5. Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
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Similar to NWA, it had that power. It definitely personified the glory days of the beginning of hip hop. Especially here, it was massive; it had such a big impact within my social world. I was young, and seeing Public Enemy and the whole image walking down Carnaby Street, the baseball jackets, Def Jam – that whole attitude was so new and fresh. The production at the time was unreal; Bomb Squad were the best out there. It took hip hop to a completely new level. Socially, lyrically, what they were standing for, those things were very important – how it culturally impacted on black and white culture at that time. And how it translated and spread across the whole world.