Planet Earth: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Greatest Rap Hits

Planet Earth: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Greatest Rap Hits

by Public Enemy
Planet Earth: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Greatest Rap Hits

Planet Earth: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Greatest Rap Hits

by Public Enemy

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Overview

Released as a tie-in to Public Enemy's deserved 2013 induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the 2013 compilation Planet Earth is a little confusing and for more than one reason. First, it largely chronicles PE from 1990 on, with only "Louder Than a Bomb" dating from anything earlier than Fear of a Black Planet, and the cuts from that 1990 album and anything released after aren't exactly pristine. Everything here is just slightly off: either the mastering is brickwalled or samples are excised, but if things are re-recorded -- and it often seems like they are -- they're close enough to the originals to fool. Which is frustrating, as there are some songs that are indeed the originals ("Public Enemy No. 1") but others just feel not quite right, and the liner notes never bother to explain why things would sound so different here. It's all still pretty good -- the originals are great and PE still retain muscle years later -- but it's hard to endorse an album that seems to purposely skate around its origins, plus, there are many big songs that should've been here ("Bring the Noise," "Don't Believe the Hype," "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos," "Night of the Living Baseheads," all selections from It Takes a Nation of Millions, are missing). So, Planet Earth winds up falling short of the celebration it intends to be but there are still enough masterworks to make it a serviceable sampler even if it never transcends that designation. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 04/23/2013
Label: Enemy
UPC: 0760137576525
Rank: 97126

Tracks

  1. Welcome to the Terrordome
  2. Can't Truss It
  3. 911 Is a Joke
  4. Shut Em Down
  5. Fight the Power
  6. Give It Up
  7. Harder Than You Think
  8. By the Time I Get to Arizona
  9. ...Everything
  10. Louder Than a Bomb
  11. Lost at Birth
  12. Public Enemy No. 1
  13. Shut Em Down [Pete Rock Mixx]
  14. I Shall Not Be Moved
  15. Harder Than You Think [London Radio Edit]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Public Enemy   Primary Artist
Sheila Brody   Featured Artist
Gerald Albright   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Michael Gregoire   Package Design
Keith Shocklee   Composer
Eric "Vietnam" Sadler   Composer
G-Wiz   Producer
M. Thomas   Composer
Pete Rock   Remixing
Chuck D   Liner Notes
Neftali Santiago   Composer
Stuart Robertz   Composer
Gerald Albright   Composer
Cerwin Depper   Composer
Studdah Man   Composer
Hank Shocklee   Composer,Producer
Gary G-Wiz   Producer
William Drayton   Composer
Carlton Ridenhour   Concept,Composer
The Bomb Squad   Producer
Carl Ryder   Producer
Gary Rinaldo   Composer
Alvertis Isbell   Composer
Sheila Brody   Composer
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