Fear of a Black Planet (2 CD duluxe edition)

~ Release by Public Enemy (see all versions of this release, 17 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: The Album
2▼CD: Bonus Tracks
#TitleRatingLength
1Brothers Gonna Work It Out (remix)
recording of:
Brothers Gonna Work It Out
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
5:51
2Brothers Gonna Work It Out (dub)
recording of:
Brothers Gonna Work It Out
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
5:10
3Flavor Flav
0:17
4Terrorbeat
3:07
5Welcome to the Terrordome (Terrormental)
recording of:
Welcome to the Terrordome
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
3:38
6Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya Man (Full Rub mix)
recording of:
Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya Man
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
4:45
7Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya Man (U.K. 12" Powermix)
recording of:
Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya Man
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
4:07
8Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya Man (dub Mixx)
recording of:
Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya Man
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
4:04
9Burn Hollywood Burn (extended censored Fried to the radio version)
recording of:
Burn Hollywood Burn
writer:
Antonio Hardy (singer, songwriter), Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, O’Shea Jackson, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
3:43
10Anti-Nigger Machine (uncensored extended)
recording of:
Anti‐Nigger Machine
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
2:00
11911 Is a Joke (instrumental)
instrumental recording of:
911 Is a Joke
writer:
Eric Sadler, Keith Shocklee and William Jonathan Drayton
3:21
12Power to the People (instrumental)
instrumental recording of:
Power to the People
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
2:43
13Revolutionary Generation (instrumental)
instrumental recording of:
Revolutionary Generation
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
5:46
14War at 33 1/3 (instrumental)
instrumental recording of:
War at 33⅓
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
2:08
15Fight the Power (Soundtrack version)
recording engineer and mixer:
Rod Hui
programming:
Eric Sadler, Hank Shocklee and Keith Shocklee
producer:
Carl Ryder, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler and Hank Shocklee
tenor saxophone:
Branford Marsalis (saxophonist)
performer:
Public Enemy (US rap group)
recorded at and mixed at:
Greene St. Recording in SoHo, New York, New York, United States
samples:
Let’s Dance (Make Your Body Move) by West Street Mob
music videos:
Fight the Power by Public Enemy (US rap group)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 330)
recording of:
Fight the Power
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
publisher:
Island Music Ltd.
5:24
16Fight the Power (Powersax)
samples:
Funky Drummer, Part 1 by James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
recording of:
Fight the Power
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
publisher:
Island Music Ltd.
3:53
17Fight the Power (Flavor Flav Meets Spike Lee)
recording of:
Fight the Power
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
publisher:
Island Music Ltd.
4:34
18The Enemy Assault Vehicle Mixx (Medley)
9:26

Credits

Release group

dedicated to:Oliver X. Beasley
Brother Huey P. Newton
Yusef Hawkins
Keith (Cowboy) Wiggins (US hip hop MC Keith Wiggins, in The Furious Five)
associated singles/EPs:911 Is a Joke
Brothers Gonna Work It Out
Can’t Do Nuttin’ for Ya Man
Fight the Power
Welcome to the Terrordome
included in:3 Original CDs: Yo! Bum Rush the Show / It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back / Fear of a Black Planet
part of:My Life in Music: Wyclef Jean (SPIN magazine, 2003-12) (number: G) (order: 7)
My Life in Music: Tom Morello (SPIN magazine, 2003-10) (number: K) (order: 11)
Treble: The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s (number: 15) (order: 15)
David Keenan: The Best Albums Ever (number: 24) (order: 24)
Pitchfork: The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s (2022-09-28) (number: 27) (order: 27)
The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever (number: 50) (order: 50)
Uncut: The 500 Greatest Albums of the 1990s (number: 56) (order: 56)
Pitchfork: The 100 Best Rap Albums of All Time (number: 57) (order: 57)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 176) (order: 176)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 176) (order: 176)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 300) (order: 300)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 302) (order: 302)
Music Canada Certified Gold Albums (number: 1990-07-27) (order: 475)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005 edition) (number: 679) (order: 680)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/30255 [info]
lyrics page:https://genius.com/albums/Public-enemy/Fear-of-a-black-planet [info]
other databases:https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/public_enemy/fear_of_a_black_planet/ [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000206260 [info]
Wikidata:Q996926 [info]