Reviews (page 8 of 8)
This is not my thing. I don't have the patience for this type of rap I am sorry. I do like the bit where it goes 'night train!'
Assez redondant avec des flows similaires sur quasi la totalité, des rythmes peu variés Lyrics contestataires mais assez balourds Samples et prods quelques fois intéressants Album trop marqué dans son époque ce qui n'est pas un défaut en soi mais qui en fait un disque peu intéressant et ennuyant à découvrir en 2021
consider these folks my enemy. I couldn't wait for it to be over.
Ugh…. Just no
Ani toto ma nebaví...
Some good beats with a nice flow! Fav song is ‘Bring Tha Noize’.
Shit
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91…The Enemy Strikes Back (1991) REALLY loud start in the beginning that I didn't care for. The album does give what you would expect from 90s hip hop and rap: Lots of repetitive sound bits, and more shout rapping than singing. There are messages that align with what the black community experienced in the day, which seems to be a form of anger due to oppression. Honestly, I'm disappointed in the album. It's just not for me. I respect Public Enemy, and all they did, but I won't plan on listening to this album again. I kind of enjoyed Bring the Noize, but that's about it. Album Rank: 1.8 Favorite Song: Bring the Noize
☆ Not my choice
Meh
I'm starting to feel like I need a macro to type "This is just not my jam."
Oof so dull and monotonous. It’s even more boring than the last one of theirs I heard here. One star.
I didn't like my first public enemy album so let's see how I feel about this. Yeah I don't think this is my cup of tea but I can appreciate this. I enjoy it it's just not something I would add to my playlists at the moment. Who knows how my music tastes will develop. I'm rocking with this. Me when I shut em down. Favourite: Rebirth Least favourite: dunno
Another hip hop album to endure. I guess in the 1990s the lyrics meant something to many. For me there are big sections of repeated lyrics which just add to the boredom.
Why is it possible to be one of the albums you should hear before you die with 14 (almost - the Anthrax song is different) identical songs. Oh, of course, that is probably the reason - there aren't many albums out there, which were able to sell much with identical albums. So, congratulations, you really are marketing geniuses and the album worth being in this list.
Even worse than the last album of theirs. The only good thing here was an Anthrax song but that doesn't save the album. Hell nah.
Lame and corny
Not for me
0.6/5 The only half decent song was bring the noise and that's only because anthrax played on the track. The rest hurt my ears.
Hip Hop ist nicht meins 1/5
Flavor Flav has got to be the worst rapper of all time
Was klingt wie ein Google Translate-Unfall, hört sich leider auch so an. Zwischen wirren Beats und Texten wie aus einem Fiebertraum bleibt nur eine Frage: Warum? Wer hier Musik erwartet, bekommt eher eine akustische Nasendusche.
Not my thing
Same thoughts I have on most early hip hop. I love what hip hop became in the late 90s and early 2000s, and I'm forever grateful to early hip hop for paving the way, but I just don't enjoy people talking simple rhymes on basic beats. Most of the tracks were just eh. Nighttrain had some good rap in it though. Best song: Nighttrain
The last track doesn’t suck. Good luck making it that far.
Wow for me that was horrible.
Hip Hop, 45eme album =>1/5
That's not really my type of rap music, as it is not as melodic as I'd like it to be. Overall, didn't really enjoy this album as much, although I know that this kind of music was huge back in the day.
Oh good, a lesser album by one of those groups you're "supposed to" like. Of course, when you get into what their politics actually are, they aren't the worthy group that patronising left wing NME readers wanted them to be, but nearly an hour of irritating record-scratching and Chuck D's dull hectoring voice is unbearable. Like Led Zeppelin, it's music for virgin boys who like to pontificate about their interests to give themselves a sense of superiority. I'm supposed to think this is better than the Geto Boys because it's "intelligent"? Fuck off.
Hiphop er ikke lige mig
Not looking forward to this. Ok… here goes… Can’t get past what a blowhard Chuck D is. His voice works my last nerve. Dear god, it’s a double album?!?!
Never liked them, much better rap out there
What hateful music. Well not music really. Techno spoken word. No music exists.
Sadly one of those albums I just don't like
Third album on this list I’ve been served up by this lot. The 1001 Gods really do try your tolerance. Thank goodness it’s the last. 1/5 14/8/25
one tune album. such awaste
Yipes
Eigenlijk wil ik dit halverwege track 1 al afzetten. Het is precies wat ik verwacht en ik weet al dat ik hier niet van hou. Hoe belangrijk het album misschien ook is geweest voor hiphop en rap, ik kom niet goed door die vermoeiende herrie beats heen. Ontzettend veel irritante geluiden: Van die wesp-achtige blazers die in je trommelvliezen steken, gillende wijven, agressieve en vervelende scratches, veel fluittonen en allerhande alarmen. De laatste track kent iedereen van één van de Tony Hawk games, maar zelfs dat momentje van herkenning kan dit album voor mij niet redden. 1 ster. Ik luister serieus liever een Suzan en Freek album dan dit.
Ei
Schrott! Nicht hörbar! Furchtbares Gestammel: -10
Unfortunately just not my thing, but I can appreciate the groundbreaking aspect of this
Oh, no thanks.
Not my taste
I hated the first Public Enemy album I received on this list, let's see how this one goes. Song 1: Lost At Birth. Same annoying droning sound. I'm pretty sure this might be the exact same album. 7 songs in and they all sound like this. Maybe it was better live, you had to be there at the time, or have to be able to resonate with the messages better. Bring the Noize baked by Anthrax was slightly manageable but still not great.
Amazing, I've rarely heard such a pile of shit in three briefly played tracks. Hip-hop just isn't my thing. 1/5
Have not heard much, if any, hip hop or rap music that I like. This one included.
Nope
Once again, Public Enemy demonstrates that sounding rebellious does not equate to sounding good. Sometimes musical molds are good to break away from, as seen with the rampant experimentation in the 60s and 70s. Other times, when melody is rejected in favour of bellowing about how much your life sucks while swimming in cash from your previous album releases, I think you should stick to convention. This kind of 90s hip-hop sound is very dated and I'm convinced the 5-star ratings are primarily nostalgia-driven rather than a reflection of how good the music sounds. Apocalypse 91 is even worse than its big brothers, It Takes a Nation of Millions and Fear of a Black Planet, because there's a stark lack of radio-friendly (and consequently better-sounding) tracks. Instead, the listener experiences 52 minutes of monotonous noise and near-identical beats (most of which are artificial, further removing any humanity or relatability) with a few moments of fresh air to remind the listener that this group is capable of making good art... they just don't particularly want to. The fresh air in question are the tracks Can't Truss It (debatably), By The Time I Get To Arizona, and Bring Tha Noize. The former would normally be a soulless throwaway on most R&B/hip-hop records, but it comes with a vaguely good brass riff that makes it stand out slightly from the pack. Kind of a dorian-mode feel. But the fact that it doesn't vary throughout the song, even slightly, demonstrates the level of quality we're dealing with here. By The Time I Get To Arizona has a shockingly complex synth line that sounds like a different artist entirely until the vocals come in. Ignoring the vocals, it's actually a darn good track. Sounds sci-fi-esque. Bring Tha Noize brings in the electric guitar and (judging by Spotify listening numbers) once again demonstrates that rock influence will make just about any music sound better. I wish Public Enemy would experiment more with a rock sound, maybe add some interesting melodies to replace the agonising loops. Because, despite their obvious influence in the 90s, they've got very little going for them. Public Enemy is a musical dead end. 1/5 Key tracks: Can't Truss It, By The Time I Get To Arizona, Bring Tha Noize
Had absolutely no interest in listening to a 90s rap album for the third day in a row
Just as I thought we may have seen the last of the Hip-Hop albums, we another one which is largely indistinguishable from all the other Hip-Hop albums in this list.
Rap, 1991 -> 1
No. PE is not worthy of a third album on the 1001 List. Take an annoying smoke alarm or siren or squelch as your baseline, take seven oppressed, angry black men rappin’ ‘bout their ghetto lives over that baseline and you have just made another couple Mil and a (0.4*s) album. This one sux, G. Really, really hoping PE doesn’t make the list again.
I'm pretty over Public Enemy and I don't think this album belongs on the list. There's no stand out song, most of them sound the same, and it feels like a money grab. It's an uninspired cash out because the formula worked so why not squeak another out. Apocalypse is full of annoying sound effects and cheap beats. It sounds dated and a lot of the lyrics are for shock value (ex: track 5 "I Don't Wanna Be Called Yo N" repeat 50 times). The screeching sound on "1 Million Bottlebags" is absolutely a game ender, I couldn't wait for it to stop. Closing out with "Bring Tha Noize" was a good choice, but unfortunately this one is annoying as well. I don't need to hear anything from this album ever again. Barely a 1.0 only because Anthrax.
This will be a new one. Yeah, it's just not my thing.
I really don't like rap music. Glad this could confirm it for me.
Hard core hiphop which felt quite repetitive in the sample/beat in each song marking it hard to listen to.
Easy decision for me: The album starts with a sucker and consistently holds the level.
Well, I listened to it, although I believe that I could've died a happy man had I never.
ruidoso, molesto, mal mal
Didn’t like it at all. The album was really irritating.
*Does NOT deserve even one star! No music, just rap and noise
It just wasn’t my style. I understand what they were campaigning for and the overall importance that have. Overall, it just wasn’t pleasant.
Rap just not my thing
Not a rap fan
God, I can’t stand this. It will be a blessed day when I discover an album that opens my ears to American hip hop in a positive way. It's certainly not going to come from Public Enemy.
first listen. usually i love old school rap but this list made me realize that i do not like Public Enemy like at all.
it just sucks. never heard that many n-words in a hiphop album before either NNN
I don’t like rap. It’s repetitive
I don't have the energy today to even try to listen to this. Ugh, ok, I'll turn it on and see what happens... So this feels like drill sergeant rhythms and cheers for some rebel army to train for war with. Pass. Doesn't feel like music to me at all. Sorry.
Imagine what Bring Tha Noize could be if they were any good
bad
Just No
Horrible. No me gusto
Who hurt these men?
Rap is not music
Have never understood the hype of public enemy. Did not enjoy.
This album is just tedious. Each song is very repetitive and there’s not much that’s interesting happening in the music besides the lyrics. Obviously this group was culturally important. But there’s little that’s impressive to me about looping a 2-second beat for 4 minutes and rapping about race in America, and then doing that for 14 songs in a row
When asked about the significance of the clock on his neck, Flav responded: "The reason why I wear this clock is because, you know, time is the most important element, and when we stop, time keeps going." profound words indeed
Thanks I hate it
There’s bits of this I like, but it’s all a bit too much in one album.
It has now been 5 days in a row that the generator has given me an album from an over-represented artist (3+ albums on a list when 1 at most should be satisfactory). Of course, the history of hip hop, the history of modern music even can not be told without mentioning Public Enemy, but in mentioning them, do we really need to mention this past their prime release where they demonstrate just how quickly they ran out of fresh ideas, and just how reliant they are on a sound that is best exhibited in their earler works anyway? One glass of expired milk out of five 🥛
If I never hear another Public Enemy album...
I'm gonna hate this
Something about this album feels claustrophobic. All the songs have the same flow. All the beats are barely 2 second long loops. The songs that aren't boring are downright annoying. Hype men are pointless and Flav's voice is grating. Gonna be a no from me.
C-rap Beats me how this genre exists
Couldn't get through this one. Did not like it...
"There's no place for gays. When God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, it was for that sort of behaviour" "If the Palestinians took up arms, went into Israel and killed all the Jews, it'd be all right." "Jews are responsible for the majority of the wickedness in the world" "I told him about the history of him and his people about the Ashkenazi, the Ashke-Nazis, and when I laid it on him he couldn't handle it and I'm like, all right, which is common knowledge today everybody talking about it, you understand what I'm saying people are making books about it." Fuck you professor Griff you antisemitic piece of dogshit. Fuck you public enemy for being spineless cowards. Talking about your own struggle while stomping on the struggle of others'. Proceeding to have your "minister of information" (you goofy assholes have the same group organization skills of the klan) spread more misinformation than trump did during the election and biden did during one of his sundowning speeches is actually the best thing you could've ever done, discrediting your dumbasses. Oh, let's mention the fact that y'all are "unified" and tried to bring the group back together with prof. griff but the people rejected your racist asshole friend and you ditched him and proceeded to make bank whilst publicly distancing yourself from him when in reality we all know he was chillin with y'all at every chance he could. Go fuck yourselves.
I can’t say this was fun to listen to. An assault on the senses.
Nooooooo… This is horrible! Listened through the whole album with no skips, and I can definitely still determine that I really don’t like hip hop. Normally when I listen to music, time passes faster.… When listening to this album, time went by so slow…
Listened to about half of the album before turning it off as I really wasn’t liking it. Hiphop/rap is just not a genre for me and while I prefer an album with a political message over gansta rap, a quick google search for Public Enemy gives me results of antisemitism, domestic violence and homophobia. Which at times is reflected in the lyrics. So while I appreciate (part of) their political & social message, I'm left with a bad after taste.
Hip Hop. 1/5
Don't even want to listen. Yes, you're angry and you might have dope beats, but life is too short
Alla som känner mig vet vilket betyg jag kommer att ge. Varför terroriseras jag med sådant skit. Ge mig Depeche Mode, Nick Cave, Einstürzende Neubauten......
Not my thing
The songs kind of blend together and sound similar. Have that old style beat that is just boring to me Gets a little more varied but didn’t really want to finish this album
- old school rap - now i will go back to the beatles
Kann und will ich nicht hören, hatte schon nach 10 Sekunden kein Bock mehr. Habe der Unlust gerne nachgegeben.
I couldn't listen to the entire first cut - nothing really musical about this. Did skip through the rest trying to find something worthwhile to listen to but not really successful.
it's so bad I couldn't go past 4 tracks. records like this remind me I couldn't be a music journalist.
I don't really like Public Enemy. Maybe it's the annoying horns and high pitch bullshit they loop for all eternity on a lot of their tracks
no.
Ekki minn tebolli.
Not a fan
I'm just not a big fan of 90's rap and hip-hop, and this album doesn't really do it for me. I really dislike the samples and repetitive nature of the songs. The lyrics are great, but I also feel like I'm getting preached at when I listen to this album. It also feels a little bit weird when the songs sound like "That's How I Beat Shaq" but the lyrics are telling me about oppression, but that's probably just a product of time.
I feel like Public Enemy aged a lot harder than other classics. There hooks weren't hooking, and the bars weren't hitting either. It acts like it has a lot to say, but that impact is really lost on me. The only redeeming song on this album is the one with Anthrax. Should have done a whole album like this.
Really didn't age super well, not as good as the wutang one
No thanks
Noisy beats, repetitive drums and vocal loops and questionable quality of audio overall a make this a hip-hop record that does not impress me at all. I find the sampling and deep synthesizer sounds grating at times, the lyrics uninspiring, and most tracks downright annoying. A 1/5 is deserved.
ouvi 4 de 14, não é meu estilo
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