Ninja-Parents Blog

Quick Verdict It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back arrived on June 28, 1988, and immediately set a new standard for what politically engaged rap could sound like. Public Enemy’s second album is a sustained act of sonic and political aggression: Chuck D’s baritone delivering some of the most densely argued and historically informed verses in the genre’s history, Flavor Flav’s comic counterpoint providing rhythmic release, and The Bomb Squad’s production creating a w