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There’s a Poison Goin On…
Hip-Hop · 1999 · 13 tracks

There’s a Poison Goin On…

Public Enemy

A gritty, distorted dispatch from the dawn of the digital age. Dense with noise, low-bitrate textures, and a fierce anti-corporate bite.

July 19, 1999 · Atomic Pop

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A claustrophobic and cynical protest record that trades anthems for abrasive digital noise.

Tracklist · 13 Tracks
01
Dark Side of the Wall: 2000
1:35
03
LSD
3:28
04
Here I Go
3:04
05
41:19
3:55
06
Crash
3:47
07
Crayola
3:28
08
First the Sheep Next the Shepherd?
3:16
09
World Tour Session
4:25
10
Last Mass of the Caballeros
3:55
11
I
4:29
12
What What
5:01
13
Kevorkian
2:36
14
Swindlers Lust
5:14
Moments Worth Listening For
The jarring, high-pitched frequency that pierces through the beat of LSD.
Chuck D's voice sounding like it's fighting to be heard over a wall of digital static on Crash.
The relentless, sludge-like bass groove of Swindlers Lust that feels like it's dragging the listener through the mud.
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How does There’s a Poison Goin On… sound next to the rest of Public Enemy's catalogue?

Noise Textured+1.0σ

The production is pushed a touch harder into noise textured than this artist usually allows.

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