Public Enemy – Fear Of A Black Planet
Tracklist
| A-90 | |||
| A1 | Contract On The World Love Jam (Instrumental) | 1:44 | |
| A2 | Brothers Gonna Work It Out | 5:05 | |
| A3 | 911 Is A Joke | 3:17 | |
| A4 | Incident At 66.6 FM (Instrumental) | 1:37 | |
| A5 | Welcome To The Terrordome | 5:24 | |
| A6 | Meet The G That Killed Me | 0:44 | |
| A7 | Pollywanacraka | 3:52 | |
| A8 | Anti-Nigger Machine | 3:17 | |
| A9 | Burn Hollywood Burn | 2:46 | |
| A10 | Power To The People | 4:49 | |
| B-91 | |||
| B1 | Who Stole The Soul? | 3:52 | |
| B2 | Fear Of A Black Planet | 3:40 | |
| B3 | Revolutionary Generation | 5:43 | |
| B4 | Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man | 2:45 | |
| B5 | Reggie Jax | 1:35 | |
| B6 | Leave This Off Your Fu✩kin Charts (Instrumental) | 2:32 | |
| B7 | B Side Wins Again | 3:39 | |
| B8 | War At 33 1/3 | 2:13 | |
| B9 | Final Count Of The Collision Between Us And The Damned (Instrumental) | 0:48 | |
| B10 | Fight The Power | 4:42 |
Companies, etc.
- Recorded At – Greene St. Recording
- Recorded At – The Music Palace
- Recorded At – Michael Bona Studios
- Recorded At – Spectrum City Studios
- Mixed At – The Music Palace
- Edited At – Unique Recording
- Mastered At – Masterdisk
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Records Inc.
- Copyright © – AZ Publishing Inc.
- Copyright © – CBS Records Inc.
- Copyright © – Cold Chillin' Music
- Copyright © – Def American Songs, Inc.
- Copyright © – Nia Songs
- Manufactured By – Columbia Records
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
- Published By – WB Music Corp.
Credits
- Art Direction – The Drawing Board
- Cover [Cover Art] – B.E. Johnson
- Management – Rush Artist Management
- Management [Represented By] – Rush Productions
- Mastered By [DMM] – Howie Weinberg
- Photography By [Additional] – Russell Winter
- Photography By [Back Cover] – Jules Allen
- Producer, Arranged By, Directed By, Sequenced By, Created By – The Bomb Squad
- Producer, Created By, Arranged By, Directed By, Sequenced By – Hank Shocklee
- Producer, Created By, Arranged By, Directed By, Sequenced By, Programmed By – Keith Shocklee
- Programmed By [Additional] – Paul Shabazz
- Public Relations – Harry Allen
- Recorded By – The Chairmen Of The Boards
- Recorded By [Assisted By] – Tom Conway
- Recorded By, Mixed By – Rod Hui
- Scratches [The Scratch] – Wizard K-Jee*
- Written-By – K. Shocklee* (tracks: A1 to B5, B7 to B10)
Notes
Recorded at Greene Street Recording, New York City.
Recorded and mixed at The Music Palace, West Hempstead, Long Island (Michael Bona Studios).
Additional Recording at Spectrum City Studios, Strong Island.
Mastered at Masterdisk.
Extended version of "Fight The Power" edited at Unique Recording, New York City. Music from "Do The Right Thing."
Big Daddy Kane appears courtesy of Warner / Reprise / Cold Chillin' Records
Ice Cube appears courtesy of Priority Records / Gangster Boogie Music Inc.
Professor Griff and The Last Asiatic Disciples appear courtesy of Luke Skyywalker
All praise is due to Allah (God)
Comes with custom inner sleeve featuring lyrics on one side, full album credits, logos and photo on the other side.
Direct Metal Mastering (DMM)
Recorded and mixed at The Music Palace, West Hempstead, Long Island (Michael Bona Studios).
Additional Recording at Spectrum City Studios, Strong Island.
Mastered at Masterdisk.
Extended version of "Fight The Power" edited at Unique Recording, New York City. Music from "Do The Right Thing."
Big Daddy Kane appears courtesy of Warner / Reprise / Cold Chillin' Records
Ice Cube appears courtesy of Priority Records / Gangster Boogie Music Inc.
Professor Griff and The Last Asiatic Disciples appear courtesy of Luke Skyywalker
All praise is due to Allah (God)
Comes with custom inner sleeve featuring lyrics on one side, full album credits, logos and photo on the other side.
Direct Metal Mastering (DMM)
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society (A9): ASCAP
- Rights Society: BMI
- Barcode (Text): 0 7464-45413-1
- Barcode (Scanned): 074644541311
- Pressing Plant ID (Scribed in runouts): G1
- Matrix / Runout (Label A): AL 45413
- Matrix / Runout (Label B): BL 45413
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 1): AL-45413-1A G A-7 MASTERDISK DMM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 1): BL-45413-1A G1 C8 MASTERDISK DMM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 2): AL-45413-1A G1 B21 MASTERDISK DMM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 2): BL-45413-1A G1 B15 MASTERDISK DMM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 3): AL-45413-1A G 3 A17 MASTERDISK DMM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 3): BL-45413-1A G1 B15 MASTERDISK DMM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 4): AL-45413-1A G1 MASTERDISK DMM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 4): BL-45413-1A G1 B22 MASTERDISK DMM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 5): AL-45413-1A G A9 MASTERDISK DMM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 5): BL-45413-1A G1 B11 MASTERDISK DMM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 6): AL-45413-1A G A14 MASTERDISK DMM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 6): BL-45413-1A G2 A8 MASTERDISK DMM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 7): AL-45413-1A G1 A5 MASTERDISK DMM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 7): BL-45413-1A G1 C5 MASTERDISK DMM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout A, variant 8): AL-45413-1A G A10 MASTERDISK DMM
- Matrix / Runout (Runout B, variant 8): BL-45413-1A G1 C9 MASTERDISK DMM
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Fear Of A Black Planet (CD, Album) | CBS | 466281 2 | Europe | 1990 | ||
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Fear Of A Black Planet (Cassette, Album) | Def Jam Recordings | 466281 4 | Europe | 1990 | ||
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Fear Of A Black Planet (LP, Album) | CBS | 466281 1 | Europe | 1990 | ||
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Fear Of A Black Planet (Cassette, Album, ★) | Def Jam Recordings | CT 45413 | US | 1990 | ||
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Fear Of A Black Planet (Terminator X DJ Performance Discs) (3×12", Limited Edition, Promo) | Columbia | CAS 2079/80/81 | US | 1990 |
Recommendations
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Edited one year agoThis album by the mighty PE always left and still leaves me with the feeling that it could have been a bit more condensed, running quite long time and not every minute feels equally powerful & dense. I think it all just had to come out and to be said, Chuck D is a major spitter and the chemistry with Flav is just per-fec-tion, so they took their space and time. However, WHENEVER they roll in, my goodness, it's still a steamroll! With "Brothers Gonna Work It Out", "911 Is A Joke", "Welcome To The Terrordome", "Burn Hollywood Burn", "Fear Of A Black Planet", "Who Stole The Soul?" and of course "Fight The Power" it delivers a whole bunch of explosive classics, but the b-side overall drags a bit, to be honest, and here and there I would have liked it to be a little crisper. I find the predecessor from 1988 to be more convincing, I know these albums are rather hard to compare on some level, but which comes almost ridiculously tight and compact, like a "best of" or something. This is of course complaining at a super high level and the first 3 PE albums are their finest. So still full marks for this milestone. -
Found at a local thrift store in really good condition with original cover is one of my better finds and can confirm how amazing this copy sounds (played through higher end audio equipment). It is in my (this shit plays awesome crate!!) 👍👍
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This is over an hour crammed into one LP. Haven’t heard this pressing, but I can’t imagine it sounds very good. -
Edited 5 years ago30 years anniversary on this exact date. The first 2 PE albums revolutionized the distinctive and noisy identity of Public Enemy's sonic brilliance but 'Fear Of A Black Planet' came over as a completely coherent and conceptualized album. Bomb Squad's production is out of this World and listening to this masterpiece is like reading your favorite book. You simply get drawn into the perfect narrative that the entire team surrounding Public Enemy laid out on this album. Fight The Power!
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Edited 8 years agoWow -- this original pressing is mindblowing. The CD or digital files of this classic just don't do justice to the massive sound of the Bomb Squad here -- what once was almost tinny and small is here otherworldly and immersive. I've always thought this was their greatest album but listening to it in this form only made me appreciate it even more. Grab it if you can.
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