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No. 176Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums1990
Fear of a Black Planet album coverNo. 176

Fear of a Black Planet

Public Enemy

Fear of a Black Planet by Public Enemy is No. 176 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (2020 edition). It came out in 1990, has 20 tracks and runs 63 minutes. It sits between Every Picture Tells a Story (No. 177) and DAMN. (No. 175).

1990 · 20 tracks · No. 176 of 500

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Track list

  1. Contract on the World Love Jam
  2. Brothers Gonna Work It Out
  3. 911 Is a Joke
  4. Incident at 66.6 FM
  5. Welcome to the Terrordome
  6. Meet the G That Killed Me
  7. Pollywanacraka
  8. Anti-N****r Machine
  9. Burn Hollywood Burn (feat. Ice Cube & Big Daddy Kane)
  10. Power to the People
  11. Who Stole the Soul?
  12. Fear of a Black Planet
  13. Revolutionary Generation
  14. Can't Do Nuttin' for Ya, Man!
  15. Reggie Jax
  16. Leave This Off Your Fu*kin Charts
  17. B Side Wins Again
  18. War at 33 1/3
  19. Final Count of the Collision Between Us and the Damned
  20. Fight the Power

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