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  | ime_albuma = It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
  | ime_glazbenika = [[Public Enemy]]
  | vrsta          = studijski album
  | slika = PE-NM.jpg
  | datum = [[28. lipnja]] [[1988.]]
  | snimanje =od srpnja do listopada [[1987.]]
  | žanr = [[Hip hop]]
  | izdavač = Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam/[[Columbia Records]]<br><small>CK-44303</small>
  | trajanje = 57:51
  | producent = Hank Shocklee i Chuck D ([[The Bomb Squad]])
  | godina = 1988
  | album_prije = ''[[Yo! Bum Rush the Show]]''
  | album_poslije = ''[[Fear of a Black Planet]]''
  | godina0 = 1987
  | godina2 = 1990
  | recenzija = *[[Datoteka:5of5.svg]] [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:qj9hs38ba3vg All Music Guide]
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'''''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back''''' ime je drugog [[album]]a [[SAD|američke]] [[hip hop]] skupine [[Public Enemy]], objavljen [[19. travnja]] [[1988.]] Široko cijenjen kao njihov ''[[magnum opus]]'', album se redovito nalazi popisima najvećih i najutjecajnijih snimaka svih vremena.<ref name="RS90s">{{Citiranje weba | last = Otto | first = Jeff | url = http://www.rocklist.net/rstone.html#Recordings%20of%20the%20%E2%80%9890s | title = Rolling Stone Essential Albums of the 90s at Rocklist.net | format =  | work = | publisher = | }}</ref><ref name="acclaimed">{{Citiranje weba | title = ''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'' at AcclaimedMusic.net | date = | url = http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/061024/A721.htm | publisher = [http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/ AcclaimedMusic.net] |}}</ref><ref name="TheSourcePE">{{Citiranje weba | last = | first = | url = http://www.rocklist.net/source.htm | title = The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums at Rocklist.net | format =  | work = | publisher = |  }}</ref> Najviše je rangirani album u hip hop žanru uopće.<ref name="rs500">{{Citiranje weba | title = The RS 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: ''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'' review | url = http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6598716/48_it_takes_a_nation_of_millions_to_hold_us_back | publisher = [http://www.rollingstone.com/ RollingStone.com] | }}</ref> Na [[Rolling Stone|Rolling Stoneovoj]] listi ''500 najvećih albuma svih vremena'' nalazi se na 17. mjestu.<ref>http://www.acclaimedmusic.net</ref> Časopis TIME 2006 ga stavlja među 100 najvećih albuma svih vremena. <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/2006/100albums/index.html ''TIME.com'' - The All-TIME 100 Albums]</ref>

Enormno utjecajan, njegova mješavina samplovima bogate produkcije ''The Bomb Squada'' kao i politički nabijen tekst [[Chucka D]] stvorio je od albuma senzaciju, skočivši na 42. mjesto liste najprodavanijih albuma [[Billboard 200]].

==Popis pjesama==
#"Countdown to Armageddon" ([[Chuck D|C. Ridenhour]], E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 1:40
#"Bring the Noise" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 3:46
#"Don't Believe the Hype" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, [[Flavor Flav|W. Drayton]]) – 5:19
#"Cold Lampin' With Flavor" (E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, W. Drayton) – 4:17
#"Terminator X to the Edge of Panic" (C. Ridenhour, [[Terminator X (DJ)|N. Rogers]], W. Drayton) – 4:31
#"Mind Terrorist" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 1:21
#"Louder Than a Bomb" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 3:37
#"Caught, Can We Get a Witness?" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 4:53
#"Show Em Whatcha Got" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 1:56
#"She Watch Channel Zero?!" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, [[Professor Griff|R. Griffin]], W. Drayton) – 3:49
#"Night of the Living Baseheads" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 3:14
#"Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, W. Drayton) – 6:23
#"Security of the First World" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 1:20
#"Rebel Without a Pause" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, N. Rogers) – 5:02
#"Prophets of Rage" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee, W. Drayton) – 3:18
#"Party for Your Right to Fight" (C. Ridenhour, E. Sadler, H. Shocklee) – 3:24

===Reference u naslovima pjesama===
Naslovi određenih pjesama upućuju na druge naslove iz popularne kulture:
*Na naziv pjesme ''Louder Than a Bomb'' utjecao je naslov albuma skupine [[The Smiths]] ''[[Louder Than Bombs]]''.<ref name="bomb">{{Citiranje weba | 
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*''Party for Your Right to Fight'' je rearanžman pjesme [[Beastie Boys|Beastie Boysa]] ''(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)''.

==Suradnici==
*[[Professor Griff]] – vokali
*[[Chuck D]] – vokali
*Steven Ett – miksanje
*[[Fab 5 Freddy]] – vokali
*[[Flavor Flav]] – vokali
*[[Glen E. Friedman]] – fotografija
*John Harrison – ton majstor
*[[Rod Hui]] – miksanje
*Jeff Jones – ton majstor
*[[Rick Rubin]] – izvršni producent
*Carl Ryder – producent
*Nick Sansano – ton majstor
*Hank Shocklee – programiranje, producent
*[[Terminator X (DJ)|Terminator X]] – turntables
*Chuck Valle – ton majstor
*Eric "Vietnam" Sadler – programiranje, pomoćnik producentu
*Norman Rogers – scratching
*Bill Stephney – nadzornik produkcije
*[[Eric Johnson]] – vokali
*Oris Josphe – vokali
*Johnny Juice Rosado – scratching, turntables
*Greg Gordon – ton majstor
*Jim Sabella – ton majstor
*Keith Boxley – miksanje
*Chuck Chillout – miksanje
*Matt Tritto – ton majstor
*Harry Allen – vokali
*Christopher Shaw – ton majstor

==Izvori==
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