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Public Enemy Album: “Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits”
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Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits |
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Release Date:2006-09-05
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Hip-Hop/Rap, East Coast Rap, Mainstream Rap
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Label:Def Jam
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Explicit Lyrics:Yes
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UPC:602498367919
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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, All Music Guide
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