It’s been a victory lap year for Def Jam, who are celebrating their 25th anniversary, and now two more of the label’s most iconic releases are getting reissued: Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Fear of a Black Planet (both of which were also released through Columbia Records).
It Takes a Nation hits shelves on November 24, complete with liner notes written by hip-hop historian Questlove, while the Fear of a Black Planet reissue drops on December 8, with Wax Poetics editor-in-chief Andre Torres penning the liner notes. Both reissues will include the original album, plus a second disc of instrumentals, a capellas and bonus mixes. It Takes a Nation also boasts a DVD of live performances and music videos.
Check out the tracklistings below…
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988):
Disc 1:
01. Countdown to Armageddon
02. Bring the Noise
03. Don’t Believe the Hype
04. Cold Lampin’ With Flavor
05. Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
06. Mind Terrorist
07. Louder Than a Bomb
08. Caught, Can We Get a Witness?
09. Show ‘Em Whatcha Got
10. She Watch Channel Zero?!
11. Night of the Living Baseheads
12. Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
13. Security of the First World
14. Rebel Without a Pause
15. Prophets of Rage
16. Party For Your Right to Fight
Disc 2:
01. Bring the Noise (No Noise version)
02. Bring the Noise (No Noise instrumental)
03. Bring the Noise (No Noise a cappella)
04. Rebel Without a Pause (instrumental)
05. Night of the Living Baseheads (Anti-High Blood Pressure Encounter mix)
06. Night of the Living Baseheads (Terminator X Meets DST and Chuck Chill Out instrumental mix)
07. Terminator X to the Edge of Panic (No Need to Panic radio version)
08. The Edge of Panic
09. The Rhythm, the Rebel (a papella)
10. Prophets of Rage (Power version)
11. Caught, Can We Get a Witness? (Pre Black Steel Ballistic Felony dub)
12. B-Side Wins Again (original version)
13. Black Steel in the Hour Of Chaos (instrumental)
14. Fight The Power (soundtrack version)
Disc 3: Fight The Power… Live DVD
01. Countdown to Armageddon
02. Public Enemy Number One
03. Miuzi Weighs a Ton
04. Night of the Living Baseheads (live)
05. Fight the Power (video)
06. Bring the Noise
07. Don’t Believe the Hype
08. Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
09. Rebel Without a Pause
10. Terminator X to the Edge Of Panic (video)
11. Night of the Living Baseheads (video)
12. Prophets of Rage
Fear of a Black Planet (1990):
Disc 1:
01. Contract on the World Love Jam (instrumental)
02. Brothers Gonna Work It Out
03. 911 is a Joke
04. Incident at 666 FM (instrumental)
05. Welcome to the Terrordome
06. Meet the G That Killed Me
07. Pollywanacraka
08. Anti-Nigger Machine
09. Burn Hollywood Burn [Feat. Ice Cube & Big Daddy Kane]
10. Power to the People
11. Who Stole the Soul?
12. Fear of a Black Planet
13. Revolutionary Generation
14. Can’t Do Nuttin’ For Ya, Man!
15. Reggie Jax
16. Leave This Off Your Fu*kin Charts (instrumental)
17. B Side Wins Again
18. War at 33 1/3
19. Final Count of the Collision Between Us and the Damned (instrumental)
20. Fight The Power
Disc 2:
01. Brothers Gonna Work It Out (remix)
02. Brothers Gonna Work It Out (dub)
03. Flavor Flav
04. Terrorbeat
05. Welcome to the Terrordome (Terrormental)
06. Can’t Do Nuttin’ For Ya Man (Full Rub mix)
07. Can’t Do Nuttin’ For Ya Man (UK 12″ Powermix)
08. Can’t Do Nuttin’ For Ya Man (Dub Mixx)
09. Burn Hollywood Burn (Extended Censored Fried to the Radio version)
10. Anti-Nigger Machine (Uncensored extended)
11. 911 is a Joke (instrumental)
12. Power to the People (instrumental)
13. Revolutionary Generation (instrumental)
14. War at 33 1/3 (instrumental)
15. Fight the Power (soundtrack version)
16. Fight the Power (Powersax)
17. Fight the Power (Flavor Flav Meets Spike Lee)
18. The Enemy Assault Vehicle Mixx (Medley)
[Props P4K]
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