It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

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hip hop album studio album

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is Public Enemy’s landmark 1988 hip-hop album, renowned for its politically charged lyrics, dense production, and lasting influence on rap music.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hip hop album ⓘ studio album ⓘ
artist	Public Enemy ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows	Yo! Bum Rush the Show ⓘ
chronologicallyPrecedes	Fear of a Black Planet ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	widespread acclaim ⓘ
decade	1980s ⓘ
distributionFormat	compact disc ⓘ digital audio ⓘ vinyl record ⓘ
genre	hip hop ⓘ political hip hop ⓘ
hasPart	Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos ⓘ Bring the Noise ⓘ Caught, Can We Get a Witness? ⓘ Cold Lampin’ with Flavor ⓘ Countdown to Armageddon ⓘ Don’t Believe the Hype ⓘ Louder Than a Bomb ⓘ Mind Terrorist ⓘ Night of the Living Baseheads ⓘ Party for Your Right to Fight ⓘ Prophets of Rage ⓘ Rebel Without a Pause ⓘ Security of the First World ⓘ She Watch Channel Zero!? ⓘ Show ’Em Whatcha Got ⓘ Terminator X ⓘ surface form: Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
language	English ⓘ
length	approximately 58 minutes ⓘ
listedIn	Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time ⓘ various greatest hip hop albums lists ⓘ
mainSubject	Black empowerment ⓘ politics ⓘ racism ⓘ social justice ⓘ
mediaType	audio ⓘ
notableFor	dense, sample-heavy production ⓘ influence on rap music ⓘ politically charged lyrics ⓘ
performer	Public Enemy ⓘ
producer	Carl Ryder ⓘ Eric Sadler ⓘ Hank Shocklee ⓘ Rick Rubin ⓘ The Bomb Squad ⓘ
recordedIn	1987 ⓘ 1988 ⓘ
recordLabel	Columbia Records ⓘ Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
releaseDate	1988-06-28 ⓘ

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Def Jam Recordings → notableRelease → It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back ⓘ

Public Enemy → notableWork → It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back ⓘ