CD Charts
Welcome to The CD Charts, here you will find all the latest and top selling Music cds available to buy online. You can search and locate the best selling Music cd's and have them delivered to the door. We have a large selection of Music all with reviews.
Back to Home Page > Go back a page
Music : Fear of a Black Planet
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Rating: 
- Some Real Gems
I bought Apocalypse 91 before I heard this, and just about everything they did on that LP was magic. Then I heard "Fight the Power" and had to rush out to buy this. Expecting "Fight..." to be the only good track, I was pleasantly surprised to hear at least 3 other brilliant songs (Brothers Gonna Work it Out, Welcome to the Terrordome, and Who Stole the Soul?). The sampling work and production are sparkling, and keep the interest going throughout the CD. Lyrically not explicit enough for me (but I'm a freak!), there should still be enough here to make you prick up your ears. Definitely recommended, but if you get this, then you have to get "Apocalypse 91" and listen to "Get the F**k Outta Dodge" or "Lost at Birth".
Rating: - Some Real Gems
I bought Apocalypse 91 before I heard this, and just about everything they did on that LP was magic. Then I heard "Fight the Power" and had to rush out to buy this. Expecting "Fight..." to be the only good track, I was pleasantly surprised to hear at least 3 other brilliant songs (Brothers Gonna Work it Out, Welcome to the Terrordome, and Who Stole the Soul?). The sampling work and production are sparkling, and keep the interest going throughout the CD. Lyrically not explicit enough for me (but I'm a freak!), there should still be enough here to make you prick up your ears. Definitely recommended, but if you get this, then you have to get "Apocalypse 91" and listen to "Get the F**k Outta Dodge" or "Lost at Birth".
Rating:
- RACISM IS ALIVE & WELL.
Never excuse racism in the name of art. Many have heaped praise on these creative but racist rappers. I won't. Needless to say, if this had been recorded vice versa by "crakas", it would be universally condemned. That is a double standard I will not endorse. "Elvis was simple... racist" shows ignorance of the facts and a kind of twisted, racist/artistic jealousy. Chuck D., you can be obsessed with race and continue spewing hate, or move past it as Malcolm eventually did. Life is short. Do some good. Malcolm & Martin did. So did Elvis.
Rating:
- Best album EVER!!
This is the best album ever recorded.
Rating: - Inspired anger
"Fear of a Black Planet" achieves a difficult feat in that it ups the ante on Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back," which was itself quite a piece of work. With this album, PE created its own chaotic universe on record, a swirling blend of politics, apocalyptic visions, sharply observed images of street life, along with pure sonic assault.
Much of the fuel for "Fear of a Black Planet" is anger, make no mistake. From Chuck D.'s profane assault on Elvis Presley in "Fight the Power" to his counterattack on critics in "Welcome to the Terrordome" to the acid commentary on Tinseltown, "Burn Hollywood Burn," there is no shortage of hostility from PE to the world they see around them.
But there's plenty of cutting humor in those songs and others as well, most notably Flavor Flav's "911 Is a Joke." It's humor that doesn't let its target off the hook as it mocks the so-called public services that never seem to reach those most in need: "Anytime you call, they never come correct/You can ask my man right here with the broken neck."
There are a slew of other great songs on this album, and most focus on PE's strong insistence on self-reliance and refusal to "believe the hype": about themselves or anyone else. For my money, though, with the possible exception of the production masterpiece "Welcome to the Terrordome," the best cut on the entire album is "Revolutionary Generation," in which Chuck D. comes correct on the subject of treating women. Aside from its powerful message, "Revolutionary Generation" shows PE's ability to blend beats, sound bites, samples and commentary into a unique musical vision.
Public Enemy's work can and has been lumped into any number of categories, but the best approach for the listener is to free him or herself of any preconceptions, put on the headphones and enter their world. Don't expect to agree with everything they say, but as Chuck D. says, "Never question what I am, God knows, 'cause it's coming from the heart." Highly recommended.
- Some Real GemsI bought Apocalypse 91 before I heard this, and just about everything they did on that LP was magic. Then I heard "Fight the Power" and had to rush out to buy this. Expecting "Fight..." to be the only good track, I was pleasantly surprised to hear at least 3 other brilliant songs (Brothers Gonna Work it Out, Welcome to the Terrordome, and Who Stole the Soul?). The sampling work and production are sparkling, and keep the interest going throughout the CD. Lyrically not explicit enough for me (but I'm a freak!), there should still be enough here to make you prick up your ears. Definitely recommended, but if you get this, then you have to get "Apocalypse 91" and listen to "Get the F**k Outta Dodge" or "Lost at Birth".
Rating:
- Some Real GemsI bought Apocalypse 91 before I heard this, and just about everything they did on that LP was magic. Then I heard "Fight the Power" and had to rush out to buy this. Expecting "Fight..." to be the only good track, I was pleasantly surprised to hear at least 3 other brilliant songs (Brothers Gonna Work it Out, Welcome to the Terrordome, and Who Stole the Soul?). The sampling work and production are sparkling, and keep the interest going throughout the CD. Lyrically not explicit enough for me (but I'm a freak!), there should still be enough here to make you prick up your ears. Definitely recommended, but if you get this, then you have to get "Apocalypse 91" and listen to "Get the F**k Outta Dodge" or "Lost at Birth".
Rating:
- RACISM IS ALIVE & WELL.Never excuse racism in the name of art. Many have heaped praise on these creative but racist rappers. I won't. Needless to say, if this had been recorded vice versa by "crakas", it would be universally condemned. That is a double standard I will not endorse. "Elvis was simple... racist" shows ignorance of the facts and a kind of twisted, racist/artistic jealousy. Chuck D., you can be obsessed with race and continue spewing hate, or move past it as Malcolm eventually did. Life is short. Do some good. Malcolm & Martin did. So did Elvis.
Rating:
- Best album EVER!!This is the best album ever recorded.
Rating:
- Inspired anger"Fear of a Black Planet" achieves a difficult feat in that it ups the ante on Public Enemy's "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back," which was itself quite a piece of work. With this album, PE created its own chaotic universe on record, a swirling blend of politics, apocalyptic visions, sharply observed images of street life, along with pure sonic assault.
Much of the fuel for "Fear of a Black Planet" is anger, make no mistake. From Chuck D.'s profane assault on Elvis Presley in "Fight the Power" to his counterattack on critics in "Welcome to the Terrordome" to the acid commentary on Tinseltown, "Burn Hollywood Burn," there is no shortage of hostility from PE to the world they see around them.
But there's plenty of cutting humor in those songs and others as well, most notably Flavor Flav's "911 Is a Joke." It's humor that doesn't let its target off the hook as it mocks the so-called public services that never seem to reach those most in need: "Anytime you call, they never come correct/You can ask my man right here with the broken neck."
There are a slew of other great songs on this album, and most focus on PE's strong insistence on self-reliance and refusal to "believe the hype": about themselves or anyone else. For my money, though, with the possible exception of the production masterpiece "Welcome to the Terrordome," the best cut on the entire album is "Revolutionary Generation," in which Chuck D. comes correct on the subject of treating women. Aside from its powerful message, "Revolutionary Generation" shows PE's ability to blend beats, sound bites, samples and commentary into a unique musical vision.
Public Enemy's work can and has been lumped into any number of categories, but the best approach for the listener is to free him or herself of any preconceptions, put on the headphones and enter their world. Don't expect to agree with everything they say, but as Chuck D. says, "Never question what I am, God knows, 'cause it's coming from the heart." Highly recommended.