Public Enemy "Hazy Shade of Criminal" 12" OOP NM Beastie Boys Run DMC
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Public Enemy "Hazy Shade of Criminal" 12" Chaos/Def Jam Recordings 42 74487 (US)
Out of Print!!
Original Press!
Record is EX, Jacket is NM
Track Listing:
A1 Hazy Shade Of Criminal (LP Version) Bass [X-tra] – Davy D 4:38 A2 Hazy Shade Of Criminal (Instrumental) Bass [X-tra] – Davy D 4:37 B1 Tie Goes To The Runner (LP Version) Co-producer – The Bomb Squad, Kerwin (Sleek) Young*, Paul Shabazz, Strong Island Sounds 3:56 B2 Tie Goes To The Runner (Instrumental) Co-producer – The Bomb Squad, Kerwin (Sleek) Young*, Paul Shabazz, Strong Island Sounds 3:54 B3 Hazy Shade Of Criminal (A Cappella) 4:31Public Enemy is an American hip hop group consisting of Chuck D, Flavor Flav, DJ Lord (who replaced Terminator X in 1999), The S1W group, Music Director Khari Wynn and formerly Professor Griff who was dismissed from the group for anti-semitic remarks in 1990. Formed in Long Island, New York, in 1982, Public Enemy is known for their politically charged lyrics and criticism of the American media, with an active interest in the frustrations and concerns of the African American community. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Public Enemy number 44 on its list of the Immortals: 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Acclaimed Music ranks them the 29th most recommended musical act of all time and the highest hip-hop group. The group was inducted into the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2007. The band were announced as inductees for the 2013 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on December 11, 2012, making them the fourth hip-hop act to be inducted after Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys.
Mainstream success (1987–1994)
Their debut album, Yo! Bum Rush the Show, was released in 1987 to critical acclaim. The album was the group's first step toward stardom. The group released the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back in 1988, which performed better in the charts than their previous release, and included the hit single "Don't Believe the Hype" in addition to "Bring The Noise". Nation of Millions... was voted Album of the Year by The Village Voice Pazz and Jop Poll, the first hip hop album to be ranked number one by predominantly rock critics in a major periodical. It is also ranked the 17th best album of all time (and best album of the 1980s) by Acclaimed Music. Writing towards the end of 1987, music critic Simon Reynolds dubbed Public Enemy "a superlative rock band".
In 1989, the group returned to the studio to record Fear of a Black Planet, which continued their politically charged themes. The album was supposed to be released in late 1989, but was pushed back to April 1990. The title song "Fear of a Black Planet" addresses the fear some white people have of black and white relationships. It was the most successful of any of their albums and, in 2005, was selected for preservation in the Library of Congress. It included the singles "Welcome To The Terrodome", "911 Is a Joke", which criticized emergency response units for taking longer to arrive at emergencies in the black community than those in the white community, and "Fight the Power". "Fight the Power" is regarded as one of the most popular and influential songs in hip hop history. It was the theme song of Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing. It was ranked the 80th best song of all time by Acclaimed Music. Among other things, the song voices disgust for considering Elvis Presley and John Wayne standard American icons.
The group’s next release, Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black, continued this trend, with songs like "Can't Truss It", which addressed the history of slavery and how the black community can fight back against oppression; "I Don't Wanna be Called Yo Nigga", a track addresses on how the urban culture uses the word nigga outside of its usual derogatory context. The album also included the controversial song and video "By the Time I Get to Arizona", which chronicled the black community's frustration that some US states did not recognize Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday as a national holiday. The video featured members of Public Enemy taking out their frustrations on politicians in the states not recognizing the holiday.
In 1992, the group was one of the first rap acts to perform at the Reading Festival, in England, headlining the second day of the three day festival.
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