Fear Of A Black Planet

É o gênero que praticamente criou o techno. Mesmo ano de Magic Wand de Whodini inclusive. Algumas músicas excelentes, mas como um álbum é extremamente cansativo. Muitas músicas e não tem variedade o suficiente entre elas.

Not bad. Better than the previous hip hop albums. Songs not too long, not too weird. Cool instrumentals.

Some old school hip hop. Some tracks are pretty cool

Definitely needs a better deep listen when I have time, but this was another really enjoyable album, a number of the tracks I knew but plenty I didn't.

decent rap not in love with it tbh picks up a little bit for me

Los beats stan durisimos, aunque las letras se mantienen hablando de lo mismo una y otra vez, no hay casi nada de story telling y siento que escucho lo mismo siempre. lowkey a disappointment. low 5/10. It's aight.

Cool album. Saved one song. Not my everyday vibe but a good listen. 3.5/5

Fear Of A Black Planet was a fairly mixed bag for me. The songs here kept flip flopping in quality. On one hand, some of the songs have weak rapping and annoying samples , But on the other, The other songs have cool rapping, interesting sample usage (including one sounding like it's from Michael Jackson's Thriller). and groovy beats. The lyrics here are also cool at points and are never insanely dumb unlike some other hip hop albums. This is a generally good album overall where most of it's good aspects outweigh it's bad aspects. Best Song: Brothers Gonna Work It Out Worst Song: 911 Is A Joke

After 1 listen, this is another album where I know the importance of Public Enemy to conscious rap, but the samples and rhythms don't connect. 3/5 with the premise that perhaps after further listens, I'll finally get it.

3.5/5

Great Album in terms of sounds and political issues but i have to understand it more deeply

Not necessarily something I usually go for, but it is enjoyable. It’s got rythm and grooviness and all that. It’s giving me beastie boys too. Gotta be honest, I did not finish listening to it completely because I wasn’t really in the mood for it 🤷‍♀️

Good, head banging and nonstop.

Production is crazy, lyrics and flows are influential… but too old school for me

I really don't know how to feel about this because it's important, and at the same time uplifting and fun but musically I'm just not on board. I'm glad I listened to it but I don't think I will return to it

Lots going on musically, strong social messaging throughout. I still struggle with hip-hop music but am coming to appreciate it's place in a musical world big enough foe everyone.

The cooler the sample, the cooler these guys are.

Made me smile when I heard a sample of Musical Youth's 'Pass the Dutchie' in 'Revolutionary Generation'.

It’s just okay imho. A shaky 3.

2.5

I feel like a rebel

Gotta listen again -- definitely groundbreaking but not quite my style.

PE album 4 at 150 albums in. OK I get it, I need to listen to Public Enemy. Trouble is I already have. I've heard this one a few times before and liked it. Flav is on imperious form here especially on '911 is a joke'.

Only listened to half - good but not my fav

I'm glad this was on the list, and I liked the rapping itself and the general vibes, but the short 1-2 second long samples of repetitive grating noises really started to wear me down after a while. Maybe that kind of sampling just isn't for me.

Overall cool album sound is good. Not really what I like in hip hop but lyrically interesting and way better than the mumble crap they put out today. Superb mixing, flows a bit antiquated and suprising how much space they leave for the instrumental.

The "instrumental tracks" and the ones making Flav are not for me. The rest is great.

Should be on such a list. Although maybe takes a nation of millions should be the one. Didn’t fully enjoy though some good grooves.

This was very much of its time. And it was revolutionary &, thereby, incredibly influential. So for Hip-hoppers its a milestone. Has it aged well for the rest of us? It sounds like a million, if these are the sounds that turn you on. I can see the value in it, but I’ll never play this album again. Nonetheless, Fight The Power is an absolute highlight of 90’s popular music. Chuck D is a saint. The sampling is great & any sample from Billy Stewart’s version of Summertime is alright with me. I’m sure if I actually concentrated on the words, I’d rate it higher.

Good album very invocation of the time. Not my cup of tea, stars are subjective.

A masterclass in early hiphop sampling but maybe a bit bloated in the middle - could be better at 40 mins long. Social commentary has never sounded so cool 😎 Favourite track: Welcome To The Terrordome

Public Enemy. Angry rap. Predictable beats. Not for me bit I understand its position.

Great for its time, not something i will revisit often

cool

Some of this was more listenable than other parts. Favorite songs: "Revolutionary Generation" goes hard, "Pollywanacraka" is catchy and also reminds me of the Jackal from the West Wing (:

Good shit

Most people have probably heard, or know of, Fight The Power which closes out this album. However, I have not sat and listened to this album all the way through until now. The songs contain an interesting reflection on the institutionalized racism of the era (and even to this day) and other social commentary pieces. Each song blended a bit into the next with some exceptions that utilized a hard break between the end of one and the start of the next. I don't find myself being drawn into the world of hip-hop often, but enjoyed this album as a change of pace to what I'm normally listening to and expanding my horizons.

Cool protest album. It had a lot of serious points but it made them with a kind of humor that was fun to listen to. Musically a lot different than most hip hop that I'm familiar with. Some metal style guitar

la cosa più importante di questo album è innegabilmente il tema della rivendicazione sociale, e su questo non si può dire niente. per il resto, dopo un po' ho perso la carica delle prime canzoni.

Ammetto che non è esattamente il mio genere, e dubito lo riascolterò presto. Però ci sono diversi elementi che ho apprezzato: l’energia, l’ironia e la rivendicazione sociale.

Quello che ha scritto Martina

Not bad, was expecting a bit better, the album consists of lots of random noise and samples. Would prefer a rap album with consistent beats.

Ok

Classic Public Enemy. That goes back a ways. Still not a bad listen after all these years.

Gear: Focal Clear Mix: Stereo-Späße Galore. Beats ballern. Vocals hochwertig roh. Musik: Lyrics und Samples kulturell leider immer noch hoch-relevant. Musik zwar auch entsprechend aggressiv und groovy - aber so gar nicht würdevoll gealtert. Wertung: ⚫⚫⚫(⚫)/5

Det er lidt sjovt, for jeg er allerede blevet mere glad for rap (i sær fra 80-90'erne) men lige den her stil var ikke super meget mig.

Well.....I liked this more than I thought I would.

Crazy how much of a message these guys had and how powerful their music was and then flavor flave went on reality tv to do flavor of love lol

Some cracking tracks but more misses than hits on this album

It's fine, kind of all sounds the same at this point

A landmark album that doesn’t hit quite as hard today — not because the societal issues being skewered have been solved — but because rap has been influenced so pervasively by Public Enemy’s brash style. Production also lacks the tonal variety to hold up for a full hour when pair with underwhelming vocal performances. Favorite tracks: Fight the Power, Fear of a Black Planet

я в детстве смотрел по муз ТВ "вкус любви" - и когда говорили что безумец с часами на шее это известный рэпер, я конечно верил на слово)) и только спустя миллион лет я все таки узнал что это за ФЛЕЙВОР ФЛАААААВ такой

4/1/24. Can't deny Chuck D and Flava Flav. Powerful songs and great samples in the beats.

Solid early 90s rap

I like this album, and maybe on a hip hop day this would have pushed my buttons a bit more. I was going to give it a 4, but I think for me it just lacks a certain lyricism and groove that would elevate it to a 4 or 5.

I think this is the third album from PE on the list so far, and I think I'd place this one 3rd. I think it's just too long, there's too much bits of like DJ interstitials that don't really add anything to the album, just increase the length. Maybe I just wasnt in the mood for it, but when you think that it's close to being over, then you look and there is 9 songs left. I like a lot of what is on the record, but with an edit it could be much better, 45 mins would make this a great record.

Very funky, very nice stuff. What a good ol groove. I dunno lol I enjoyed it

Powerful even after all these years

emmm, black music

Great lyrics and beats but the constant barrage of sound becomes taxing after both discs.

I liked it! Enjoyable

Not my style but well done

3.5

Not my genre, but an excellent album

I’m sure this was super controversial at the time but interestingly I think mainstream culture has mostly caught up with the themes. wth do you mean flava flav is in this group

Pretty sick

classic rap from flavor flav and Chuck D

Moments of mania. But worthy listen

I liked it, sometimes would be properly enjoying it, other times just not getting it. For example there’s some great use of samples especially from news clips and speeches. But then there’s some bits where it’s straight up over excessive with no pay off. Also found myself checking how many songs were left which is never a good sign. This was a good album though, but just good Stand out songs: Burn Hollywood burn Power to the people Fight the power

It was good and I love this genre but I think it could have been better. The beats are great and they are passionate I just don't think enough songs really hit. Still fun but other then the message and time period I don't feel it is special. Solid 3/5. Stand out songs: Welcome to the Terrordome Burn Hollywood Burn War at 33 1/3

fun but felt long

Good 90s hip-hop. Really appreciate it for what it is, but definitely has that 90s "DJ style" where there's lots of repeated & semi-annoying sounds that sometimes go on for too long

Old School Hip-Hop, good Samples

A more fun and engaging listen than I had expected.

3.5 I enjoy the content, but I really don’t like Chuck D’s tone/rappint style, I’m sorry. Flava Flav of course is perfect.

Classic 90s rap. I can see the fashion of this music in my head.

Legends in hip hop - not for me. Respect who they are and what they have done.

Was okay but I expected better songs.

I like it. There were some good stand out songs that are a 5 but as an album I think it's a 3

Waar ik al meermaals het argument aanhaalde dat sommige muziek het beter doet als het losgekoppeld wordt van het concept 'album', hebben de nummers op deze plaat wel echt de intrigerende verhaallijn van 'Fear Of A Black Planet' nodig om boven water te blijven. Sterker nog, elk nummer is een bouwsteen in de gelaagde 'rapportage' van decennia aan zwarte onderdrukking in de States. De complexe mix aan nieuwsfragmenten, anekdotes over historische sleutelmomenten, gevoed met tientallen jaren aan samples uit black genres, laat dit album meer voelen als een documentaire dan een muziekstuk. Dit deden ze met profetische precisie, aangezien heel wat thema's meer dan 30 jaar na dato helaas nog steeds actueel zijn. Sommige standpunten zijn nogal achterhaald, waardoor je dit album soms vanuit het perspectief van die tijdsgeest dient te beluisteren. Naast de monumentale politieke relevantie van dit werk, is de productie van 'The Bomb Squad' ook revolutionair in de Hip Hop scene. Ik denk dat nog niet de helft van alle samples ontdekt zijn vandaag de dag. Het album wordt gedreven door vette drums, die een hoop drive en energie in het verhaal brengen, wat past bij het activistische thema. Echter is de complexiteit aan geluiden die het album echt tot leven brengen ook direct de valkuil. Soms was het echt ondraaglijk, en twijfelde ik zelfs even om het album in twee delen te luisteren. Sommige chaotische tracks behandelde al eerder besproken topics, en bij hun afwezigheid had de relevantie van dit album ook wel als een paal boven water gestaan. Als de gehele reeks aan rotzooi tussen 'Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya, Man!' en 'Fight The Power' achterwegen was gelaten was het album er beter van afgekomen. Ik mis elementen van de productiestijl op het voorgaande album van ze, met baanbrekende punk/metal samples en funky basslines. Ik snap dat de chaotische vibe er is om het volk te 'activeren', maar de luisterbaarheid heeft er onder te leiden. Wat betreft de vocalen.. Chuck D is niet echt een goeie rapper, maar wel een waanzinnige prediker. De nummers met hypeman Flavor Flav als lead, '911 Is A Joke' en 'Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya, Man!', zijn dan ook persoonlijke favorietjes, vooral ook omdat het even de serieuze sleur doorbreekt. Zoals je merkt neem ik old school Hip Hop albums heel serieus, vooral als het om dit soort kolossale zuilen in het genre - en de cultuur in het algemeen - gaat. Het blijft een indrukwekkend idee dat Hip Hop binnen een aantal jaar een ontwikkeling heeft doorgemaakt van de freestyler op straat met 'two turntables and a microphone', tot albums die normen en waarden op nationale schaal op de korrel nemen en zelfs van hun voetstuk doen laten vallen. Waar veel rap albums vaak lokaal representatief zijn, weet deze die ban te doorbreken door 'lotgenoten' te verbinden in steden door het hele land. Zo nu en dan gaan ze wat over de schreef, en slaan ze de plank mis, maar om een beweging in gang te zetten is er soms brute kracht nodig. 7,5 Highlights: 911 Is A Joke Burn Hollywood Burn Fight The Power

Nog doorsurfend op de hiphop-high van de late-eighties is dit een klassieker. Met een politieke boodschap typerend voor het tijdsgewricht die helaas ook tijdloos is gebleken en nog steeds aan de orde van de dag. Het wordt op een humorvolle, creatieve en steeds diverse manier gebracht met rap, gesprekken, fragmenten en samples. Echt sterk en geeft goeie vibes. Zo sterk als de boodschap is, zo irriteer ik me wel een beetje aan de productie. Die is niet zo sterk. En het mag wat korter, hoor. Meer dan een uur, lange zit. Wel een lange zit waar je energie telkens weer wordt aangeslingerd. Maar dan hebben ze ook wel een professional hypeman in hun midden. "Yeah boy, Flavor Flav!" Highlights: Pollywanacraka Burn Hollywood Burn Fight the Power

I love and respect the message of this album so much, but this is just not something that I can regularly listen to

Bin kein Hip-Hop Fan, aber das kann man hören. Da ist viel los. Den textlichen Inhalt kann ich nicht würdigen als nicht Muttersprachler

Not sure I’m the target audience

I struggled to get into this one at first. I credit this to the style of music since I don’t tend to lean into hiphop much unless it’s a bit more modern. However, I slowly started to enjoy it; particularly the sampling and the overall message. 3/5

Less of tuneful piece of work, more a political essay set to an assortment of looped samples. Gets a bit tiresome to listen to. Not my favourite hip hop

Better

Strong album. The production on it is is fantastic: Sounds incredibly fucking angry in all the right ways, and doesn't give a fuck about whether you have a problem with it. Wears its politics on its sleeve, plus it's just a fun listen in general. Recommended-

Ik zat in tram 5 ... Deze heren zijn overduidelijk boos, maar reageren dat gelukkig niet af op ho's n bitches of verheerlijken geweld op een andere manier. Ze zetten politieke teksten op een agressieve beat, zoals rage against the machine dat deed op schurende gitaren. Hardcore hip-hop is een van de stijlen die wiki er bij zet, en ik zie wel de overeenkomsten met de hardere gitaarmuziek. De rauwe beats stuwen de raps en het geheel wordt wat versierd met samples en draaitafelvingervlugheid. Ik kan dit beter hebben dan de kinderachtige gangstarap van de 00s. Maar ik heb er niet elke dag zin in en vandaag had ik geen zin in hiphop, dus kan ik niet hoger dan een 3 komen.

Was good at the start, but sounds a little too old, and was a little too long.

They were right in the first song about there being controversy in the rap world around lyrics. Some of their lyrics arguably has to lead to where the rap world is today regarding cussing and using slurs. Also 911 is a joke has aged poorly.

overall I don't mind all the samples & mixing, just feel like it's a huge mash up of samples with not much cohesion.

Great boom bap. Felt dated initially but there were a couple runs of rhymes that turned me around on that opinion

Good album overall

Mainly ok.

It's not my first option for music. I think is good but not excellent or perfect

Por mais que pareça ser revolucionário, as músicas não parecem mudar mt umas das outras. talvez as letras sejam sensacionais, mas são tantos sons de fundo que acabo não prestando atenção e tudo se mescla num barulho só. Talvez com outro fone fique melhor

Such an intense album. I really like the sound Chuck D brings but Flava Flav is trapped in my head as the reality show version of himself. Not really my style but I can see how others would celebrate it.

worst album ive ever heard 0/10

3 and 1/2

musically not my cup of coffee (at all), but i very much understand the cultural significance of this album!

heard better.

2022: got It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, rly liked it 2023: got Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black, wasn't a fan 2024: I'm not sure what to expect, but I already know "Fight the Power" is fantastic I can recognize this is a major achievement in hip-hop, but that's not the same as loving it. The production from the Bomb Squad is *claustrophobic*, with shreds of James Brown, Vincent Price, heavy metal guitar and whatever that whirring sound is on "War at 33 1/3" all co-dominant, each commanding your attention. You'd think this being Public Enemy No. 3 would prepare me for this, but I think the 'sampledelia' is unprecedented even for their records. Unfortunately, I don't have much to say about the vibrant dynamic between Chuck D & Flavor Flav, nor on the potent topics being rapped about. Vital, revolutionary, just not my thing (until I give it a listen down the road and feel like a dummy for rating this 3 stars) HL: "Fight the Power", "Welcome to the Terrordome", "Burn Hollywood Burn", "Who Stole the Soul?"

Was expecting an album either of 15 fight the powers, or a bunch of filler and then fight the power. Instead it’s all bold, different, and angry. Great energies throughout and chuck d’s skills are on full display. Outros can get kinda annoying. Best tracks: fight the power, burn Hollywood burn, welcome to the terror dome

A very interesting take on the hip hop genre. In fear of a black planet, public enemy combine a lot of experimental techniques with classic hip hop flavours resulting in a refreshing and powerful album. Overall id give this album 4 / 5.

A bit too much sampling for my tastes. It happens so often, the flow of the song gets constantly interrupted for some random news clip or random noises. Favourite songs: Fight the Power, Welcome to the Terrordome, Burn Hollywood Burn, Who Stole the Soul?, Brothers Gonna Work It Out Least favourite songs: Meet the G That Killed Me, Pollywanacraka 3/5

Good, not great

funky 90s hip hop fresh

Eh I didn't really click with this one. Felt pretty abrasive and too samey.

Classic public enemy, not the biggest fan but its true to what it is. A lottt of respect about the topics rapped about, really hard and direct, but wow. 3/5 - not a fan but respect

Muistaakseni oli ihan kuunneltava levy kokonaisuudessaan ja yksi ikoninen biisi.

Hyvää settiä tasaisella tahdilla

I would enjoy if a song came on in a playlist, but a whole album at once is getting quite tiring.

I’ve really wanted to like a hip hop album that this list has thrown at us before, and until now have been left disappointed. But this was great. It has the same hard hitting social commentary, but I found it so powerfully delivered. Loved the energy and pace of the record, it was just relentless. What sets it above the others for me is the music! Dumb thing to say perhaps, but this album was full of great tunes, and creatively mixed up with samples and story lines. It kept me listening (and reading) which is surely the best way to engage the listener. It has to be entertaining otherwise I’d switch off and the message would be lost. Added this to my albums as I know I want another listen. There’s too much going on to take it all in. A very high 3 rating.

ещё одна база хип-хопа. сразу скажу, ебал рот однообразные длинные альбомы. если уж делаете альбом на 20+ треков, то нужно хоть какое то разнообразие, иначе это просто душно. с этим альбом такая же проблема. а тут ещё и 20 треков душнины про рассовое неравенство и что негроиды крутые ваще. доебал меня этот альбом невозможно. опять же, уважаю вклад в культуру и может глубоко ведающим за реп этот релиз не кажется однотипным, но мне было уныленько. хотя некоторые треки сочно прям звучат, но обилие среднячков как то смазало впечатление. короче уважаю, но душно оценка - 5,5/10

I liked this a lot more than I anticipated. Fun, sonically interesting, and it makes you think.

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 .