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Fear Of A Black Planet | 
| Artist: Public Enemy
Label: Mercury Records Ltd (London)
Category: Music
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 7044
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Running Time: 65
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 523446
UPC: 731452344625
EAN: 5032680717263
ASIN: B0000024IE
Release Date: July 13, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | Contract On The World Love Jam | | • | Brothers Gonna Work It Out | | • | 911 Is A Joke | | • | Incident At 66.6 FM | | • | Welcome To The Terrordome | | • | Meet The G That Killed Me | | • | Pollywanacraka | | • | Anti-Nigger Machine | | • | Burn Hollywood Burn - Ice Cube, Public Enemy | | • | Power To The People | | • | Who Stole The Sole? | | • | Fear Of A Black Planet | | • | Revolutionary Generation | | • | Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man | | • | Reggie Jax | | • | Leave This Off Your Fu*Kin Charts | | • | B Side Wins Again | | • | War At 33 1/3 | | • | Final Count Of The Collision Between Us And The Damned | | • | Fight The Power |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Public Enemy may have generated more heat than light ultimately, but their bold contentiousness makes this their most incendiary and acidic album. Producers The Bomb Squad and DJ Terminator X's relentless arsenal of samples and concussive backbeats, coupled with Chuck D's fiercely didactic raps frighteningly convey young black America's disaffection rising to boiling point, especially on "Brother's Gonna Work It Out" and "Fight The Power", featured in Spike Lee's equally troubling movie, Do Tha Right Thing. After this bang, the mumbling gangsta rappers of the 1990s seemed like mere whimperers by comparison. --David Stubbs
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 RAP'S ANSWER TO LED ZEPPELIN AND QUEEN! June 30, 2008
Public Enemy's other Classic album after 1988's It Takes..., an album that transcends it's genre & one of the soundtracks to urban life of the early '90s - Rap fans, Metal fans, all different walks embraced this music, recognising it's aggression & lyrical intensity as a common denominator. A sheer wall of sound, with layers & depths unseen before in the Hip Hop world.
It follows the same blueprint as it's predecessor, but with more of a nod to the 'old' black music; Soul, Blues, Motown in it's rhythms and samples.
It feels like a concept album as the songs & lyrics mesh so well together.
STILL VERY AGGRESSIVE - but not in the oafish style of the 50 Cent's of the world. Lyrics with meaning - before the guns and bling took over.
1990-1992: Metallica, Guns N Roses & Public Enemy ruled, Terminator 2 was THE action movie, and music was exciting again!
This sets the standard in rap music March 26, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
From the recognisable opening bars of 'Contract On The World Love Jam', it is instantly clear that this album is going to play out like a modern rap classic. The sample-led style of 'Contract...' dominates this entire album to fantastic effect. It is political, pop-culture referencing, middle-America baiting rap genius, fiercely political and always aggressive.
Call to arms 'Brothers gonna work it out' is an instantly rousing and anthemic P.E. classic, leading into '911 Is A Joke', easily another classic.
'Incident At 66.6FM' is yet more sampling of soundbites; a P.E. trademark, as a radio show takes various calls from serious and mock callers regarding P.E. The result is attention-grabbing and amusing.
Chuck D's quickfire rap delivery is never more evident than on 'Welcome To The Terrordome', alongside frequent interjections from resident P.E. 'joker', Flava Flav.
Amidst various other soundbites, highlights include 'Burn Hollywood Burn', which discusses the lack of roles for black actors in Hollywood, and 'Power To The People', a surefire hit on dancefloors, if ever I heard one. 'Fear Of A Black Planet' is also profound and powerful.
The album closes with 'Fight The Power', easily the best song on the album, and probably the Public Enemy piece de resistance. It is a stream of powerful, angry invective. It is also anthemic. 'Fight The Power': simple statement, profound meaning.
Suffice to say, there is little to no mainstream rap which can compare with this. But then, Public Enemy were never mainstream, rather, they were always the most boundary-pushing, intelligent and articulate group in the history of rap music. This is an absolute Grade A classic.
 Best rap album of the last twenty years March 13, 2007
"Fear Of A Black Planet" is defintely one of Public Enemy's best albums and the best rap album of 1990. Urgent, defiant,and damn funky, PE continued to revel in their ... anti-comformist, proudly political spotlight. The Bomb Squad's beats are some of the best ever assembled. A sax squeal here, a siren there, a thumping keyboard throb here, and a upright bass riff there. It's just genius.
"Brothers Gonna Work It Out" is as heavy and hard hitting as a late '90s punk/techno track but even funkier with Chuck D's VERY urgent, politician-like trademark voice ripping through the track. "911 Is Joke", "Welcome To The Terrordome", "Who Stole The Soul?", "Burn Hollywood Burn", "Anti-Nigger Machine"...I'm telling you this is a classic! It gets no better. The interlude "Incident at 66.6 FM" is genius as a parody of Middle America's fear of Public Enemy over a tight, springy beat. Funnily enough, two years after bore the prophecy of many Public enemy's song with the LA riots of 1992.
Classic October 18, 2006
while perhaps not P.E.'s finest album, its certainly close. the music is in a word: bold, its a very full album sonically. there are guitar riffs, familiar basslines, breaks, sound effects, samples of various dialogue. its an ambitious album for sure and Chuck Ds political stance is in full effect. unlike other reviewers i dont feel any of the lyrics are racist, because P.E. were too smart for that, the support of farrakhan is no more stupid than that of christianity or the original islam. most importantly this album bumps, and chuck raps from the heart, which makes the album about 10 times as engaging as the average mainstream rap album of today.
The Film 'Brown sugar'................... January 7, 2006
asks the question: WHEN DID YOU FIRST LOVE HIP-HOP. The answer for me was a cold summer night in 1987, at Finsbury's Park, London, waiting to hear Roy Ayres perform Live. In the interim, they were spining toons, and this one cut came on and upoar was let loose in the house. 'Rebel without a pause'was the joint.From that moment on I was hooked. Public Enemy are my favorite hip hop group of all time, and this was the last great CD,s that they released. I would recommend 'Yo Bum rush the show'(not a great CD, but you can see where they are going) it'll take a nation of Millions'(For me the most complete, best, Hip hop album OF ALL TIME)and Fear of a black planet.This album kicks off with 'Contract on the World Love Jam, which is funky, and from this, directly into 'Brothers Gonna work it out, which is hyped musically, and carries a positive message for black males. Other favorites cuts are'Polly wanna cracka'(dealing with inter racial relationships) Burn Hollywood(Hollywoods abysmal record with people of colour,) Revolutionary Generation, and the brilliant Fight the power. Listening to this reminds me why I love Hip hop, and how far back the genre has gone. I feel the lack of variety in hip hop today, where by every one is either sexual, bling, or money oriented is sad.Lastly, mostly importantly. LISTEN TO THE LYRICS.I don't agree with everything they say(Love of Farakhan, and what he stands for) I believe that anyone wanting to get into this thing called Hip hop needs to include some PE in their collectiom. Essential.
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