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* BoastfulRap: Chuck D. excels in this.
* ButNotTooBlack:
** In ''Bring the Noise'' Flavor raps:
--> ''Ayo Chuck, they're saying we're too black, man''
--> ''Yo I don't understand what they're saying''
--> ''But little do they know they can get a smack for that, man''
** And in ''Don't Believe the Hype'':
--> ''Some perpetrate, they drink Clorox''
--> ''Attack the Black, because I know they lack exact''
--> ''The cold facts, and still they try to Xerox''
* ButNotTooBlack:
** In ''Bring the Noise'' Flavor raps:
--> ''Ayo Chuck, they're saying we're too black, man''
--> ''Yo I don't understand what they're saying''
--> ''But little do they know they can get a smack for that, man''
** And in ''Don't Believe the Hype'':
--> ''Some perpetrate, they drink Clorox''
--> ''Attack the Black, because I know they lack exact''
--> ''The cold facts, and still they try to Xerox''
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* ButNotTooBlack:
** In ''Bring the Noise'' Flavor raps:
--> ''Ayo Chuck, they're saying we're too black, man''
--> ''Yo I don't understand what they're saying''
--> ''But little do they know they can get a smack for that, man''
** And in ''Don't Believe the Hype'':
--> ''Some perpetrate, they drink Clorox''
--> ''Attack the Black, because I know they lack exact''
--> ''The cold facts, and still they try to Xerox''
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* LongTitle: ''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'' is such a long title that people usually refer it to as ''Nation of Millions''.
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''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'' (1988) is the most famous and critically lauded album by Music/PublicEnemy. It scored hits such as "Bring the Noise", "Caught, Can We Get a Witness?" and "Don't Believe the Hype". It's now considered to be a cornerstone in the history of HipHop and one of the most influential recordings of all time.
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''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'' (1988) is the most famous and critically lauded album by Music/PublicEnemy. It scored hits such as "Bring the Noise", "Caught, Can We Get a Witness?" and "Don't Believe the Hype". It's now considered to be a cornerstone in the history of HipHop and one of the most influential recordings of all time.
Hype".
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critical reviews, both contemporary and retrospective, have no place in a main work page, especially the bulk of it.
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Music/KurtCobain ranked it #43 on his "top 50 favorite albums" list. Similarly, comedian Creator/ChrisRock listed this record on #22 of his 25 personal favorite HipHop albums, with his quote about the album seen at the top of this page. ''Nation of Millions'' was listed at #15 in Magazine/RollingStone's 2020 revision of their [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime2020 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] list, having the highest ranking out of all rap albums on the list. Magazine/TimeMagazine too included ''Nation of Millions'' in their list of [[TimeAllTime100Albums 100 essential and timeless albums]].
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* TakeThatCritics:"Bring the Noise" attacks the critics:''Listen for lessons I'm saying inside music that the critics are blasting me for/ They'll never care for the brothers and sisters now, cause the country has us up for the war.''
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* TakeThatCritics:"Bring TakeThatCritics: "Bring the Noise" attacks the critics:''Listen critics: ''Listen for lessons I'm saying inside music that the critics are blasting me for/ They'll never care for the brothers and sisters now, cause the country has us up for the war.''
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* TakeThatCritics:
--> "Bring the Noise" attacks the critics: ''Listen for lessons I'm saying inside music that the critics are blasting me for/ They'll never care for the brothers and sisters now, cause the country has us up for the war.''
--> "Don't Believe the Hype" is an entire attack on the media and critics.
--> "Bring the Noise" attacks the critics: ''Listen for lessons I'm saying inside music that the critics are blasting me for/ They'll never care for the brothers and sisters now, cause the country has us up for the war.''
--> "Don't Believe the Hype" is an entire attack on the media and critics.
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* TakeThatCritics:
--> "BringTakeThatCritics:"Bring the Noise" attacks the critics: ''Listen critics:''Listen for lessons I'm saying inside music that the critics are blasting me for/ They'll never care for the brothers and sisters now, cause the country has us up for the war.''
--> "Don't Believe the Hype" is an entire attack on both the media and critics.
--> "Bring
--> "Don't Believe the Hype" is an entire attack on both the media and critics.
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! It Takes a Nation of Tropers to Hold Us Back:
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Music/KurtCobain ranked it #43 on his "top 50 favorite albums" list. Similarly, comedian Creator/ChrisRock listed this record on #22 of his 25 personal favorite HipHop albums, with his quote about the album seen at the top of this page. ''Nation of Millions'' was listed at #15 in Magazine/RollingStone's 2020 revision of their [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime2020 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] list, having the highest ranking out of all rap albums on the list. Magazine/TimeMagazine too included ''Nation of Millions'' in their list of [[TimeAllTime100Albums 100 essential and timeless albums]].
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Music/KurtCobain ranked it #43 on his "top 50 favorite albums" list. Similarly, comedian Creator/ChrisRock listed this record on #22 of his 25 personal favorite HipHop albums, with his quote about the album seen at the top of this page. ''Nation of Millions'' was listed at #15 in Magazine/RollingStone's 2020 revision of their [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime2020 [[UsefulNotes/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime2020 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] list, having the highest ranking out of all rap albums on the list. Magazine/TimeMagazine too included ''Nation of Millions'' in their list of [[TimeAllTime100Albums 100 essential and timeless albums]].
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Music/KurtCobain ranked it #43 on his "top 50 favorite albums" list. Similarly, comedian Creator/ChrisRock listed this record on #22 of his 25 personal favorite HipHop albums, with his quote about the album seen at the top of this page. ''Nation of Millions'' was listed at #15 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]] list, having the highest ranking out of all rap albums on the list. Magazine/TimeMagazine too included ''Nation of Millions'' in their list of [[TimeAllTime100Albums 100 essential and timeless albums]].
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Music/KurtCobain ranked it #43 on his "top 50 favorite albums" list. Similarly, comedian Creator/ChrisRock listed this record on #22 of his 25 personal favorite HipHop albums, with his quote about the album seen at the top of this page. ''Nation of Millions'' was listed at #15 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 2020 revision of their [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime2020 500 Greatest Albums Of of All Time]] list, having the highest ranking out of all rap albums on the list. Magazine/TimeMagazine too included ''Nation of Millions'' in their list of [[TimeAllTime100Albums 100 essential and timeless albums]].
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* LongTitle: ''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'' is such a long title that people usually refer it to as ''Nation of Millions''.
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Music/KurtCobain ranked it #43 on his "top 50 favorite albums" list. Similarly, comedian Creator/ChrisRock listed this record on #22 of his 25 personal favorite HipHop albums, with his quote about the album seen at the top of this page. ''Nation of Millions'' was listed at #48 #15 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]] list, having the highest ranking out of all rap albums on the list. Magazine/TimeMagazine too included ''Nation of Millions'' in their list of [[TimeAllTime100Albums 100 essential and timeless albums]].
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** "Don't Believe The Hype" references Louis Farrakhan again, Music/JohnColtrane ("The treat me like Coltrane, insane"), the Bolo punch (a boxing punch by Sugar Ray Leonard), the Pan-African flag ("Get The Green, Black and Red"), Captain Kirk (Series/StarTrek) and the slogan for Trix cereals ("No you can't have it back, silly rabbit.")
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** "Don't Believe The Hype" references Louis Farrakhan again, Music/JohnColtrane ("The treat me like Coltrane, insane"), the Bolo punch (a boxing punch by Sugar Ray Leonard), the Pan-African flag ("Get The Green, Black and Red"), Captain Kirk (Series/StarTrek) (''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'') and the slogan for Trix cereals ("No you can't have it back, silly rabbit.")
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** "Bring the Noise" is sampled by the Music/BeastieBoys during "Egg Man" from ''Music/PaulsBoutique'' (1989).
** The Belgian rock band Channel Zero was named after the track "She Watch Channel Zero?"
** The band Follow For Now took their name from a lyric in "Bring the Noise."
** The Belgian rock band Channel Zero was named after the track "She Watch Channel Zero?"
** The band Follow For Now took their name from a lyric in "Bring the Noise."
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* SillyLoveSongs[=/=]IntercourseWithYou: "Caught, Can I Get A Witness" suggests that the former is a façade for the latter.
-->"You singers are spineless\\
As you sing your senseless songs to the mindless\\
Your general subject, love, is minimal\\
It's sex for profit"
-->"You singers are spineless\\
As you sing your senseless songs to the mindless\\
Your general subject, love, is minimal\\
It's sex for profit"
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: "Party for Your Right to Fight" says that white people were the result of experimentation on recessive genes.
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* ConsciousHipHop: Politics and socially consciousness are a theme in any every track.
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* ConsciousHipHop: Politics and socially social consciousness are a theme in any every track.
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** The band Follow For Now took their name from a lyric in "Bring the Noise."
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** In "Rebel Without A Pause" Chuck D. claims he is a supporter of Chesimard. Assata Shakur (married name JoAnne Chesimard), a black activist who has been living in Cuba in political asylum since 1984. She is the step-aunt of Music/TupacShakur. He also reference the 1974 documentary: "O.J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose".
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** In "Rebel Without A Pause" Chuck D. claims he is a supporter of Chesimard. Assata Shakur (married name JoAnne [=JoAnne=] Chesimard), a black activist who has been living in Cuba in political asylum since 1984. She is the step-aunt of Music/TupacShakur. He also reference the 1974 documentary: "O.J. Simpson: Juice on the Loose".
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** "Bring The Noise" references Louis Farrakhan, The Black Panthers (the slogan ''Power of the People''), Music/YokoOno, Music/RunDMC, Music/EricB, Music/LLCoolJ and Music/{{Anthrax}}. The voice that says "Too black, too strong" is UsefulNotes/MalcolmX.
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** "Bring The Noise" references Louis Farrakhan, The Black Panthers (the slogan ''Power of the People''), Music/YokoOno, Music/RunDMC, Music/EricB, Music/EricBAndRakim, Music/LLCoolJ and Music/{{Anthrax}}. The voice that says "Too black, too strong" is UsefulNotes/MalcolmX.
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-->--'''Creator/ChrisRock''', who put this album on nr. 22 in his personal list of top 25 favorite HipHop albums, Magazine/RollingStone, 2006.
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-->--'''Creator/ChrisRock''', who put this album on nr. 22 #22 in his personal list of top 25 favorite HipHop albums, Magazine/RollingStone, 2006.
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Music/KurtCobain ranked it #43 on his "top 50 favorite albums" list. Similarly, comedian Creator/ChrisRock listed this record on nr. 22 #22 of his 25 personal favorite HipHop albums, with his quote about the album seen at the top of this page. ''Nation of Millions'' was listed at nr. #48 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]] list, having the highest ranking out of all rap albums on the list. Magazine/TimeMagazine too included ''Nation of Millions'' in their list of [[TimeAllTime100Albums 100 essential and timeless albums]].
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** Any references to "Honeydrippers" are aimed at the seminal funk band most famous for their "Impeach The President" single, [[IThoughtItMeant and not]] the Robert Plant side project from TheEighties.
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** Any references to "Honeydrippers" are aimed at the seminal funk band most famous for their "Impeach The President" single, [[IThoughtItMeant [[JustForFun/IThoughtThatWas and not]] the Robert Plant side project from TheEighties.
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''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'' (1988) is the most famous and critically lauded album by Music/PublicEnemy. It scored hits such as "Bring the Noise", "Can I Get a Witness?" and "Don't Believe the Hype". It's now considered to be a cornerstone in the history of HipHop and one of the most influential recordings of all time.
Music/KurtCobain ranked it #43 on his "top 50 favorite albums" list. Similarly comedian Creator/ChrisRock listed this record on nr. 22 of his 25 personal favorite HipHop albums, with his quote about the album seen at the top of this page. ''Nation of Millions'' was listed at nr. #48 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]] list, having the highest ranking out of all rap albums on the list. Magazine/TimeMagazine too included ''Nation of Millions'' in their list of [[TimeAllTime100Albums 100 essential and timeless albums]].
Music/KurtCobain ranked it #43 on his "top 50 favorite albums" list. Similarly comedian Creator/ChrisRock listed this record on nr. 22 of his 25 personal favorite HipHop albums, with his quote about the album seen at the top of this page. ''Nation of Millions'' was listed at nr. #48 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]] list, having the highest ranking out of all rap albums on the list. Magazine/TimeMagazine too included ''Nation of Millions'' in their list of [[TimeAllTime100Albums 100 essential and timeless albums]].
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''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'' (1988) is the most famous and critically lauded album by Music/PublicEnemy. It scored hits such as "Bring the Noise", "Can I "Caught, Can We Get a Witness?" and "Don't Believe the Hype". It's now considered to be a cornerstone in the history of HipHop and one of the most influential recordings of all time.
Music/KurtCobain ranked it #43 on his "top 50 favorite albums" list.Similarly Similarly, comedian Creator/ChrisRock listed this record on nr. 22 of his 25 personal favorite HipHop albums, with his quote about the album seen at the top of this page. ''Nation of Millions'' was listed at nr. #48 in Magazine/RollingStone's [[Music/RollingStone500GreatestAlbumsOfAllTime 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time]] list, having the highest ranking out of all rap albums on the list. Magazine/TimeMagazine too included ''Nation of Millions'' in their list of [[TimeAllTime100Albums 100 essential and timeless albums]].
Music/KurtCobain ranked it #43 on his "top 50 favorite albums" list.
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! It Takes a Nation ofTropers of Tropers to Hold Us Back:
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''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'' (1988) is the most famous and critically lauded album by Music/PublicEnemy. It scored hits such as "Bring the Noise", "Can I Get A a Witness?" and "Don't Believe the Hype". It's now considered to be a cornerstone in the history of HipHop and one of the most influential recordings of all time.
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# "Caught, Can We Get A a Witness?" (4:53)
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!! It Takes a Nation of Million Tropes to Hold Us Back:
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* ApocalypseHow: "Countdown To Armageddon".
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* ApocalypseHow: "Countdown To to Armageddon".
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* BoastfulRap: Chuck D. excells in this.
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* BoastfulRap: Chuck D. excells excels in this.
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** And in ''Don't Believe The Hype'':
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** And in ''Don't Believe The the Hype'':
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* DrugsAreBad: "The Night Of The Living Baseheads".
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* DrugsAreBad: "The Night Of The of the Living Baseheads".
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* GreatEscape: "Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos", in which the protagonist is sent to jail for not wanting to join the army, yet escapes.
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* GreatEscape: "Black Steel In The in the Hour Of of Chaos", in which the protagonist is sent to jail for not wanting to join the army, yet escapes.
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* HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure: "Louder Than A Bomb".
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* HiroshimaAsAUnitOfMeasure: "Louder Than A a Bomb".
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** "Party For Your Right To Fight" changes the word order of Music/TheBeastieBoys' "Fight For Your Right" and changes the content so that is not about a party (a feast, a celebration) but a political party, namely the Black Panthers.
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** "Party For for Your Right To to Fight" changes the word order of Music/TheBeastieBoys' "Fight For Your Right" and changes the content so that is not about a party (a feast, a celebration) but a political party, namely the Black Panthers.
