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Album · 1988

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

  • Hip-Hop

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Tracklist

16 tracks · 58 min

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  1. 01
    Countdown to Armageddon
    1:40
  2. 02
    Bring the Noise
    3:46
  3. 03
    Don’t Believe the Hype
    5:19
  4. 04
    Cold Lampin’ With Flavor
    4:17
  5. 05
    Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
    4:31
  6. 06
    Mind Terrorist
    1:20
  7. 07
    Louder Than a Bomb
    3:39
  8. 08
    Caught, Can We Get a Witness?
    4:53
  9. 09
    Show ’em Whatcha Got
    1:56
  10. 10
    She Watch Channel Zero?!
    3:49
  11. 11
    Night of the Living Baseheads
    3:15
  12. 12
    Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
    6:23
  13. 13
    Security of the First World
    1:20
  14. 14
    Rebel Without a Pause
    5:03
  15. 15
    Prophets of Rage
    3:19
  16. 16
    Party for Your Right to Fight
    3:25

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