Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

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Label:	Def Jam Recordings – CT 44303
Format:	Cassette , Album , Beige Shell, Grid Bottom , Dolby System
Country:	US
Released:	1988
Genre:	Hip Hop
Style:	Conscious

Tracklist

	Silver Side
A1	Countdown To Armageddon	1:41
A2	Bring The Noise	3:47
A3	Don't Believe The Hype	5:20
A4	Cold Lampin With Flavor	4:13
A5	Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic	4:30
A6	Mind Terrorist	1:18
A7	Louder Than A Bomb	3:37
A8	Caught, Can We Get A Witness?	5:03
	Black Side
B1	Show 'Em Whatcha Got	1:57
B2	She Watch Channel Zero?!	3:50
B3	Night Of The Living Baseheads Scratches [Rhythm] – Johnny Juice Rosado	3:16
B4	Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos	6:25
B5	Security Of The First World	1:22
B6	Rebel Without A Pause	5:05
B7	Prophets Of Rage	3:15
B8	Party For Your Right To Fight	3:27

Companies, etc.

Manufactured By – CBS Records Inc.
Distributed By – CBS Records Inc.
Published By – Def American Songs, Inc.
Recorded At – Greene St. Recording
Recorded At – Chung King House Of Metal
Recorded At – Sabella Recording Studios
Recorded At – Spectrum City Studios
Mastered At – Masterdisk
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Records Inc.
Copyright © – CBS Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Def Jam Recordings
Copyright © – Def Jam Recordings

Credits

Arranged By [Derangements] – Hank Shocklee
Bass Vocals – Chuck D
Created By – Hank Shocklee
Directed By – Hank Shocklee
Engineer – Nick Sansano
Executive Producer – Rick Rubin
Management – Rush Artist Management
Mixed By – Steve Ett (tracks: A2, B6)
Performer [Public Enemy] – The Security Of The First World
Photography By – Glen E. Friedman
Producer – Hank Shocklee
Producer [Assistant] – Eric "Vietnam" Sadler*
Programmed By – Hank Shocklee
Scratches [Lead And Rhythm] – Terminator X
Scratches [Rhythm Scratch] – Johnny Juice Rosado (tracks: B3)
Sequenced By – Hank Shocklee
Supervised By [Production] – Bill Stephney
Treble Vocals – Flavor Flav
Voice [Occasional] – Professor Griff And The Black To The Future Sample Stars

Notes

Cassette has a beige shell with a grid bottom and an embossed "Made In USA" logo in the top right corner.

Produced by Hank Shocklee, Carl Ryder.
Public Enemy is: Chuck D, Flavor-Flav, Terminator X, and The Security of the First World
Created, Guided, Directed and Sequenced by Hank Shocklee & Carl Ryder.
Representation - Ronald Skoler, Esq./Ed Chaplin for Rhythm Method Enterprises.
Russell Simmons/Lyor Cohen for RUSH Artist Management.
Dedicated to the cities of Philadelphia and London.
Lyrical Inspiration - Incarcerated Nubians of the Planet.
All Praise is due to Allah, and thanks to our families.
Live segments recorded, November 3, 1987 London.

Manufactured and Distributed by CBS Records Inc. Made in USA
℗ & © 1988 Def Jam Recordings, 298 Elizabeth St., N.Y., N.Y. 10012.
℗ 1987, 1988 CBS Records, Inc.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0 7464-44303-4 02
Barcode (scanned): 0746444303402
Rights Society: BMI

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (CD, Album)	CBS	DEF 462415 2, 01-462415-10	Europe	1988
Recently Edited	It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (LP, Album, Stereo, Carrollton Pressing)	Def Jam Recordings	BFW 44303	US	1988
Recently Edited	It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (LP, Album, Stereo)	CBS	DEF 462415 1	Europe	1988
Recently Edited	It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (Cassette, Album)	CBS	462415 4	UK	1988
Recently Edited	It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (Cassette, Album, Opaque White Shell, Checkered)	Def Jam Recordings	FCT 44303, CT 44303	US	1988