Yo! Bum Rush the Show

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Yo! Bum Rush the Show
Yo! Bum Rush the Show cover
Studio album by Public Enemy
Released 1987
Recorded Spectrum City Studios, Hempstead, New York
Genre Political hip hop, East Coast hip hop, Hardcore hip hop
Length 46:44
Label Def Jam/Columbia Records
CK-40658
Producer Rick Rubin (Exec.)
Bill Stephney
The Bomb Squad
Professional reviews
Public Enemy chronology
Yo! Bum Rush the Show
(1987)		 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
(1988)

Yo! Bum Rush the Show is a 1987 album by Public Enemy. This was the first album of Public Enemy's that had been released by a record label.

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[edit] Album information

The album is considered a classic of its time but is generally considered inferior to Public Enemy's follow up album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source Magazine's 100 Best Rap Albums.[1] In 2003, the album was ranked number 497 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have often used part of 'You're Gonna Get Yours' as an intro to Give It Away when they play it live.

Puff Daddy covered "Public Enemy No. 1" on his album Forever.

[edit] Reception

Professional reviews:

  • Q (9/95, p.132) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...a stunning opening...just the first, in retrospect almost shy, step on a remarkable journey...a hard, droning extension of the basic drum`n'scratch Def Jam template that had served LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys so well."
  • Melody Maker (7/22/95, p.35) - Recommended - "It wasn't just a new sound, a discovery. It was like being struck by a meteor."
  • NME (9/25/93, p.19) - Ranked #49 in NME's list of The 50 Greatest Albums Of The '80s - NME (7/15/95, p.47) - 9 (out of 10) - "Yo! Bum Rush The Show announced a hip-hop group who smouldered beneath dark, sparse beats like no other, introduced us to the coolest vocal double act ever...and featured as striking a statement of intent as you could wish for in `Public Enemy Number 1'....brilliant."

[edit] Track listing

  1. "You're Gonna Get Yours" - 4:04
  2. "Sophisticated Bitch" featuring Vernon Reid of Living Colour - 4:30
  3. "Miuzi Weighs a Ton" - 5:44
  4. "Timebomb" - 2:54
  5. "Too Much Posse" - 2:25
  6. "Rightstarter (Message to a Black Man)" - 3:48
  7. "Public Enemy No. 1" - 4:41
  8. "M.P.E." - 3:44
  9. "Yo! Bum Rush the Show" - 4:25
  10. "Raise the Roof" - 5:18
  11. "Megablast" 2:51
  12. "Terminator X Speaks With His Hands" - 2:13

[edit] Personnel

  • Chuck D. - Vocals
  • Flavor Flav - Vocals
  • Hank Shocklee - Drum Programming
  • Eric Sadler - Drum Programming
  • Terminator X - Lead Scratch
  • Hank Shocklee - Minimal Synth Programming
  • Eric Sadler - Minimal Synth Programming
  • Steve Linsley - Bass
  • Bill Stephney - Bass
  • Vernon Reid - Guitars
  • Bill Stephney - Guitars
  • Juice - Rhythm Scratch
  • Rick Rubin - Executive Producer
  • Bill Stephney - Producer
  • Carl Ryder - Co-producer
  • Hank Shocklee - Co-producer
  • Glen E. Friedman - Photography
  • Bill Stephney - Mixing
  • Steve Ett - Mixing
  • Hank Shocklee - Mixing
  • Steven Linsley - Mixing
  • Rick Rubin - Mixing

[edit] Partial List of Samples

The following lists some of the songs and sounds sampled on Yo! Bum Rush the Show.

You're Gonna Get Yours

Sophisticated Bitch

Miuzi Weighs a Ton

Timebomb

Rightstarter (Message to a Black Man)

Public Enemy No. 1

Yo! Bum Rush the Show

  • "Shack Up" by Banbarra

Raise the Roof

Megablast

  • "All We Need is Another Chance" by The Escorts

Terminator X Speaks With His Hands

  • "Just Kissed My Baby" by The Meters

[edit] References

  1. ^ 100 Best Rap Albums. The Source #100 (January, 1998). Retrieved on 2007-11-10.

[edit] External links

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