Revolverlution

Public Enemy | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 23, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Koch Records
• ASIN: B000068CPU
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,389 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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  • #86 in Music > Indie Music > Rap & Hip-Hop > Gangsta & Hardcore

Track Listings

1. Give The Peeps What They Need

2. Revolverlution

3. Uzi

4. Put It Up

5. Can A Woman Make A Man Lose His Mind

6. Pesa #1

7. Fight The Power - Live

8. Arizona - Remix

9. Concert Interview

10. Son Of A Bush

11. Get Your Shit Together

12. Welcome To The Terrordome

13. B Side Wins Again - Remix

14. 54321 Boom

15. Pesa #2

16. Shut Em Down

17. Now A Daze

18. Public Enemy #1

19. The Making Of Burn Hollywood Burn

20. Give The Peeps What They Need - Clean

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Public Enemy still has passion, July 26, 2002

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RiotPelaaja "RiotPelaaja" (Finland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Revolverlution (Audio CD)

You know how so many rap media outlets complain how the best album never get enough airplay or sales. Stuff like Rawkus etc, overrated stuff.

Public Enemy is facing the same problem. It's latest album Revolverlution is full of floor-shaking beats and varied production that gives the groups still on point MC the perfect sonic background to drop some knowledge.

Problem is...does anyone care anymore?
Record companies have mega-selling rappers like Nelly (bless him, he's entertaining), Eminem, Dre, Red and Meth,Kurupt etc.
They dont need to deal with the always explosive Chuck D and his views anymore or with Public Enemy's crew for that matter.

Songs like " 5 4 3 2 1 Boom" and "Son of a Bush" feature superb production up there with the best of them. Over booming, classic
PE beats the crew drops political commentary but doesnt forget that the music needs to entertain as well. it certainly gets your adrenaline flowing just like hearing "Fight The Power" did.

The oft forgotten art of Deejaying has always been prominently featured on PE's albums. Personally, I really miss the scratching and other DJ techniques which were all over old skool rap albums. Terminator X blesses "Revolverlution" with some superb scratches, especially in the choruses. The afore-mentoned cut "5 4 3 2 1 Boom" is extremely catchy. As you'd expect it's not just about [RUMP]-shaking beats but the message as well. Chuck rips into the Bush family as well as various "black"-owned radio stations and record companies. Vitriol from an man no longer creating massive albums sales? No, definitely not. Chuck D doesnt need to do that, he does actually have something say as does Flavor Flav. All songs contain strong lyricism even if some of the topics are old and we've heard the social commentary before.

Besides 8 new songs, there are four remixes of old PE classics like "Shut'em Down". These have been done by artists around the world who were able to take part in a remixing contest at Public Enemy's website. Most of the mixes are quickly forgotte, but it's the few live tracks like an amazingly poignant "Fight The POwer" that are the highlights beside the eight new cuts.

Is this going to get you in a party mood like Dre or Nelly...probably not, but it's going to make you think while it's entertaining the hell out of you. Not an easy feat.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Back to what Hip-Hop was meant to be., September 19, 2002

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Westerly Flow (The City, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Revolverlution (Audio CD)

Where have the Public Enemys and the BDPs gone? They've all been buried by an industry that prefers to push music that seeks to destroy, not uplift, a culture. Revolverloution is not a full length album of new material but one song off this cd is worth an entire album of PDiddy/Eminem/YingYang nonsense. This is the root of Hip-Hop, an art form whose goal was to uplift and empower people. When Chuck D raps about the current state of our society, he is keenly aware of where we are and where we have come from. Only the Definitive Jux crew come close to Chuck these days in the power and message of their music, a testament to the sorry state of current pop music. The jams on this album are tight and the message is as clear as it was in '89. Few other rappers are actually standing up for truth in Hip-Hop and PE is back in full effect, Boyee!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars PE 2K2, November 12, 2002

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Micah Williams (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Revolverlution (Audio CD)

I'll be the first to admit that I really wasn't looking forward to this record at all. Their last few albums were some of the most boring hiphop I had heard in a long, long time and it appears that the glory days of records like "It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back" and "Fear Of A Black Planet" were entirely over. I also wasn't to big on the idea of PE allowing unknown producers to remix some of their classics tracks, but I did think the idea could work.

At first listen I really didn't dig "Revolverlution" as it really didn't seem to have a place within the group's amazing discogrpahy, however upon second listen I began to get it. This isn't supposed to be a continuation of the PE mentality, but rather a rewriting of it for all those who live under the current Bush administration. Harking back to the days of Reagan you could understand where something like "It Takes A Nation Of Million..." would come from, the same with "Fear Of A Black Planet" ...

... In 2002, PE remains as important as they did in 1988.

Highly recommended.