It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the second studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy. The album charted for 49 weeks on the US Billboard 200, peaking at number 42 and by August 1989, it was certified platinum. Includes the singles ‘Bring The Noise’, ‘Don’t Believe The Hype’, Night Of The Living Baseheads’, ‘Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos’ and ‘Rebel Without A Pause’.USM is proud to present HIP HOP HEROES, a campaign featuring both CD and Vinyl re-issues paying tribute to some of Hip Hop’s greatest artists.From the moment Run DMC released rap’s first million selling album (King Of Rock) in 1985, Hip Hop had the world hooked. Outselling country music by 9 million copies in 1998, which saw sales increase by over a third for the genre from ‘97-’98, it has since gone on to be one of the biggest selling genres in music history. With the likes of DMX, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Nelly, and 2Pac all selling copies in their tens of millions, Hip Hop culture became a game changer.All vinyl titles use exact reproductions of the original LP artwork to retain authenticity, but now on 180 gram heavyweight vinyl.