It Will Take A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back - Various Artists

Government: We Are Suckas

Advantages: Classic material
Disadvantages: One weak track

?It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back? was the classic second album from the Long Island Hip Hop group Public Enemy. It finds them blazing through, off the hype of their debut with more innovative, Afrocentric material, but this time enough to give them a push into mainstream attention as they laid out a series of killer singles to help Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Terminator X and the gang to where they needed to be. 1. ?Countdown To Armageddon? (Intro) 2. ?Bring The Noise? This is a powerful starter from the act and one that has them powering through with the first single from the album. It dropped in the year prior to release of this album and so was able to build up the hype for it as they come out with a tune that shows progression from their last one where they show how little they are prepared to hold back when they come ...

XICripZ 09.10.2009 · Read full review
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Still vibrant, still one of the best...

Advantages: One of the great albums of all time..
Disadvantages: If you can spot one, please let me know in the Comments section!

Back when I was 13 years old, I had a good friend who was into rap music in a big way. When I used to visit his house, you could be sure that something by Run DMC or LL Cool J would be on his (at the time) stupidly large cassette deck, and, to be honest, I'd generally ignore it through complete lack of interest. However, one day, something just clicked; the track that was playing made me stop and listen. It sounded angry and intense but had something indefinable that made it different - an aural bomb for young ears! The record playing was 'Bring the Noise', one of the tracks from the 'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back' album by one of the most critically revered rap groups of all-time, Public Enemy. In this review, I'll focus on what is considered to be one of the great all-time rap albums and look at how relevant it is in ...

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Back To Love 03.02 - Various Artists

Advantages: Fantastic Full-Length Dance Classics
Disadvantages: A few substandard fillers...

I've got all the Back To Love compilations from Hed Kandi of of "classic tracks that gave birth to a whole generation of clubbers", and was listening to this one (well, both CD's in this double-pack actually) in my car earlier today, so though't I'd let you know what I thought... --- CD1 1. "You're gonna miss me" - Turntable Orchestra (original mix) Classic "italian house" piano, and a great baseline 2. "Love will find a way" - Victor Romeo feat. Latrice Brown Nothing special about this one really, a bit of a filler really... 3. "See the day" - Ann Consuelo (Stonebridge mix) What a vocal ! And more italian piano. 4. "Aftershock" - Slave to the Vibe (12" club mix) Maybe it's this extended 12" mix (that Hed Handi is all about), but I remember this track being much better... 5. "Push the feeling on ...

matt_fantastic 06.04.2006 · Read full review
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