Public Enemy’s third studio album Fear of a Black Planet became the first full-length hip-hop album to be inducted into The Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry in 2004. The Library of Congress praised Fear of a Black Planet for signaling “the coupling of a strongly political message with hip hop music.”
The album was released by Def Jam Records and peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Public Enemy’s Fear of a Black Planet tracklist
- “Contract on the World Love Jam”
- “Brothers Gonna Work It Out”
- “911 Is a Joke”
- “Incident at 66.6 FM”
- “Welcome to the Terrordome”
- “Meet the G That Killed Me”
- “Pollywanacraka”
- “Anti-Nigger Machine”
- “Burn Hollywood Burn” (featuring Ice Cube & Big Daddy Kane)
- “Power to the People”
- “Who Stole the Soul?”
- “Fear of a Black Planet”
- “Revolutionary Generation”
- “Can’t Do Nuttin’ for Ya Man”
- “Reggie Jax”
- “Leave This Off Your Fuckin Charts”
- “B Side Wins Again”
- “War at 33⅓”
- “Final Count of the Collision Between Us and the Damned”
- “Fight the Power”
