Title: It takes a nation of millions to hold us back
Description: "Christopher R. Weingarten provides a thrilling account of how the Bomb Squad produced such a singular-sounding record: engineering, sampling, scratching, constructing, deconstructing, reconstructing even occasionally stomping on vinyl that sounded too clean. Using production techniques that have never been duplicated, the Bomb Squad plundered and reconfigured their own compositions to make frenetic splatter collages; they played samples by hand together in a room like a rock band to create a not quite right tension; they hand-picked their samples from only the ugliest squawks and sirens."--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Public Enemy (Musical group), Analysis, appreciation, Popular music, Bomb Squad, History and criticism, Music, history and criticism, 21st century, Music, american, Rap (music), African American musicians, History, African American rock musicians, Social aspects, African Americans, Music, Influence, Hip-hop, Rock music