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

180g Black Vinyl (2019 UK Press)

*Round Reptile Recommendation*

Hitting like a hip-hop apocalypse, ‘It Takes A Nation...’ found Public Enemy unleashing arguably the greatest hip-hop album ever.

GOAT debates aside, their second album is an unarguably powerful statement that acted as a manifesto for the reignition of a mass movement for the liberation of African-Americans; Black power for a new generation. Its musical impact was transformative. Numerous other rap acts followed the lead of The Bomb Squad, PE’s brilliant producers. The sheer amount of sound they put on plastic here defies belief.