Fear of a Black Planet
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| Public Enemy studio album | ||||
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Publication |
1990 |
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| Label (s) | Def Jam , Columbia Records | |||
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Format (s) |
CD, LP, MC |
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Title (number) |
20th |
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running time |
63 min 21 s |
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The bomb squad |
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Studio (s) |
Music Palace, West Heampsted, Long Island |
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Fear of a Black Planet is the third album by the rap group Public Enemy . It was released on March 20, 1990. The music magazine Rolling Stone has Fear of a Black Planet at number 302 on its list of the 500 best albums of all time .
History of origin
Fear of a Black Planet emerged in the midst of the controversy surrounding Professor Griff's anti-Semitic statements . Since the reviews of the album were positive (even better than It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back ) and the anti-Semitism allegations fell silent at the latest after Professor Griff was expelled, the verbal attacks had hardly any consequences. The album is now considered a milestone in the hip-hop genre.
Music genre
Public Enemy refined their musical style on this album. The album contains both fast rapped songs ("War at 33 1/3") and slower pieces ("Polly-wannacraka"). In particular, the production team The Bomb Squad stood out with various innovative productions and Chuck D's songwriting . In addition to rap songs, the album contains four tracks that consist only of samples.
About a year after the album was released, Grand Upright Music, Ltd. followed. v. Warner Brothers Records, Inc. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York , with which sampling was severely limited, especially with hip-hop artists. As a result, the following Public Enemy albums only contained a few samples.
background
In the music video Fight the Power led Spike Lee directing. Spike Lee also used the song in his film Do the Right Thing .
Text content
The album features some of the most popular Public Enemy songs including "911 Is a Joke" and "Fight the Power". "911 Is a Joke" is about ambulances arriving too late and the pointlessness of the 911 emergency number. "Fight the Power" is one of the classics of hip-hop. It is a call for an uprising against the “powers that be” .
Guest musician
The only guests on the album are Big Daddy Kane and Ice Cube , who starred on the song Burn Hollywood Burn .
Track list
- Contract on the World Love Jam (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 1:44
- Brother's Gonna Work It Out (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 5:07
- 911 Is a Joke (Drayton / Sadler / Shocklee) - 3:17
- Incident at 66.6 FM (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 1:37
- Welcome to the Terrordome (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 5:25
- Meet the G That Killed Me (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 0:44
- Pollywanacraka (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 3:52
- Anti-Nigger Machine (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 3:17
- Burn Hollywood Burn featuring Ice Cube & Big Daddy Kane (Hardy / Jackson / Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 2:47
- Power to the People (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 3:50
- Who Stole the Soul? (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 3:49
- Fear of a Black Planet (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 3:45
- Revolutionary Generation (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 5:43
- Can't Do Nuttin 'for Ya Man (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 2:46
- Reggie Jax (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 1:35
- Leave this off your Fu * kin Charts (Rogers) - 2:31
- B Side Wins Again (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 3:45
- Was at 33 1/3 (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 2:07
- Final Count of the Collision Between Us and the Damned (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee) - 0:48
- Fight the Power (Ridenhour / Sadler / Shocklee / Shocklee) - 4:42
Singles
The following pieces were released as singles:
- Brother's Gonna Work It Out
- 911 is a joke
- Welcome to the Terrordome
- Burn Hollywood Burn
- Can't Do Nuttin 'for Ya Man
- Fight the power
success
Billboard Music Charts album
- 1990 The Billboard 200 - No. 10
- 1990 Top R & B / Hip-Hop Albums - No. 3
Billboard Music Charts - Singles
- 1989 Fight the Power Hot Rap Singles - No. 1
- 1990 911 Is a Joke Hot Rap Singles - No. 1
- 1990 Welcome to the Terrordome Hot Rap Singles - No. 3
- 1990 911 Is a Joke Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks - No. 15th
- 1990 Welcome to the Terrordome Hot R & B / Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks - No. 15th
- 1990 Welcome to the Terrordome Hot Dance Music / Maxi-Singles Sales - No. 8th
- 1991 Can't Do Nuttin 'for Ya Man Hot Rap Singles - No. 11
Individual evidence
- ↑ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: Public Enemy, 'Fear of a Black Planet'. In: Rolling Stone. May 24, 2012, accessed April 17, 2014 .