It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
A dense, furious wall of sound from the Bomb Squad behind Chuck D's righteous fury and Flavor Flav's chaos. Politically explosive and sonically revolutionary. One of rap's most important records. Released in 1988, it's an early landmark for Public Enemy.
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