Fear of a Black Planet

~ Release by Public Enemy (see all versions of this release, 17 available)

Annotation

Recorded at Greene Street Recording, NYC.
Additional Recording at Spectrum City Studios, Long Island.
Mastering at Masterdisk.

Big Daddy Kane appears courtesy of Warner / Reprise / Cold Chillin' Records.
Ice Cube appears courtesy of Priority Records / Gangster Boogie Music Inc.
Professor Griff and The Last Asiatic Disciples appear courtesy of Luke Skyywalker.

Matrix / Runout (Mirrored): DP-3762 1
Pressing Plant ID: SMJ
Rights Society: JASRAC

Annotation last modified on 2023-10-28 06:00 UTC.

Tracklist

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1Contract on the World Love Jam (instrumental)
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
recording of:
Contract on the World Love Jam
composer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy2.751:49
2Brothers Gonna Work It Out
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
recording of:
Brothers Gonna Work It Out
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy3.25:03
3911 Is a Joke
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
recording of:
911 Is a Joke
writer:
Eric Sadler, Keith Shocklee and William Jonathan Drayton
Public Enemy3.83:17
4Incident at 66.6 FM (instrumental)
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
recording of:
Incident at 66.6 FM
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy1.751:38
5Welcome to the Terrordome
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1989)
recording of:
Welcome to the Terrordome
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy45:26
6Meet the G That Killed Me
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
recording of:
Meet the G That Killed Me
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy1.750:45
7Pollywanacraka
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1989)
recording of:
Pollywanacraka
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy34:14
8Anti-Nigger Machine
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1989)
recording of:
Anti‐Nigger Machine
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy32:39
9Burn Hollywood Burn
guest other vocals:
Big Daddy Kane (singer, songwriter) and Ice Cube
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1989)
recording of:
Burn Hollywood Burn
writer:
Antonio Hardy (singer, songwriter), Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, O’Shea Jackson, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy feat. Big Daddy Kane & Ice Cube43:04
10Power to the People
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1989)
recording of:
Power to the People
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy2.53:48
11Who Stole the Soul?
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
recording of:
Who Stole the Soul?
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy2.53:52
12Fear of a Black Planet
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
recording of:
Fear of a Black Planet
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy2.63:42
13Revolutionary Generation
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
recording of:
Revolutionary Generation
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy2.55:43
14Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya Man
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
recording of:
Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya Man
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy2.252:47
15Reggie Jax
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
recording of:
Reggie Jax
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy21:36
16Leave This of Your Fu*Kin Charts (instrumental)
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
recording of:
Leave This Off Your Fu*kin Charts
writer:
Norman Lee Rogers
Public Enemy2.52:31
17B Side Wins Again
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
recording of:
B Side Wins Again
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy2.83:46
18War at 33 1/3
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
recording of:
War at 33⅓
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy2.52:08
19Final Count of the Collision Between Us and the Damned
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990)
recording of:
Final Count of the Collision Between Us and the Damned
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
Public Enemy1.750:49
20Fight the Power
producer:
The Bomb Squad (production team), Carl Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1990) and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1990)
samples:
Funky Drummer by James Brown (The Godfather of Soul)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 2), CBC Music: 10 Songs That Have Changed the World, Grammy Award: Best Rap Performance nominees (number: 1990), VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80’s (compiled in 2006) (number: 68) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 322)
recording of:
Fight the Power
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Keith Shocklee
publisher:
Island Music Ltd.
Public Enemy3.74:45