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April 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Taking The Power Back: Ten of the Most Important Hip-Hop Albums in my Life

We all know that lists are subjective – that is the point of them. So I’ve decided to do a series of top ten albums across genres. They’ll appear sporadically. And rather than call them “Top Ten” I will call them ten of the most important – sorry if that sounds pretentious. It’s not meant […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 36 Chambers, Alphabethead, Antipop Consortium, Beastie Boys, Beats, De La Soul, DJ, DJ Shadow, Dr. Dre, Electricity, Fear Of A Black Planet, Genius/GZA, Hip-Hop, Ice Cube, Illmatic, Jay-Z, Licensed to Ill, Liquid Swords, Lyrics, Madvillany, Madvillian, Matthew Shipp, N.W.A., Nas, Public Enemy, Rap, Samples, Taking The Power Back: Ten of the Most Important Hip-Hop Albums in my Life, Ten of the Most Important Hip-Hop Albums in my Life, The Roots, Wu Tang Clan ·

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July 19, 2011 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1923

  Public Enemy, Fear Of A Black Planet (1990) This is my favourite Public Enemy album. It’s their third. And maybe the correct answer is to say that I love It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back the most. I do love that album. But Fear Of A Black Planet was the […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged Chuck D, Fear Of A Black Planet, Public Enemy, Vinyl, Welcome To The Terrordome ·

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