The Best of Public Enemy: 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection

Public Enemy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 19, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Def Jam
• ASIN: B00005LMKS
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #150,537 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Welcome To The Terrordome

2. 911 Is A Joke

3. Bring The Noise

4. Don't Believe The Hype

5. Give It Up (Radio Version)

6. Shut Em Down (Album Version)

7. Fight The Power (Edited Album Version)

8. By The Time I Get To Arizona (Album Version)

9. Night Of The Living Baseheads

10. Nighttrain (Album Version)

11. Bring Tha Noize

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS PURE CRAP!!!, June 25, 2004

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Reggie L. Mattocks (Upper Marlboro, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Best of Public Enemy: 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (Audio CD)

Releasing an album like this does more disservice to P.E. than it helps. And for true hardcore fans, this isn't an album worth even looking at.

Where are the real Public Enemy tracks on here that really symbolized what the group was all about. How in the hell do you even think of leaving off "Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos" which by far is the bangin-est track P.E. ever produced, followed by leaving off "Rebel Without A Pause". Who are these idiots who create these compilations? Not to mention "Burn Hollywood Burn" w/Ice Cube, "MIUZI WEIGHS A TON", Pete Rock's version of "Shut Em Down", Brother's Gonna Work it Out, the single inspired by the VA BEACH riots over a decade ago, "Public Enemy Number 1", and of course one of the most sampled drum tracks in hip hop, "B-Side Wins Again". I rate this a big fat ZERO. I couldn't get zero on Amazon so I'll give it a Zero in my review. A Group like P.E. deserved at least a double CD if not a 3 Disc Set. Don't waste your money. You'll come out better just buying all their albums.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid this if you're a PE fan, May 17, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best of Public Enemy: 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (Audio CD)

This is a poorly structured greatest hits collection, and it is not endorsed by PE. It completely disregards great songs from "Yo! Bum Rush the Show" as well as PE's later (and granted weaker) albums like "Muse Sick..." Even if the later albums are not quite as strong, there are gems on those albums that are ignored here. Wait for a collection that is blessed by Chuck, Flav, Terminator, and the S1W's.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor, August 8, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Best of Public Enemy: 20th Century Masters: Millennium Collection (Audio CD)

For those who care about such things you might be interested to know that (according to www.publicenemy.com) the band is not behind this CD. Apparently they also have a proper three disc set coming out soon.

It'd be hard to make a bad PE compilation (because they made such good songs) but this CD is lacking.