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''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'' is the second studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on June 28, 1988 by Def Jam Recordings.〔 Public Enemy set out to make the hip hop equivalent to Marvin Gaye's ''What's Going On'', an album noted for its strong social commentary. Recording sessions took place during 1987 at Chung King Studios, Greene St. Recording, and Sabella Studios in New York City. Noting the enthusiastic response toward their live shows, Public Enemy intended with ''Nation of Millions'' to make the music of a faster tempo than the previous album for performance purposes.〔http://www.defjam.com/public-enemy-it-takes-a-nation-of-a-millions-to-hold-us-back/〕 The album charted for 49 weeks on the US ''Billboard'' 200, peaking at number 42. By August 1989, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, for shipments of one million copies in the United States. The album was very well received by music critics, who hailed it for its production techniques and the socially and politically charged lyricism of lead MC Chuck D. It also appeared on many publications' year-end top album lists for 1988, and was the runaway choice as the best album of 1988 in ''The Village Voice''s Pazz & Jop critics' poll, a poll of the leading music critics in the US. Since its initial reception, ''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'' has been regarded by music writers and publications as one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time.〔〔〔 In 2003, the album was ranked number 48 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, the highest ranking of all the hip hop albums on the list. == Background == Public Enemy's 1987 debut album ''Yo! Bum Rush the Show'', while acclaimed by hip hop critics and aficionados, had gone ignored for the most part by the rock and R&B mainstream, selling only 300,000 copies, which was relatively low by the high-selling standards of other Def Jam recording artists such as LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys at the time.〔 However, the group continued to tour and record tirelessly. "On the day that ''Yo! Bum Rush the Show'' was released (the spring of 1987 ), we was already in the trenches recording ''Nation of Millions''," stated lead MC Chuck D.〔Coleman (2007), p. 352.〕 With ''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'', the group set out to make what they considered to be the hip hop equivalent to Marvin Gaye's ''What's Going On'', an album noted for its strong social commentary.〔Myrie (2008), p. 102.〕 As said by Chuck, "our mission was to kill the 'Cold Gettin' Dumb' stuff and really address some situations."〔 In order to ensure that their live shows would be as exciting as those they played in London and Philadelphia, the group decided that the music on ''Nation of Millions'' would have to be faster than that found on ''Yo! Bum Rush the Show''.〔Myrie (2008), p. 106.〕 "Years of saved-up ideas," noted Chuck, "were compiled into one focussed aural missile."〔''Mojo'', #21, August 1995〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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