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It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731452735829
Format: Explicit Lyrics
Label: Def Jam
Manufacturer: Def Jam
MPN: 527358
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Def Jam
Release Date: May 02, 1995
Studio: Def Jam
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Editorial Review:
It Takes a Nation of Millions was the sign that hip-hop had exploded like a grenade. A rap record as abrasive, hardcore, and eloquent as a JFK speech, the 1988 disc is one classic track after another: tense, multilayered, harmonically wild music. Chuck D. declaims like a master preacher with foil Flavor Flav's voice darting around his. They've got the desperate energy of people fighting for their lives, and everything from their pumped-up rhetoric ("Prophets of Rage") to the group's quasi-paramilitary organization to the sirens and sax squeals in nearly every track declares how urgent their mission is. It's a hugely influential album, and it still sounds fresh and frightening after all these years. --Douglas Wolk
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Greatest rap album ever.
If you don't like this you stand against everything rap was about in its glory day. Fun, funky, clever, avant garde, and overwhelming. Best rap album ever (that I've heard), probably one of my ten favorite CDs.
Rating: - Don't Believe The Hype......No, Wait A Minute.....BELIEVE IT!
would you even hear anything like this on mainstream radio?
NO!(you'll only hear this kind of stuff on XM)
if you want hip-hop with a message,i suggest you cop this one..NOW!
and by the way, at the beginning of "don't believe the hype"
where you hear the man say "now here's what i want ya'll to do for me"
that's rufus thomas and the sample is from "do the funky chicken".
:)
Rating: - The Greatest Hip Hop release of ALL TIME!
It takes a nation of millions to hold back my review...I wish there were more than 5 stars. If you do not view this album as AT LEAST Top 5 all time then you are probably new to the game or not credible to write a hip hop review. Ground-breaking, genre smashing, educational and angry, but all the while staying innovative and funky. For those of you who were even alive in 1988, this album was not typical of the times. Even their first release "Bum Rush the Show" was before its time and still can't ... Read More
Rating: - Just this once, you can believe the hype.
Many years ago, when I was strictly about the heavy metal, I was introduced to this group via their collab with Anthrax. Later, this was the first rap album I ever bought and, boy, am I glad I did. Nowadays, I like all kinds of music, and this is still one of my favorite CDs. Not only that, it is one of the most important recordings of all time. If you call yourself a music fan, and you aren't familiar with this release, you should donate your sense of hearing to some deaf person, because you have abused ... Read More
Rating: - Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos!!!!!!!!!!!
It Takes a nation of millions is one of my favorite albums of all time!!!!!!!!! The Rhyme animal, Flav, Griff and Terminator X go down in history as making one of the dopest, politically charged, Black pride, Hip Hop albums ever. This is another album that can't be rated any less than five stars. There isn't a weak track on this album or a weakness to be found anywhere on this album. Not only the album was dope but every video that was made especially the video for Black Steel in the hour of chaos were dope. ... Read More
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