Public EnemyIt Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Label:

Def Jam Recordings – CT 44303

Format:

Cassette , Album , Transparent Shell

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Hip Hop

Style:

Conscious

Tracklist

Silver
A1 Countdown To Armageddon
EngineerChuck Valle
Mixed BySteve Ett
A2 Bring The Noise
A3 Don't Believe The Hype
A4 Cold Lampin With Flavor
Written-ByWilliam Jonathan Drayton
A5 Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic
Written-ByNorman Rogers
A6 Mind Terrorist
A7 Louder Than A Bomb
A8 Caught, Can We Get A Witness?
EngineerChuck Valle
Black
B1 Show Em Whatcha Got
B2 She Watch Channel Zero?!
Written-ByRichard Griffin
B3 Night Of The Living Baseheads
Mixed ByKeith Boxley
ScratchesJohnny Juice Rosado
Sequenced By, Directed By, Other [Created, Guided]Hank Shocklee
B4 Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
B5 Security Of The First World
B6 Rebel Without A Pause
EngineerJeff Jones
Lyrics ByHank Shocklee
Mixed BySteve Ett
Music ByNorman Rogers
Written-ByNorman Rogers
B7 Prophets Of Rage
B8 Party For Your Right To Fight

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Def Jam Recordings
  • Copyright ©Def Jam Recordings
  • Manufactured ByColumbia Records
  • Manufactured ByCBS Records Inc.
  • Distributed ByCBS Records Inc.

Credits

  • Arranged By [Derangements]Hank Shocklee
  • Artwork [Visuals]Glen E. Friedman
  • EngineerNick Sansano
  • Executive-ProducerRick Rubin
  • ProducerHank Shocklee
  • Producer [Associate]Eric Sadler
  • Programmed ByEric Sadler
  • Scratches [Lead & Rhythm]Norman Rogers
  • Supervised By [Production Supervisor]Bill Stephney
  • Vocals [The Bass]Chuck D
  • Vocals [The Treble]Flavor Flav
  • Voice [Occasional Voices]Professor Griff
  • Written-ByDrayton* (tracks: A5, B2, B4)

Notes

Recorded at Greene Street Recording, NYC; Chung King House Of Metal, NYC; Sabella Recording, Roslyn, LI, NY; Spectrum City Studios, Hempstead, LI, NY.
© 1988 (BMI)
© 1988 Def American Songs, Inc.
℗ 1987, 1988 CBS Records, Inc.

*Early edition with different graphics on j-card spine/back, manufacturing info like previous Def Jam cassette releases, catalog #44303 printed on the inside right edges & no "02" at the end of the Barcode. Explicit Lyrics.

Issued in transparent shell with black textured CBS v-case.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 0 7464-44303-4

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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
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (LP, Album, Stereo, Carrollton Pressing) Def Jam Recordings BFW 44303 US 1988
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (LP, Album, Stereo) CBS DEF 462415 1 Europe 1988
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (Cassette, Album) CBS 462415 4 UK 1988
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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

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  • doutsaslac's avatar
    doutsaslac
    I have been searching all over the web to find this same tape. I found you by calling a record exchange store and they looked it up.
    I knew it was special as soon as I saw it. I have on ebay for $250. Not sure ill get that much but there no others any where. Suuupppeeerrrr Rare

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