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Apart from their 2001 installment in Universal's ongoing 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection series, Public Enemy had not been given a career compilation prior to 2005's Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits. The 2001 comp overlooked such major cuts as "Rebel Without a Pause" and "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos," plus it was sequenced in a non-chronological order. Power to the People rights those two wrongs by including all of PE's major songs from 1987-1998 -- which doesn't mean it's all their best music, of course -- presented in a chronological fashion, beginning with "You're Gonna Get Yours" and ending with "He Got Game." As such, it provides not only a useful summary of their groundbreaking work, it's also a bracing, exciting listen in its own right. Of course, each individual Public Enemy release recorded during these ten years is worth hearing -- especially 1988's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and 1990's Fear of a Black Planet, which are two of the great works of art of the 20th century -- but for those who want a quick introduction to the greatest hip-hop group of all time, this fits the bill perfectly.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Rick Rubin, Producer - Public Enemy, MainArtist - Hank Shocklee, ComposerLyricist - James Henry Boxley III, Producer - Carl Ryder, Producer - Bill Stephney, Producer
℗ 1987 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Rick Rubin, Producer, Executive Producer - Public Enemy, MainArtist - Hank Shocklee, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Carl Ryder, Producer - Bill Stephney, Producer
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Eric Sadler, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - James Henry Boxley III, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Norman L. Rogers, ComposerLyricist - Carl Rider, Producer
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Rick Rubin, Producer - Eric Sadler, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - George Clinton, ComposerLyricist - Hank Shocklee, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Charlie Benante, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Alan Spitz, ComposerLyricist - Joseph Bellardini, ComposerLyricist - Scott Ian Rosenfeld, ComposerLyricist - Frank Joseph Bello, ComposerLyricist - James Henry Boxley III, Producer - Carl Ryder, Producer
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Rick Rubin, Producer, Executive Producer - Eric Sadler, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - Chuck D., Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Hank Shocklee, Producer - Professor Griff, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Harry Allen, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - James Henry Boxley III, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Flavor Flav, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Fab 5 Freddy, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Ryder, Producer - Erica Johnson, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Oris Josphe, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Eric Sadler, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - James Henry Boxley III, Producer, ComposerLyricist - William Jonathan Drayton, ComposerLyricist - Carl Rider, Producer
℗ 1988 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Rick Rubin, Producer, Executive Producer - Eric Sadler, Producer, Assistant Producer, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - Hank Shocklee, Producer - James Henry Boxley III, ComposerLyricist - Carl Ryder, Producer - Bill Stephney, Recording Supervisor, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Branford Marsalis, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Keith Shocklee, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Eric Sadler, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - Chris Shaw, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Hank Shocklee, Producer - Kirk Yano, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - The Bomb Squad, Producer - DAN WOOD, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Loeb, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rod Hui, Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nick Sansano, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Carl Ryder, Producer
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - The Bomb Squad, Producer - Keith M Boxley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
William Earl Collins, ComposerLyricist - Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Eric Sadler, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - George Clinton, ComposerLyricist - Bernie Worrell, ComposerLyricist - The Bomb Squad, Producer - Keith M Boxley, ComposerLyricist - William Jonathan Drayton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Garry Shider, ComposerLyricist - David Spradley, ComposerLyricist - Eric Sadler, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - George Clinton, ComposerLyricist - The Bomb Squad, Producer - Keith M Boxley, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Eric Sadler, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - The Bomb Squad, Producer - Keith M Boxley, ComposerLyricist - William Jonathan Drayton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1990 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - The Bomb Squad, Producer - Gary G-Wiz, Producer - James Henry Boxley III, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Robertz, Producer - Cerwin Depper, Producer - Gary Rinaldo, ComposerLyricist - The JBL, Producer
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - The Bomb Squad, Producer, Executive Producer - Gary G-Wiz, Producer - James Henry Boxley III, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Robertz, Producer - Cerwin Depper, Producer - Gary Rinaldo, ComposerLyricist - The JBL, Producer
℗ 1991 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Neftali Santiago, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - The Bomb Squad, Producer, Executive Producer - Gary G-Wiz, Programmer, ComposerLyricist - James Henry Boxley III, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Robertz, Producer, Programmer - Terminator X, D J, AssociatedPerformer - Kamron, D J, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - Keith M Boxley, ComposerLyricist - James Henry Boxley III, ComposerLyricist - Gary Rinaldo, ComposerLyricist - William Jonathan Drayton, ComposerLyricist - The Imperial Grand Ministers Of Funk, Producer
℗ 1992 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Alvertis Isbell, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - Gary G-Wiz, Producer - Gary Rinaldo, ComposerLyricist - Studdah Man, Producer, Assistant Producer - Sean Devore, ComposerLyricist - Thomas Marvell, ComposerLyricist - Carl Ryder, Producer
℗ 1994 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Carlton Ridenhour, ComposerLyricist - Keith Shocklee, Producer - Ricciano Lumpkins, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephen Stills, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - Public Enemy, MainArtist - ROB CHIARELLI, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mario Rodriguez, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - James Henry Boxley III, Producer - D.R. Period, Producer - Voices Of Shabach Community Choir Of Long Island, Choir - LuQuantum Leap, ComposerLyricist - Rawle Gittens, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - House Of Tre, Recording Arranger, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 The Island Def Jam Music Group
Album review
Apart from their 2001 installment in Universal's ongoing 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection series, Public Enemy had not been given a career compilation prior to 2005's Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits. The 2001 comp overlooked such major cuts as "Rebel Without a Pause" and "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos," plus it was sequenced in a non-chronological order. Power to the People rights those two wrongs by including all of PE's major songs from 1987-1998 -- which doesn't mean it's all their best music, of course -- presented in a chronological fashion, beginning with "You're Gonna Get Yours" and ending with "He Got Game." As such, it provides not only a useful summary of their groundbreaking work, it's also a bracing, exciting listen in its own right. Of course, each individual Public Enemy release recorded during these ten years is worth hearing -- especially 1988's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and 1990's Fear of a Black Planet, which are two of the great works of art of the 20th century -- but for those who want a quick introduction to the greatest hip-hop group of all time, this fits the bill perfectly.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:42
- Main artists: Public Enemy
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Def Jam Recordings
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2005 The Island Def Jam Music Group This Compilation ℗ 2005 The Island Def Jam Music Group
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