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Apocalypse 91: The Enemy Strikes Black [CD]

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listen  6. How To Kill A Radio ConsultantPublic Enemy 3:09$1.29  Buy MP3 
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listen10. More News At 11Public Enemy 2:39$1.29  Buy MP3 
listen11. Shut 'Em DownPublic Enemy 5:04$1.29  Buy MP3 
listen12. A Letter To The New York PostPublic Enemy 2:45$1.29  Buy MP3 
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Until Public Enemy, hip-hop was wrapped up in gold chains, fast women and being top dog in rap throwdowns. But with the group's rise, hip-hop gained a social and political consciousness. Emphasizing pride and condemning prejudice, Public Enemy became the most influential and controversial rap group of its time, hailed by history and by all who have since followed.

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  • Audio CD (September 6, 1994)
  • Original Release Date: 1991
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Def Jam
  • Run Time: 52 minutes
  • ASIN: B0000024IM
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,655 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Maybe it's a concept album, but every odd numbered track on Apocalypse is incredible, while the even tracks fall apart or never come together at all. If you listen to the odds, you get PE breaking down issues facing African Americans almost to minutiae, outing everything from corporate sneaker pimps ("Shut Em Down") and 40oz. killers ("One Million Bottlebags") to a racially corrupt government ("By the Time I Get to Arizona"). And, thankfully, most of that dogma is couched inside PE's trademark air-raid drill noisematics so you can shake your ass while PE sublimates the gospel into your brain. Unfortunately, drop the odd tracks and you're listening to a sonically and lyrically inferior album. Suffer through Flav's reprehensible plea for martyrdom in "A Letter to the New York Post," or the inane and superfluous "Bring Tha Noize"--a co-op with Anthrax which takes rap-rock crossover back to a sad place, alongside Lou Reed's "Original (W)rapper". --Todd Levin

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One of my favorite rap albums from one of the best rap groups EVER. Mark J. House  |  8 reviewers made a similar statement
Most tracks are pretty good! Christopher Roberts  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Apocalypse Now. November 10, 2002
Format:Audio CD
As I continually turn a contemptuous nose at much of modern hip hop, I'm relieved that there are acts like Public Enemy that remind me of the genre that once had something important to say. Clearly, "Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black" lacks the vitality of "It Takes a Nation of Millions..." or the sucker punch of its masterpiece "Fear of a Black Planet." But there are enough strokes of brilliance and hard-hitting messages to remind us how PE earned its clout in hip hop. Chuck D gives us a chilling account of the slave trade in the single "Can't Truss It (Divided and sold/for liquor and gold/Smacked in the back/ for the other man to mack)," and he justly rakes Arizona over the coals for ignoring the MLK holiday in "By the Time I Get to Arizona." Flava Flav jumps in to denounce the n-word in "I Don't Wanna Be Called Yo Nigga," which seems ahead of its time now that these modern rappers liberally use this, um, term of endearment. I personally could have done without the closer, "Bring the Noize" a track featuring Anthrax that would help shape up the rap-rock craze that's currently being run into the ground by jokers like Limp Bizkit. At times, "Apocalypse..." seems a wee bit like a pale imitation of its last two records, but even a disc as flawed as this still holds up tremendously well. While it's not as essential as "Fear..." or "It Takes a Nation...," Public Enemy's fourth album is still a potent documentary of an America still immersed in friendly fascism.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black February 9, 2005
Format:Audio CD
In my opinion, this is a classic album. It's almost as good as 'It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back', and I definately think it's one of the best albums of all time, and Chuck D would be in my top 5 rappers or so of all time.

(Produced by The Imperial Grand Ministers Of Funk)

(Executive Produced by The Bomb Sqauad)

1.Lost At Birth-4.5/5-Chuck D drops only 1 verse on this one, but its a great intro

2.Rebirth-4.5/5-Only 59 seconds, but Chuck drops another hot verse

3.Nighttrain-5/5-Definately one of the best tracks on the CD, great flow and energy from Chuck, and hot production (Samples Kool Moe Dee's 'How Ya Like Me Now')

4.Can't Truss It-5/5-Another stand out, one of the best tracks lyrically from Chuck, and more of some of the best production on an album of all time in my opinion (Samples Run-DMC's 'Dumb Girl')

5.I Don't Wanna Be Called Yo N****-4/5-Flava Flav is basically rambling on the whole track, but there's some stand out production

6.How To Kill A Radio Consultant-5/5-Chuck's flow is especially hot on this one

7.By The Time I Get To Arizona-5/5-One of the great things about Chuck is that he is a smart MC, and raps about social and political issues. Not something you'll find in the average rapper. Another one of my favorites on the CD (Single)(Featured in 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4')

8.Move!-5/5-Another great high energy track (Featured in 'Def Jam Fight For NY')

9.1 Million Bottle Bags-5/5-Great song adressing alchohol in America (over a hot beat, too)

10.More News At 11-5/5-Short song, but a hot flow from Flav

11.Shut Em Down-5/5-Another one of the best on the CD, great lyrically (Later sampled by DJ Premier/The Notorious B.I.G. in 'Ten Crack Commandments')

12.A Letter To The NY Post-5/5-Flav isnt the best lyricist, but he can have a great flow, hot song

13.Get The F*ck Out Of Dodge-5/5-Great song, and the end unfortunately describes many cops today

"Sergent Hawke and i'm down wit' the cop scene

I'm a rookie and i'm rollin' wit' a swat team

Packin' a nine can't wait to use it

Crooked cop yeah that's my music

Up against the wall don't gimme no lip son

A bank is robbed and you fit the description

And i ain't your mama and i ain't your pops

Keep your music down or you might get shot

This is a warning so watch your tail

Or i'm a have to put your a** in jail

I'm the police and i'm in charge

You don't like it get the f*** outta dodge"

14.Bring Tha Noize (Remix)Featuring Anthrax-5/5-A rock remix to my favorite Public Enemy song, with Anthrax doing the hook and 2 of Chuck's verses, actually a great song

Vastly underrated CD, highly reccomended
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Hardcore Thrillers Of Rap February 26, 2004
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Format:Audio CD
Coming down after the twin high-water marks of It Takes a Nation of Millions and Fear of a Black Planet, Public Enemy shifted strategy a bit for their fourth album, Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black. By and large, they abandon the rich, dense musicality of Planet, shifting toward a sleek, relentless, aggressive attack -- Yo! Bum Rush the Show by way of the lessons learned from Millions. This is surely a partial reaction to their status as the Great Black Hope of rock & roll; they had been embraced by a white audience almost in greater numbers than black, leading toward rap-rock crossovers epitomized by this album's leaden, pointless remake of "Bring the Noise" as a duet with thrash metallurgists Anthrax. It also signals the biggest change here -- the transition of the Bomb Squad to executive-producer status, leaving a great majority of the production to their disciples, the Imperial Grand Ministers of Funk. This isn't a great change, since the Public Enemy sound has firmly been established, giving the new producers a template to work with, but it is a notable change, one that results in a record with a similar sound but a different feel: a harder, angrier, determined sound, one that takes its cues from the furious anger surging through Chuck D's sociopolitical screeds. And this is surely PE's most political effort, surpassing Millions through the use of focused, targeted anger, a tactic evident on Planet. Yet it was buried there, due to the seductiveness of the music. Here, everything is on the surface, with the bluntness of the music hammering home the message. Arriving after two records where the words and music were equally labyrinthine, folding back on each other in dizzying, intoxicating ways, it is a bit of a letdown to have Apocalypse be so direct, but there is no denying that the end result is still thrilling and satisfying, and remains one of the great records of the golden age of hip-hop.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic album from back in the day
It was all there, and it was as I remembered it. Good stuff. Most tracks are pretty good! I only dislike a few.
Published 5 months ago by Christopher Roberts
5.0 out of 5 stars Yeah boyyzzzz
Public enemy number 1 - these guys still rock and always will. Cd is in great shape and plays perfect.
Published 6 months ago by DaDussa
5.0 out of 5 stars Public Enemy Numba' One, Booyyyyyeee!
One of my favorite rap albums from one of the best rap groups EVER. Only NWA comes close. Chuck D, Flavor Flav, and more make up the group. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mark J. House
5.0 out of 5 stars The best of the best
This is one of the best albums that came form Public Enemy!!! I actually got this album during my first week station in amberg west germany... This is an PE Classic!!!!
Published on October 13, 2009 by L. Lawson
5.0 out of 5 stars Mis-step? Not a chance!
This one has the reputation as being Public Enemy's first in a line of albums with decreasing relevance and power. Maybe it's nostalgia talking, but I could hardly disagree more. Read more
Published on October 27, 2007 by M. Maxwell
5.0 out of 5 stars Best P.E. album ever.
I bought Apocalypse 91 when it first came out on cassette back in the early 90's and i absolutely love it... Read more
Published on September 7, 2007 by Golden Hands
5.0 out of 5 stars The godfather of conscious rap
I have nothing but respect for Public Enemy. They opened up the doors for rappers who would raher give you insight in music than the same old playlist recommendations. Read more
Published on January 12, 2007 by Nuisance
4.0 out of 5 stars Bass for your Face , Not an 8 Track
After having released 3 critically acclaimed albums, PE came with Apocalypse 91. Unfortunately, this album (unfairly) marked a long downslide for them. Read more
Published on January 3, 2006 by Josef Gulick
5.0 out of 5 stars The Last Call
The last great album from PE. It was released when the minstrel show known as gangster rap was on the verge of taking over hip hop.
Published on November 19, 2005 by Tall Paul
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Album from PE
Public Enemy's fourth album is as good as as It Takes a Nation... and Fear of a Black Planet. This album is the first album I listened that got me into Public Enemy. Read more
Published on August 8, 2005 by D Bourgie
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Censored lyrics
I'm tryin to find out the same info. I also have the cassette version and it's the same way. I'm hopin someone will read this and help me find the uncensored versions. Along with "Fight The Power" off of "Fear Of A Black Planet".
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