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Fear of a Black Planet
Hip-Hop · 1990 · 20 tracks

Fear of a Black Planet

A dense, revolutionary sound collage of sirens, funk loops, and political fire. The peak of the Bomb Squad's maximalist production and Chuck D's authoritative voice.

March 20, 1990 · Def Jam Recordings

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A high-tension, intellectually aggressive broadcast from the front lines of a cultural war.

Tracklist · 20 Tracks
01
Contract on the World Love Jam
1:44
02
Brothers Gonna Work It Out
5:05
03
911 Is a Joke
3:17
04
Incident at 66.6 FM
1:37
05
Welcome to the Terrordome
5:26
06
Meet the G That Killed Me
0:44
07
Pollywanacraka
3:52
08
Anti-Nigger Machine
3:17
09
Burn Hollywood Burn
2:46
10
Power to the People
4:49
11
Who Stole the Soul?
3:52
12
Fear of a Black Planet
3:40
13
Revolutionary Generation
5:43
14
Can’t Do Nuttin’ for Ya Man
2:45
15
Reggie Jax
1:35
16
Leave This Off Your Fu*kin Charts
2:32
17
B Side Wins Again
3:39
18
War at 33⅓
2:13
19
Final Count of the Collision Between Us and the Damned
0:48
20
Fight the Power
4:42
Moments Worth Listening For
The chaotic swarm of screeching samples and heavy drums that opens Welcome to the Terrordome.
Flavor Flav's biting humor cutting through the tension on 911 Is a Joke.
The triumphant, funky groove of Fight the Power acting as the album's definitive climax.
Reviews

How does Fear of a Black Planet sound next to the rest of Public Enemy's catalogue?

Layered Dense+1.0σ

The production is pushed notably harder into layered dense than this artist usually allows.

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