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It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the second studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on June 28, 1988, by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records. It was recorded from 1987 to 1988 in sessions at Chung King Studios, Greene St. Recording, and Sabella Studios in New York.

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  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back ist das zweite Album der Rap-Gruppe Public Enemy. Es erschien am 19. April 1988. Das Album wird heute als Meilenstein und eine Revolution des Hip-Hop angesehen. Dies liegt zum Teil an den Texten und der Produktion. Mit diesem Album etablierten sich Public Enemy als eine der einflussreichsten Hip-Hop-Acts der späten 1980er und frühen 1990er Jahre. (de)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the second studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on June 28, 1988, by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records. It was recorded from 1987 to 1988 in sessions at Chung King Studios, Greene St. Recording, and Sabella Studios in New York. Noting the enthusiastic response toward their live shows, Public Enemy intended to make the album's music at a higher tempo than their 1987 debut Yo! Bum Rush the Show for performance purposes. The group also set out to create the hip hop equivalent of Marvin Gaye's What's Going On (1971), an album noted for its strong social commentary. Through their production team The Bomb Squad, Public Enemy introduced a densely aggressive sound influenced by free jazz, heavy funk, and musique concrète as a backdrop for lead rapper Chuck D, who employed sociopolitical rhetoric, revolutionary attitudes, and dense vocabulary in his performances. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back charted for 47 weeks on the US Billboard 200, peaking at number 42, and was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 1989. The album received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised its production techniques and Chuck D's socially and politically charged lyricism. It also appeared on many publications' year-end top album lists for 1988 and was the runaway choice as the best album of 1988 in The Village Voice's Pazz & Jop critics' poll, a poll of the leading music critics in the US. Since its initial reception, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back has been regarded by music writers and publications as one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time. In 2000, it was voted number 92 in Colin Larkin's book All Time Top 1000 Albums, and in 2003, it was ranked number 48 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, the highest ranking of all the hip hop albums on the list, and the only one acknowledged in the top one hundred. This would become averted however in 2020, as a second updated version of the list moved the album up to number 15, while other hip-hop albums were put in the top one hundred as well. (en)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back es el segundo álbum de estudio del grupo de hip hop Public Enemy, lanzado en el sello Def Jam Recordings en los Estados Unidos el 14 de abril de 1988.​​ Este disco es frecuentemente citado como una de los más célebres e influyentes obras en la historia del hip hop. La mezcla entre la densidad del sample y producción de y las letras contestatarias punk rock de Chuck D transformaron a esta placa en una sensación, llegando al número 42 del ranking Billboard 200, y al número 1 en las listas Billboard R&B/Hip hop. (es)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back est le deuxième album studio de Public Enemy, sorti le 28 juin 1988. Cet album, avec son importante utilisation de samples et ses paroles très engagées politiquement, a rencontré un immense succès et a eu un impact phénoménal à sa sortie. Il est de fait considéré comme l'un des albums les plus influents de l'histoire du hip-hop. (fr)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back è il secondo album in studio del gruppo musicale hardcore hip hop statunitense Public Enemy, pubblicato nel 1988. (it)
  • 《It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back》는 1988년 6월 30일에 발매된 퍼블릭 에너미의 음반이다. 데프잼 레코드에 의해 발매되었다. (ko)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back – drugi album grupy Public Enemy wydany w 1988 roku. Uważany przez magazyn Ego Trip za najlepszy album hip hopowy wszech czasów. Na liście 500 najlepszych albumów Rolling Stone’a zajmuje 48 miejsce. Na dodatek spowodował rewolucję muzyczną, raperzy śmiało wyrażali na nim swoje poglądy, mówili o zakłamaniu mediów czy rasizmie w USA. W 2003 album został sklasyfikowany na 48. miejscu listy 500 albumów wszech czasów magazynu Rolling Stone. (pl)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is een muziekalbum van Public Enemy, oorspronkelijk uitgebracht in april 1988. Het album wordt beschouwd als een meesterwerk in de hiphop. (nl)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back é um álbum de estúdio de Public Enemy, lançado em 1988. Este álbum está na lista dos 200 álbuns definitivos no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Em 2003, foi escolhido o 48º na lista dos melhores álbuns de todos os tempos da Rolling Stone. (pt)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (в пер. з англ. Щоб стримати нас, буде потрібна багатомільйонна нація) — другий студійний альбом американського реп-гурту Public Enemy, випущений 14 квітня 1988 на Def Jam Recordings. Платівка зайняла 42 місце в американському чарті Billboard 200 і восьме — в британському хіт-параді. У 2003 році диск зайняв 48-е місце у Списку 500 найкращих альбомів усіх часів за версією журналу Rolling Stone; це найвища позиція в даному рейтингу для альбому напрямку хіп-​​хоп. (uk)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (в переводе с англ. — «Чтобы сдержать нас, потребуется многомиллионная нация») — второй студийный альбом американской рэп-группы Public Enemy, выпущенный 14 апреля 1988 года на Def Jam Recordings. Пластинка заняла 42 место в американском чарте Billboard 200 и восьмое — в британском хит-параде. К августу 1989 года её тираж превысил один миллион экземпляров, и она получила сертификат платинового диска от Американской ассоциации звукозаписывающих компаний. (ru)
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  • We took whatever was annoying, threw it into a pot, and that's how we came out with this group. We believed that music is nothing but organized noise. You can take anything—street sounds, us talking, whatever you want—and make it music by organizing it. That's still our philosophy, to show people that this thing you call music is a lot broader than you think it is. (en)
  • It wasn't that we took records and rapped over them, we actually had an intricate way of developing sound, arranging the sound. We had musicians like Eric Sadler... Hank Shocklee, the Phil Spector of hip hop. You've got to give the credit as it's due, if Phil Spector has the Wall of Sound Hank Shocklee has the Wall of Noise. (en)
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  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back ist das zweite Album der Rap-Gruppe Public Enemy. Es erschien am 19. April 1988. Das Album wird heute als Meilenstein und eine Revolution des Hip-Hop angesehen. Dies liegt zum Teil an den Texten und der Produktion. Mit diesem Album etablierten sich Public Enemy als eine der einflussreichsten Hip-Hop-Acts der späten 1980er und frühen 1990er Jahre. (de)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back es el segundo álbum de estudio del grupo de hip hop Public Enemy, lanzado en el sello Def Jam Recordings en los Estados Unidos el 14 de abril de 1988.​​ Este disco es frecuentemente citado como una de los más célebres e influyentes obras en la historia del hip hop. La mezcla entre la densidad del sample y producción de y las letras contestatarias punk rock de Chuck D transformaron a esta placa en una sensación, llegando al número 42 del ranking Billboard 200, y al número 1 en las listas Billboard R&B/Hip hop. (es)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back est le deuxième album studio de Public Enemy, sorti le 28 juin 1988. Cet album, avec son importante utilisation de samples et ses paroles très engagées politiquement, a rencontré un immense succès et a eu un impact phénoménal à sa sortie. Il est de fait considéré comme l'un des albums les plus influents de l'histoire du hip-hop. (fr)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back è il secondo album in studio del gruppo musicale hardcore hip hop statunitense Public Enemy, pubblicato nel 1988. (it)
  • 《It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back》는 1988년 6월 30일에 발매된 퍼블릭 에너미의 음반이다. 데프잼 레코드에 의해 발매되었다. (ko)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back – drugi album grupy Public Enemy wydany w 1988 roku. Uważany przez magazyn Ego Trip za najlepszy album hip hopowy wszech czasów. Na liście 500 najlepszych albumów Rolling Stone’a zajmuje 48 miejsce. Na dodatek spowodował rewolucję muzyczną, raperzy śmiało wyrażali na nim swoje poglądy, mówili o zakłamaniu mediów czy rasizmie w USA. W 2003 album został sklasyfikowany na 48. miejscu listy 500 albumów wszech czasów magazynu Rolling Stone. (pl)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is een muziekalbum van Public Enemy, oorspronkelijk uitgebracht in april 1988. Het album wordt beschouwd als een meesterwerk in de hiphop. (nl)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back é um álbum de estúdio de Public Enemy, lançado em 1988. Este álbum está na lista dos 200 álbuns definitivos no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Em 2003, foi escolhido o 48º na lista dos melhores álbuns de todos os tempos da Rolling Stone. (pt)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (в пер. з англ. Щоб стримати нас, буде потрібна багатомільйонна нація) — другий студійний альбом американського реп-гурту Public Enemy, випущений 14 квітня 1988 на Def Jam Recordings. Платівка зайняла 42 місце в американському чарті Billboard 200 і восьме — в британському хіт-параді. У 2003 році диск зайняв 48-е місце у Списку 500 найкращих альбомів усіх часів за версією журналу Rolling Stone; це найвища позиція в даному рейтингу для альбому напрямку хіп-​​хоп. (uk)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (в переводе с англ. — «Чтобы сдержать нас, потребуется многомиллионная нация») — второй студийный альбом американской рэп-группы Public Enemy, выпущенный 14 апреля 1988 года на Def Jam Recordings. Пластинка заняла 42 место в американском чарте Billboard 200 и восьмое — в британском хит-параде. К августу 1989 года её тираж превысил один миллион экземпляров, и она получила сертификат платинового диска от Американской ассоциации звукозаписывающих компаний. (ru)
  • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the second studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on June 28, 1988, by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records. It was recorded from 1987 to 1988 in sessions at Chung King Studios, Greene St. Recording, and Sabella Studios in New York. (en)
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