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VOL № RH049 — September 2021

Why you'll love it...
The messages on Black Planet are no less potent than they were on Nation of Millions or even Public Enemy’s 1987 debut, Yo! Bum Rush The Show. Black Planet is more interested in concentration, fitting the group’s big ideas into precise and elaborate containers for maximum impact. Nation of Millions was buckshot; Black Planet was a sniper bullet. It was also the last hurrah for the Golden Age of sampling, an intricately produced album that took full advantage of massive walls of sound to unearth rap from the space where rock, funk and jazz collide. But more than anything, Fear of a Black Planet is the result of a group that nearly lost control of its narrative wrestling it back from the clamped jaws of white entitlement. Public Enemy fought the power and won.
Label
UMe
Original Release Year
1990
Release Type
Reissue
Format
2 lp
Speed
33 1/3 rpm
Vinyl Size
12 inch
Weight
standard
Foil Stamped
Yes
Color
"Us and the Damned"
Pressing Location
GZ Vinyl
Extras
Listening Notes Booklet by Dylan "CineMasai" Green
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