Reviews
"The early Public Enemy masterpieces remain unique and inimitable now, relics of a world irreparably changed though in a few notable ways, very much the same.", Ranked #5 in NME's list of The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s - "...IT TAKES A NATION... drags punk, rock, and hip-hop screaming towards the end of the century....Definitive...", "...Responsible for the angriest polemic since The Last Poets....They revolutionized the music, using up to 80 backing tracks in the sonic assault....to these ears PE sound like the greatest rock'n'roll band in history.", Ranked #9 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.', Included in Spin's list of the Top Ten College Cult Classics - "...In any context, a revolutionary work...", 4 stars out of 5 - "Packed full of loud, obnoxious classics....You really should own this by now.", Bloody Essential - "...I hadn't believed it could get harder than YO! BUM RUSH THE SHOW. Or better....It was like being beaten over the head in four/four time with a skip...", Ranked #1 in Vibe's "Top 10 rap albums"., Ranked #48 in Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" - "...Loud, obnoxious, funky, avant-garde, political, uncompromising, hilarious...", Included in AP's "10 Essential Political-Revolution Albums", 10 (out of 10) - "...the greatest hip-hop album ever....this wasn't merely a sonic triumph. This was also where Chuck wrote a fistful of lyrics that promoted him to the position of foremost commentator/documentor of life in the underbelly of the USA....", Ranked #6 in AP's list of the 'Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...After IT TAKES A NATION OF MILLIONS TO HOLD US BACK, rap couldn't just be stupid and boom and yelp--it had to have production values and 'relevance'...", Ranked #12 in Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums Of The Eighties" survey., "...NATION OF MILLIONS lived up to its hype and then some...", 5 Stars - Indispensable - "...the greatest rap album of all time, a landmark and classic....", Included in AP's "10 Essential '80s Albums"., Ranked #47 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime", Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
