Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back Album

Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back album was groundbreaking for its time. The 1988 album is a classic filled with loud, obnoxious, political, funky, tracks that will put the listener into a frenzy of emotions. The infamous Flavor Flav brings a punch of comic relief as front man Chuck D belts out hard-hitting rhymes. For its time, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, is avant-garde. Chuck D brings the pain and struggle of the inner city to a larger plateau. The urgency and importance of Chuck D’s rhymes can be heard with blasting sirens and saxophones squealing on almost every track. Public Enemy continues to break boundaries on their follow up It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back album and is of extreme importance not only to Hip-Hop, but to any socially conscience listeners.