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Fear of a Black Planet is the third studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy. It was originally released on April 10, 1990, by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records, and produced by the group's production team The Bomb Squad, who expanded on the sample-layered sound of Public Enemy's 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. Having fulfilled their initial creative ambitions with that album, the group aspired to create what lead rapper Chuck D called "a deep, complex album". Their songwriting was partly inspired by the controversy surrounding member Professor Griff and his dismissal from the group in 1989.

Fear of a Black Planet features elaborate sound collages that incorporate varying rhythms, numerous samples, media sound bites, and eccentric loops, reflecting the songs' confrontational tone. Recorded during the golden age of hip hop, its assemblage of reconfigured and recontextualized aural sources preceded the sample clearance system that later emerged in the music industry. Fear of a Black Planet explores themes of organization and empowerment within the black community, social issues affecting African Americans, and race relations at the time.

A commercial and critical hit, Fear of a Black Planet sold two million copies in the United States and received rave reviews from critics, many of whom named it one of the year's best albums. Its success contributed significantly to the popularity of Afrocentric and political subject matter in hip hop and the genre's mainstream resurgence at the time. Since then, it has been viewed as one of hip hop's greatest and most important records, as well as being musically and culturally significant.

Tracklist

A

  • 1.Contract On The World Love Jam (Instrumental)01:44
  • 2.Brothers Gonna Work It Out05:05
  • 3.911 Is A Joke03:17
  • 4.Incident At 66.6 FM (Instrumental)01:37
  • 5.Welcome To The Terrordome05:24
  • 6.Meet The G That Killed Me00:44
  • 7.Pollywanacraka03:52
  • 8.Anti-Nigger Machine03:17
  • 9.Burn Hollywood Burn02:46
  • 10.Power To The People04:49

B

  • 1.Who Stole The Soul?03:52
  • 2.Fear Of A Black Planet03:40
  • 3.Revolutionary Generation05:43
  • 4.Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man02:45
  • 5.Reggie Jax01:35
  • 6.Leave This Off Your Fu*kin Charts (Instrumental)02:32
  • 7.B Side Wins Again03:39
  • 8.War At 33 1/302:13
  • 9.Final Count Of The Collision Between Us And The Damned (Instrumental)00:48
  • 10.Fight The Power04:42

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