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Format

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  47045742 x CD  £12.00
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  Double CD

Label

Virgin

Public Enemy

Fear Of A Black Planet

It’s the third studio album by the hip hop, originally released on March 20, 1990, by Def Jam Recordings. It was produced by the group's production team The Bomb Squad, who sought to expand on the dense, sample-layered sound of Public Enemy's previous album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988). Their songwriting was partly inspired by the controversy with member Professor Griff and his dismissal from the group in 1989.

The album features elaborate sound collages that incorporate varying rhythms, numerous samples, media sound bites, and eccentric music loops, and reflect the content's confrontational tone. Conceived during the golden age of hip hop, its assemblage of reconfigured and recontextualised aural sources preceded the sample clearance system that later emerged in the music industry.

Tracklist

• Disc 1
  1. Contract On The World Love Jam 01:45
  2. Brothers Gonna Work It Out 05:07
  3. 911 Is A Joke 03:17
  4. Incident At 66.6 FM 01:37
  5. Welcome To The Terrordome 05:25
  6. Meet The G That Killed Me 00:44
  7. Pollywanacraka 03:52
  8. Anti-Nigger Machine 03:17
  9. Burn Hollywood Burn 02:47
  10. Power To The People 03:48
  11. Who Stole The Soul? 03:49
  12. Fear Of A Black Planet 03:45
  13. Revolutionary Generation 05:43
  14. Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya, Man! 02:46
  15. Reggie Jax 01:35
  16. Leave This Off Your Fu*Kin Charts 02:31
  17. B Side Wins Again 03:45
  18. War At 33 1/3 02:07
  19. Final Count Of The Collision Between Us And The Damned 00:48
  20. Fight The Power 04:44
  
  Disc 2
  1. Brothers Gonna Work It Out – Remix 05:51
  2. Brothers Gonna Work It Out – Dub 05:10
  3. Flavor Flav 00:17
  4. Terrorbeat 03:07
  5. Welcome To The Terrordome – Terrormental 03:38
  6. Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man - Full Rub Mix 04:45
  7. Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man - U.K. 12" Powermix 04:07
  8. Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man - Dub Mixx 04:03
  9. Burn Hollywood Burn - Extended Censored Fried To The Radio Version 03:42
  10. Anti-Nigger Machine - Uncensored Extended 01:59
  11. 911 Is A Joke – Instrumental 03:21
  12. Power To The People – Instrumental 02:43
  13. Revolutionary Generation - Instrumental 05:46
  14. War At 33 1/3 – Instrumental 02:07
  15. Fight The Power - Do The Right Thing/Soundtrack Version 05:22
  16. Fight The Power – Powersax 03:51
  17. Fight The Power - Flavor Flav Meets Spike Lee 04:36
  18. The Enemy Assault Vehicle Mixx 09:25