Reviews (page 13 of 13)
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
Gefällt mir nicht
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