It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

The masterpiece. The Bomb Squad's production — sirens, samples piled twelve-deep, James Brown chops welded to noise — made the album an aesthetic event as much as a record. "Bring the Noise," "Don't Believe the Hype," "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos," "Rebel Without a Pause." Year zero of politically charged hip-hop. 2014 reissue.