know of their musical and political significance. But they are not for me. I find their music exhausting and that does not seem to change with multiple spins. Sorry PE
just not my style :)
Nahhhh
This sucked. 1.5*
My ears are bleeding
Shrug
Might have scored slightly higher but in one song they mugged off Elvis calling him a racist. I ain’t having that!
Shit sucked. Way too sampled, not an ounce of musicality
Not a rap fan, this sounds just like so many other rap artists
Boring and unoriginal
They tried hard. But it was still dull. Also, I was driving when I played the album. Got tricked by some unnecessary sirens!! And many other strange sounds that made me doubt if I had some issue with my car!
No
Absolute shite. The more exposure I have to this genre the more I hate it.
Varmasti ansaitsee lajinsa edustajana paikkansa listalla, mutta ei uppoa minulle ollenkaan.
That album was incredibly hard to listen to and may be my least favorite hip hop album on here. I had to take a break half way through because I was getting a headache with so much going on at all time. Between the beats, the random noises, the talking, and whatever the hell Flava Flav was doing in the background. This made for an absolute mess of noise for me
Not a fan.
לפני שאני שומע את האלבום, חייב להגיד שזה נראה כמו פוסטר למשחק מחשב משנת 83 אחרי ששמעתי את האלבום, חייב להגיד שזה פשוט הקלטות של כושים שחיברו וקראו לזה שיר
ביט בסדר ראפר מציק
Public Enemy, in this instance, seems to be not only an Enemy of the Public but also of themselves. Because these guys are clearly musically talented – but the sound is just not engaging or memorable enough to warrant a positive review. The sound experimentation in Power To The People, Anti-Nerd Machine, and Leave This Off Your Charts (among other tracks) is irritating and hasn't aged well in the slightest. All of the singing/rapping is just anonymous shouting with no personality, no emotion other than performative anger. Nothing that makes me want to re-approach the music for a relisten. I had the same problem with the group's previous release, It Takes A Nation Of Millions. Although, in the case of FOABP, there are exactly two tracks I enjoyed amidst the sea of nothingness (Pollywanacraka, Final Count, and Fight The Power). What surprised me, looking at the other reviews here, is that this seems to be a highly regarded album even when compared to other hip-hop releases from the same period. Listeners praise FOABP for being rowdy, rude, and in your face, for having weighty lyrics and a relentless vocal delivery. I don't tend to pay attention to lyrics unless they're particularly terrible, so we can discount them in this case. Everything else mentioned are reasons I dislike this style of music. The relentless vocal delivery comes off as monotone and forced rather than whatever enthusiasm it was trying to achieve. (At least have some mellower tracks to split up the onslaught of bellowed cursing?) It feels haphazard, tactless, and kind of against the whole notion of music as an art. There's no subtlety, nor any attempt at it. Just shouting, scattered sampling from other artists (less impressive than it sounds), and hardly any humanity in the instrumentation. I agree with another reviewer here: "As far as I understand, this album is quite important for the history of hip-hop. But definitely, absolutely, without any question not for me." 1/5 Key tracks: Pollywanacraka, Final Count, Fight The Power
did we need 2 public enemy albums on the list?
Nope
Har egentlig lyst til å like gammel hiphop. Men for meg blir dette bare en ugjennomtrengelig vegg av samples, record scratch lyder, rapping jeg ikke forstår og den samme raske beaten på hver sang. Skjønner rett og slett ikke hva som skjer, og blir helt overveldet. Imponerende å lage denne musikken i 1990, og sikkert gode tekster - men det må bli en ekstremt subjektiv 1er fra meg.
Ish
Eh
Boring
I had a song by Public Enemy in the back of my mind, but I can't find it anymore. The background music to the aggressive chanting was quite interesting at times. But it didn't encourage me to listen to more of the album than short snippets of a few tracks. Hip hop is not my genre (is it music?) 1/5
I dont like it, it is not my genre sowy
I know I have songs I like by Public Enemy but none is on this album. I'm missing the point - to me this is an album I could be without. Didn't enjoy it, couldn't appreciate it. I sound pessimistic but.. This is just a bunch of pointless annoyance for me.
Public Enemy bliver bare ikke mig
Die nächste Ladung Schrott!
No RAP
I don't like rap
Motziges Hip Hop Album mit Rap und Acid Einschlag. Mich schreckt die Musik ab, so dass ich gar nicht zum exzentrischen Sprechgesang durchkomme. Das Beste am Album ist das Ende. Man hat dieses Album dank der lebensrettenden Skip Tast überstanden.
Did not enjoy at all. Soundtrack of chaos.
Hip hop not my thing
A lot of people like this stuff ... I'm not one of them. Made it about half-way through.
I’m glad this was before my time
Same beat for 3/4 of the songs.
Hip-Hop
I just don't like this. Like, there's nothing enjoyable about this to me.
Naw, not really.
No music, just noise!
bad
Don’t do Anti-Semites…don’t do anti-any race. Sick of all this weak shit.
Can't even listen to this
Rap bien de mierda, del inescuchable horrible.
Not my cup of tea
If you like repetitive obnoxious sounds, this is for you.
I tried but it is just not my thing...
The first half of this was alright, but by the time I got to the second half I was ready for it to finish. A bit too attention grabbing/distracting for me! Ended up skipping the last few songs as they were putting me in a bad mood
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I don’t really listen to lyrics when I’m listening to music so there could be a decent message in this album, but the rappers had no flow, there were no catchy choruses or hooks, the beats were exhausting with annoying sounds and never changing. Old rap doesn’t age too well. Not for me. I’m glad I heard the reno911 theme song in full.
Not my taste/type of music. I try to be broad minded but this sounded like discordant sounds to me.
No me gustó, es el segundo álbum de Public Enemy que me toca y me pareció peor. Peores bases, menos dinámica, recursos desagradables y sin flow.
Hip Hop is my lowest rated genre, barely beating Electronica…. It is just not my thing. I’ve had on other Public Enemy album, it rated 1/5 for me. I don’t like the lack of any sort of melody, nothing approaching a “hook”. No discernible verse-chorus type structure. I just don’t like the scratches and squeals and samples and such. This seems to be a very well respected album, with Platinum sales, and 4x songs that were atop 11 on the Rap charts. It ranked #300 on Rolling Stone’s greatest albums list. It was certainly successful. It’s well put together. I can see where the messages resonate with a lot of people. It’s just not a style of music that I like. Similar to I don’t like Opera. All that said, I like this one a little better than the previous one (It takes a nation…). I but I didn’t make it all the way through the 63 minutes, so I guess it’s still a 1/5
Annoying and tiresome music I roll my eyes any time I see a review praising the “message” of this album lmao
No fear ... this album is crap. Nothing worth listening to as it is an expression of personal beliefs. If 0 rating available that would still be too high
i do not like hip hop
Not my style at all.
I only listened to part of this album, but I would rather dive off the top of a building than listen again. The screaming and repetitive beats really annoyed me.
Fear of a boring fucking album
I’m not one for political statements to be made in music and this again is one where I’m just not that interested.
I really don't like hip-hop but this isn't the worst of it by far. I couldn't get through the album though.
I have listened to a fair bit of hip-hop but this older style with that looping beat is just on my type.
Not my jam.
0 appreciation for this, not sure how this was groundbreaking. Blissful ignorance.
Niet mijn ding, niet alle nummers afgeluisterd want kom er anders niet doorheen haha Geen nummers opgeslagen, dus dit wordt m'n eerste 1 ster Would not buy
Something about this makes it particularly unlistenable for me
couldn’t get through it. i tried.
This isn't music.
I think, by now, we've all worked out I don't like this genre of music.
Ok
Sorry for all the hip hop and rap records I rate low because I don't vibe with it. Happy the list isn't only the same bland of rock from the 60ties and 70ties.
nah
Нет слов 1/5
no hay 1 tema que me guste:)
No thanks. Not a fan of hip hop, and this is not the album that could make me change direction
A cacophony of samples. Couldn't relax
san andreas-core lol @ track 8's name
Önskar jag kunde sätta minuspoäng.
horrendous.
Not a rap fan
Inte min grej
i reckon scott kelly gives all these albums such high marks because he's trying to get a pass for the N word.
Public enemy wasn’t made for me. I try but it’s just not me.
Solid 3/10. I didn't like the rap-esque lyrical movement. The beats were nice; it reminded me of Jet Set Radio. All in all it was an experience but not a good one
Can see why it’s in the list just wasn’t for me
Was looking forward to listen to todays album on the train from Copenhagen to Nyborg. But as it sounded like something be was scrolling through a lot of different channels I decided to listen to it another time. I listened to it when I was back in my lovely boarding room. This is not what I wanted to listen to being very tired after having recovered from a hangover and a whole weekend in Copenhagen. Not gonna lie, when I discovered that the album was one hour long, I stopped listening to it.
The opening track is promising ... but then the rapping starts, making this anbearable fast. The backing tracks - as far as I could make out - are a little bit better than on most other albums of the genre, but that's where the positivity stops. To sum up: Hip Hop. 1/5
Not my cup of tea
Didn't like this.
started this one several times, never got through it. sorry
The generator just gave me albums from Tribe and De La Soul that came out around the same time. And those are way better. Those guys are more creative with their beats, more natural with their flow, generally more playful, and more upbeat and positive. A fair amount of the solos on Fear of a Black Planet are kind of stilted, and it just really beats you down to listen to a whole hour-long record that is so overwhelmingly negative. When they're not on - and most of the record aside from really the last half of the last song is not - they're really off.
No :(
Meh
Zero Stars. Fear of a Crap Planet.
the whole album felt pretty scattered. I think it was meant more so a showcase for each artist, but they hardly sound any different from each other so it is goop
not my bag
(Content warning: this review includes a discussion of anti-Semitic statements.) A while ago, during a review of Gang Starr's Step in the Arena, I wondered if there was a term for the period in hip-hop from 1987 to 1992, which saw the genre both go mainstream and mutate into something almost unrecognisable. Well, Wikipedia designates this period as golden age hip-hop, which strikes me as a slightly lazy terming, but that's just a quibble. In any case, the most critically feted act from that period is surely Public Enemy. Explicly political, explicitly pugnacious, Public Enemy took both their philosophy and rhetoric not so much from the mainstream civil rights movement, but from the more hard-line Black Power movement, which within its membership has had elements espousing black nationalism, black self-determination and, at its most extreme end, black separatism and black supremacism. In my review of Tracy Chapman's first album, I questioned the depth of her political statements, as I found them essentially platitudinous, at their hearts just pleas for better public services. But what about the opposite case, when the act evinces a position that is radical to the point of outrage? For instance, the Clash would wear t-shirts bearing Brigade Rosse, an Italian commmunist terrorist group who were responsible for the murder of around 50 people. In retrospect, I think it's as plain as day that Joe Strummer was being a silly sausage, and the Clash's somewhat callow glorification of far-left rebellion has aged as well as communism. But Public Enemy, especially with the album Fear of a Black Planet, represents perhaps the platonic example of a major group vaunting immoderate politics and inviting justified indignation. Beforehand, Public Enemy had, with lyrics declaring Louis Farrakhan "a prophet", indicated that their stance was not as mainstream as, say, the condemnation of police brutality. But then Professor Griff, both Public Enemy's Minister of Information and their Bez, gave an interview to The Washington Times, where he declared that Jews were "responsible of the majority of wickedness in the world." This was not the first time he had expressed anti-Semitic views in an interview (also, he was openly homophobic in the same interview, and again this was not the first time he had berated an interviewer homophobically). Leader Chuck D dithered, initially firing Professor Griff then inviting him back. You should note an unsettling taste developing in your mouth. This album emerged in the aftershocks of all this. And this album has openly anti-Semitic and homophobic lyrics (I'll spare you, you can look them up yourselves). It also spouts long-disproven conspiracy theories and avows positions that, I suspect, most people will find nonsensical and rather unpleasant. This is not in any way to dilute the seriousness of racial issues in the States and beyond, but rather to hope for a more sober, considered take on important political issues. For all the righteous anger supposedly driving this album, the listener should take it as gimmicky, as a childish tack in lieu of intellectual sophistication. Also, the album's length and the lack of musical relent become wearying, and finishing the album degenerates to a chore. By the by, Public Enemy didn't stop there with the anti-Semitism. Their 1999 album There's a Poison Goin' On includes the song Swindler's Lust (again, I won't be quoting the lyrics), and soon after that Chuck D and Professor Griff formed a side project named Confrontation Camp. Who on earth is still championing Public Enemy? 4chan?
Not my kind
Not for me
Not my cup of tea.
doo doo
no
0_0
naaahh
full trash
Awful! Utter crap!
Nope…. Didn’t like
Not my jam
Raskasta kuunnella työn teon lomassa. Aika paljon tuli skippailtua biisejä kesken, mitä en normaalisti ollenkaan tee tämän levyprojektin kanssa ainakaan. Sekava pläjäys. Tuokaa minulle mieluummin Puhuvia Päitä.
Nope not a fan
"Fight the Power" Released: July 4, 1989 "Welcome to the Terrordome" Released: January 1990 "911 Is a Joke" Released: April 1990 "Brothers Gonna Work it Out" Released: June 1990 "Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya Man" Released: October 1990
no way
Primera presa de contacte amb Public Enemy. Malgrat saber de la seva existència, mai m'havia assegut a escoltar atentament la seva música. En general, el hip hop i el rap mai m'han interessat gaire. I a ells en concret els vaig veure una estona en directe en el meu segon Primavera Sound, allà al 2008. El disc m'ha semblat interessant a nivell sonor, amb complexes estructures de samplers i jocs de veus constants. Però el disc en sí, com era d'esperar, no m'ha dit gaire, i tampoc ho esperava. M'he informat sobre la seva transcendència en el moment que va ser publicat, tant pel seu missatge com per la seva música, i entenc que el context i el moment eren idonis per aquest àlbum. Tot i així, jo no hi connecto, i al final m'ha acabat cansant, perquè és tan llarg com dens.
Diese Liste hätte nicht mal EIN Public Enemy-Album gebraucht. Geschweige denn dieses. Nach dem 4. Song ausgemacht, braucht kein Mensch.
bad
Soulful, jazzy, easy listening Love the "Jazz band" sound Top points to the double bass Voice drops out slightly at points