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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

30 years ago, Public Enemy rewrote the rulebook when it came to sampling. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back is a hip-hop classic. Huey celebrates its legacy.

30 years ago, Public Enemy rewrote the rulebook when it came to sampling. It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back is a stone cold hip hop classic. It influenced changes to the law when it came to using samples, and that's why it couldn't be made today.

Huey celebrates the legacy of the album as well as playing tracks from it. He'll look at the artists that inspired the record, artists like Marvin Gaye whose album What's Goin' On? was a key influence on the way Chuck D et al put together It Takes A Nation.

In the show you can expect to hear a whole lot of Public Enemy, plus tracks by Rage Against The Machine, John Coltrane, The Last Poets, Gil Scott-Heron, and Run The Jewels.

3 hours

Last on

Sat 30 Jun 2018 10:00

Music Played

  • Fred Wesley & The J.B.鈥檚

    Doing It To Death

    • Polydor.
  • Public Enemy

    Rebel Without A Pause

    • Global Television.
  • BODEGA

    Jack In Titanic

    • What's Your Rupture.
  • LL Cool J

    Dangerous

    • Radio.
    • Polydor Limited.
  • Beastie Boys

    Brass Monkey

    • Beastie Boys Anthology: The Sounds Of Science CD2.
    • def jam records.
  • Public Enemy

    Public Enemy No 1

    • Into the Tomb.
    • Rockin'Rollin' Products.
  • The Jimi Hendrix Experience

    Foxy Lady

    • MCA.
  • Pip Blom

    Pussycat

    • NICE SWAN RECORDS.
  • The Chemical Brothers

    The Golden Path (feat. The Flaming Lips)

    • Virgin.
  • Gorillaz & De La Soul

    Lake Zurich / Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) (Mashup)

    • Parlophone.
  • Marvin Gaye

    What's Going On

    • Tamla Motown.
  • Gil Scott鈥怘eron

    I Think I'll Call It Morning

    • Pieces Of A Man.
    • Ace Records.
  • Biz Markie

    Alone Again

    • I Need a Haircut.
    • Warner Bros. Records.
  • Public Enemy

    Caught, Can We Get A Witness

    • It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.
    • Mercury Records Limited.
  • Curtis Harding

    It's Not Over

    • ANTI-.
  • Interpol

    The Rover

    • Matador Records.
  • James Brown

    Get On the Good Foot

    • Polydor.
  • Rufus Thomas

    Funky Chicken

    • The Stax Story: The Hits.
    • Universal Music (UK) Limited.
  • The Bar-Kays

    Son of shaft

    • The Complete Stax / Volt Soul Singles 1968-1971.
    • EMI Records Limited.
  • John Coltrane

    Acknowledgement

    • Groovin' with 鈥楾rane.
    • Excalibur Recordings.
  • The Bar-Kays

    Do It

    • As One / Nightcruising / Propositions / Dangerous.
    • Stax.
  • Nirvana

    Molly's Lips

    • Incesticide.
    • 6.
  • Suede

    The Invisibles

    • WARNER MUSIC UK LTD. / SUEDE LTD.
  • Rahim Redcar

    Girlfriend (feat. 顿芒尘-贵耻苍办)

    • Because Music Ltd.
  • Public Enemy

    Don't Believe The Hype

    • Def Jam.
  • Rage Against the Machine

    Ghost Of Tom Joad

    • Guerrilla Radio.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • Sick Ones

    Bad Way

    • find energy.
    • Unsigned.
  • Juice

    Catch A Groove

    • Catch a Groove.
    • Greedy Records Ltd..
  • James Blake

    Don't Miss It

    • POLYDOR.
  • Teleman

    Cactus

    • Moshi Moshi.
  • Bob & Earl

    Harlem Shuffle

    • Global Records & Tapes.
  • Sweet

    Funk It Up (Davids Song)

    • Off The Record.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
  • James Brown

    Funky Drummer

    • Up For The Down Stroke.
    • Polydor.
  • Ultramagnetic MC鈥檚

    Give the Drummer Some

    • Critical Beatdown.
    • Roadrunner Records.
  • Public Enemy

    Bring The Noise

    • Def Jam.
  • Jordan Rakei

    Wildfire

    • Ninja Tune.
  • La Luz

    California Finally

    • Hardly Art.
  • Aretha Franklin

    Rock Steady

    • Atlantic Gold (Various Artists).
    • Atlantic.
  • Disco Four

    Do It Do It

    • Do it, Do it.
    • Enjoy Records.
  • Lafayette Afro-Rock Band

    DARKEST LIGHT

    • Darkest Light: The Best Of Lafayette Afro-Rock Band.
    • Virgin Records Ltd.
  • Boy Azooga

    Jerry

    • Heavenly Recordings.
  • Led Zeppelin

    The Rain Song

    • Led Zeppelin Box Set.
    • atlantic records.

Broadcast

  • Sat 30 Jun 2018 10:00