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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelDef Jam / Ral / Strategic Marketing / Universal
EAN0731452344625
eBay Product ID (ePID)3944033
Product Key Features
LanguageEnglish
Era1980s
Run Time3802 Sec
FormatCD
Release Year1990
FeaturesStudio Recording
GenreRap & Hip-Hop
StyleEast Coast Rap, Hardcore Rap, Golden Age
TypeAlbum
ArtistPublic Enemy
Release TitleFear of a Black Planet
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Number of Tracks20
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
ReviewsRanked #2 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s.", Ranked #37 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time.', Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's.", Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s.", 10 (out of 10) - "...where do you go once you've made the greatest hip-hop album ever? Unbelievably, you consolidate that with an equally splendid follow-up....This time the sounds were softened slightly with flashes of `real' instrumentation but the content remained as astonishingly tough and intelligent as before...", 4 Stars - Excellent - Recommended by Q as one of the five best rap albums of 1990 and ranked as one of the Fifty Best Albums of 1990. - "...scalding attack on white supremacy...", "...most powerful rap group..." - Rating: A, Bloody Essential - "...slower, denser...funky. And it was a masterpiece....It's beyond perfect, built like a platinum beehive and stuffed with cordite--The Bomb Squad's last hands-on job for PE before they took on the task of...Ice Cube...", 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Public Enemy has never aimed for anything less than a comprehensive view of contemporary black America...FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET complements this ambition with stunning maturity and sophistication...", 5 Stars - "...achieved the near impossible by being every bit as good as its predecessor. The music was Public Enemy's now-familiar scream but was augmented with a percussive tinge that reflected the ever greater Afrocentricity...", "This seminal release -- a lyrical and aural maelstrom -- was a 911 call to America."