Public Enemy<\/b> will release a special 35th anniversary vinyl edition of their seminal sophomore album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back<\/i>, on November 10 via Universal Music Enterprises. <\/p>\n
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back<\/i> will be available in either 4-LP 180gram vinyl and 2LP 180 gram vinyl\u2014pressed on limited-run red or standard. The 4LP package features bonus tracks from the Deluxe 2CD, extensive new liner notes penned by Chuck D<\/b>, Flavor Flav<\/b>, Q-Tip<\/b>, and Questlove<\/b>, and a 12×12 sticker insert of the Public Enemy logo.<\/p>\n
Speaking of the new vinyl edition, the hip-hop group’s founder Chuck D said, “Thanks to Run-DMC, LL Cool J and Whodini, we knew that hip-hop albums could explode on cassettes. At about the same time, Hank Shocklee was the manager of a record store, and he would point out how rock bands like Iron Maiden, The Rolling Stones, and even Bruce Springsteen were getting the most out of the album concept.” <\/p>\n
“So, we took that and went further with It Takes a Nation, approaching it like a rock band,” he added. “It ended up becoming a part of rap’s evolution from a singles-driven genre into the dawn of rap’s album age.”<\/p>\n
Public Enemy first dropped It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back<\/i> on June 28, 1988. The album climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard 200<\/i> and went platinum.<\/p>\n
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