- Yo! Bum Rush the Show
Infobox Album |
Name = Yo! Bum Rush the Show
Type =Album
Artist = Public Enemy
Released =January 26 ,1987
Recorded = 1985–1986 at 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 StephneyThe Bomb Squad
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jpfixqu5ldhe~T1 link]
*Robert Christgau (B+) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=public+enemy link] |
Last album =
This album = "Yo! Bum Rush the Show"
(1987)
Next album = "It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back "
(1988)"Yo! Bum Rush the Show" is the debut album by Public Enemy, released by
Def Jam /Columbia Records onJanuary 26 ,1987 . This was the first album of Public Enemy's that had been released by a record label. Their debut album had debuted at #125 on theBillboard 200 , and at #1 on the BillboardHip-Hop /R&B Albums chart.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". [cite web |url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/source.htm |title=100 Best Rap Albums |accessdate=2007-11-10 |format= |work= |publisher=The Source #100 |date=January, 1998] RS500|497The
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.Reception
"Professional reviews":
*"Q" magazine (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."Track listing
# "You're Gonna Get Yours" - 4:04
# "Sophisticated Bitch" featuringVernon Reid ofLiving Colour - 4:30
# "Miuzi Weighs a Ton" - 5:44
# "Timebomb" - 2:54
# "Too Much Posse" - 2:25
# "Rightstarter (Message to a Black Man)" - 3:48
# "Public Enemy No. 1" - 4:41
# "M.P.E." - 3:44
# "Yo! Bum Rush the Show" - 4:25
# "Raise the Roof" - 5:18
# "Megablast" 2:51
# "Terminator X Speaks With His Hands" - 2:13Personnel
*
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 - MixingPartial List of Samples
The following lists some of the songs and sounds sampled on "Yo! Bum Rush the Show".
You're Gonna Get Yours
*"Super Sporm" byCaptain Skyy
*"Getting it On" byDennis Coffey Sophisticated Bitch
*"Friends" byWhodini
*"Groove Line" byHeatwave Miuzi Weighs a Ton
*"Rock Steady" byAretha Franklin
*"Different Strokes" bySyl Johnson
*"Christmas Rappin'" byKurtis Blow
*"Synthetic Substitution" byMelvin Bliss Timebomb
*"Just Kissed My Baby" byThe Meters Rightstarter (Message to a Black Man)
*"Grip It" byTrouble Funk
*"Blow Your Head" byThe J.B.'s
*"Here We Go" (Live) byRun-D.M.C. Public Enemy No. 1
*"AJ Scratch" by Kurtis Blow
*"Feel the Heartbeat" byTreacherous Three
*"Blow Your Head" byFred Wesley andThe JBs Yo! Bum Rush the Show
*"Shack Up" byBanbarra Raise the Roof
*"Assembly Line" byThe Commodores Megablast
*"All We Need is Another Chance" by The EscortsTerminator X Speaks With His Hands
*"Just Kissed My Baby" by The MetersReferences
External links
* [http://www.mp3.com/albums/22514/summary.html MP3 summary]
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