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Fear of a Black Planet is the third studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy. It was 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.

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  • Fear of a Black Planet ist das dritte Album der Rap-Gruppe Public Enemy. Es erschien am 20. März 1990. Das Musikmagazin Rolling Stone führt Fear of a Black Planet auf Platz 302 seiner Liste der 500 besten Alben aller Zeiten. (de)
  • Fear of a Black Planet is the third studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy. It was 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. The record's criticism of institutional racism, white supremacy, and the power elite was partly inspired by Dr. Frances Cress Welsing's views on color. 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. In 2004, the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry. In 2020, Fear of a Black Planet was ranked number 176 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. (en)
  • Fear of a Black Planet est le troisième album studio de Public Enemy, sorti le 10 avril 1990. L'album s'est classé 3e au Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums et 10e au Billboard 200 et a été certifié disque de platine par la RIAA le 7 juin 1990. Il a été également nommé aux 33e Grammy Awards dans la catégorie « Meilleure performance rap d'un duo ou d'un groupe » (Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group). (fr)
  • Fear of the Black Planet —en español: Miedo de un planeta negro— es el tercer álbum del grupo estadounidense de hip hop Public Enemy, lanzado el 10 de abril de 1990 por Columbia y Def Jam. En 2005 el álbum fue incluido en el por The Library of Congress en los Estados Unidos, y en 2020 fue ubicado en el puesto 176 de la lista de los 500 mejores álbumes de todos los tiempos de la revista Rolling Stone. También fue incluido en el libro 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. (es)
  • Fear of a Black Planet è il terzo album in studio del gruppo hip hop newyorkese Public Enemy, pubblicato dalla Def Jam/Columbia nel 1990. (it)
  • 《Fear of a Black Planet》는 1990년 4월 10일에 발매된 퍼블릭 에너미의 음반이다. 데프잼 레코드에 의해 발매되었다. (ko)
  • Fear of a Black Planet – trzeci studyjny album amerykańskiej grupy hip-hopowej Public Enemy. Ukazał się 20 marca 1990 roku nakładem wytwórni Def Jam Recordings. W 2003 album został sklasyfikowany na 300. miejscu listy 500 albumów wszech czasów magazynu Rolling Stone. (pl)
  • Fear of a Black Planet is het derde studioalbum van de Amerikaanse rapgroep Public Enemy. Het werd op 20 maart 1990 door Def Jam uitgebracht. De muziek op dit album is geïnspireerd door de controverse over antisemitische en homofobe uitspraken in 1989 en het ontslag van Chuck D. (nl)
  • Fear of a Black Planet är den Amerikanska hiphop-gruppen Public Enemys tredje Studioalbum, utgiven av Def Jam Recordings 1990 (sv)
  • Fear of a Black Planet — музичний альбом гурту Public Enemy. Виданий 20 березня 1990 року лейблом Def Jam / Columbia Records. Загальна тривалість композицій становить 63:21. Альбом відносять до напрямку хіп-хоп. Альбом посів 300-ту позицію у Списку 500 найкращих альбомів усіх часів за версією журналу Rolling Stone. (uk)
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  • Hip hop does not simply draw inspiration from a range of samples, but it layers these fragments into an artistic object. If sampling is the first level of hip hop aesthetics, how the pieces or elements fit together constitute the second level. Hip hop emphasizes and calls attention to its layered nature. The aesthetic code of hip hop does not seek to render invisible the layers of samples, sounds, references, images, and metaphors. Rather, it aims to create a collage in which the sampled texts augment and deepen the song/book/art's meaning to those who can decode the layers of meaning. (en)
  • We wanted to create a new sound out of the assemblage of sounds that made us have our own identity. Especially in our first five years, we knew that we were making records that will stand the test of time. When we made It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back we were shooting to make What's Going On by Marvin Gaye and when we made Fear of a Black Planet I was shooting for Sgt. Pepper's. (en)
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  • Fear of a Black Planet ist das dritte Album der Rap-Gruppe Public Enemy. Es erschien am 20. März 1990. Das Musikmagazin Rolling Stone führt Fear of a Black Planet auf Platz 302 seiner Liste der 500 besten Alben aller Zeiten. (de)
  • Fear of a Black Planet est le troisième album studio de Public Enemy, sorti le 10 avril 1990. L'album s'est classé 3e au Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums et 10e au Billboard 200 et a été certifié disque de platine par la RIAA le 7 juin 1990. Il a été également nommé aux 33e Grammy Awards dans la catégorie « Meilleure performance rap d'un duo ou d'un groupe » (Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group). (fr)
  • Fear of the Black Planet —en español: Miedo de un planeta negro— es el tercer álbum del grupo estadounidense de hip hop Public Enemy, lanzado el 10 de abril de 1990 por Columbia y Def Jam. En 2005 el álbum fue incluido en el por The Library of Congress en los Estados Unidos, y en 2020 fue ubicado en el puesto 176 de la lista de los 500 mejores álbumes de todos los tiempos de la revista Rolling Stone. También fue incluido en el libro 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. (es)
  • Fear of a Black Planet è il terzo album in studio del gruppo hip hop newyorkese Public Enemy, pubblicato dalla Def Jam/Columbia nel 1990. (it)
  • 《Fear of a Black Planet》는 1990년 4월 10일에 발매된 퍼블릭 에너미의 음반이다. 데프잼 레코드에 의해 발매되었다. (ko)
  • Fear of a Black Planet – trzeci studyjny album amerykańskiej grupy hip-hopowej Public Enemy. Ukazał się 20 marca 1990 roku nakładem wytwórni Def Jam Recordings. W 2003 album został sklasyfikowany na 300. miejscu listy 500 albumów wszech czasów magazynu Rolling Stone. (pl)
  • Fear of a Black Planet is het derde studioalbum van de Amerikaanse rapgroep Public Enemy. Het werd op 20 maart 1990 door Def Jam uitgebracht. De muziek op dit album is geïnspireerd door de controverse over antisemitische en homofobe uitspraken in 1989 en het ontslag van Chuck D. (nl)
  • Fear of a Black Planet är den Amerikanska hiphop-gruppen Public Enemys tredje Studioalbum, utgiven av Def Jam Recordings 1990 (sv)
  • Fear of a Black Planet — музичний альбом гурту Public Enemy. Виданий 20 березня 1990 року лейблом Def Jam / Columbia Records. Загальна тривалість композицій становить 63:21. Альбом відносять до напрямку хіп-хоп. Альбом посів 300-ту позицію у Списку 500 найкращих альбомів усіх часів за версією журналу Rolling Stone. (uk)
  • Fear of a Black Planet is the third studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy. It was 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. (en)
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