Yo! Bum Rush the Show

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Yo! Bum Rush the Show
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Studio album by Public Enemy
Released	1987
Recorded	Spectrum City Studios, Hempstead, New York
Genre	Hip hop
Length	46:44
Label	Def Jam/Columbia Records CK-40658
Producer	Rick Rubin (Exec.) Bill Stephney The Bomb Squad
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Public Enemy chronology
Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987) It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)

Yo! Bum Rush the Show is a 1987 album by Public Enemy. This was the first album of Public Enemy's that had been released by a record label. The album is considered a classic of its time but is generally considered inferior to Public Enemy's follow up album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source Magazine's 100 Best Rap Albums.^[1] In 2003, the album was ranked number 497 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Trivia 3 Personnel 4 Partial List of Samples 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. "You're Gonna Get Yours" - 4:04
2. "Sophisticated Bitch" featuring Vernon Reid of Living Colour - 4:30
3. "Miuzi Weighs a Ton" - 5:44
4. "Timebomb" - 2:54
5. "Too Much Posse" - 2:25
6. "Rightstarter (Message to a Black Man)" - 3:48
7. "Public Enemy No. 1" - 4:41
8. "M.P.E." - 3:44
9. Yo! Bum Rush the Show - 4:25
10. "Raise the Roof" - 5:18
11. "Megablast" 2:51
12. "Terminator X Speaks With His Hands" - 2:13

[edit] Trivia

• The Red Hot Chili Peppers have often used part of 'You're Gonna Get Yours' as an intro to Give It Away when they play it live.
• Puff Daddy covered "Public Enemy No. 1" on his album Forever.

[edit] Personnel

• Chuck D. - Vocals
• Flavor Flav - Vocals
• Hank Shocklee - Drum Programming
• Eric Sadler - Drum Programming
• Terminator X - Lead Scratch
• Hank Shocklee - Minimal Synth Programming
• Eric Sadler - Minimal Synth Programming
• Steve Linsley - Bass
• Bill Stephney - Bass
• Vernon Reid - Guitars
• Bill Stephney - Guitars
• Juice - Rhythm Scratch
• Rick Rubin - Executive Producer
• Bill Stephney - Producer
• Carl Ryder - Co-producer
• Hank Shocklee - Co-producer
• Glen E. Friedman - Photography
• Bill Stephney - Mixing
• Steve Ett - Mixing
• Hank Shocklee - Mixing
• Steven Linsley - Mixing
• Rick Rubin - Mixing

[edit] Partial List of Samples

The following lists some of the songs and sounds sampled on Yo! Bum Rush the Show.

You're Gonna Get Yours

• "Super Sporm" by Captain Skyy
• "Getting it On" by Dennis Coffey

Sophisticated Bitch

• "Groove Line" by Heatwave

Miuzi Weighs a Ton

• "Rock Steady" by Aretha Franklin
• "Different Strokes" by Syl Johnson
• "Christmas Rappin'" by Kurtis Blow
• "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss

Timebomb

• "Just Kissed My Baby" by The Meters

Rightstarter (Message to a Black Man)

• "Grip It" by Trouble Funk
• "Blow Your Head" by The J.B.'s
• "Here We Go" (Live) by Run-D.M.C.

Public Enemy No. 1

• "Blow Your Head" by Fred Wesley and The JBs
• "Feel the Heartbeat" by Treacherous Three

Yo! Bum Rush the Show

• "Shack Up" by Banbarra

Raise the Roof

• "Assembly Line" by The Commodores

Megablast

• "All We Need is Another Chance" by The Escorts

Terminator X Speaks With His Hands

• "Just Kissed My Baby" by The Meters

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• MP3 summary

v • d • e Public Enemy
Chuck D • Flavor Flav • Professor Griff • Terminator X • DJ Lord
Studio albums	Yo! Bum Rush the Show • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back • Fear of a Black Planet • Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black • Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age • There's a Poison Goin' On • Revolverlution • New Whirl Odor • Rebirth of a Nation • How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?
Compilations, soundtracks, and live albums	Fight the Power... Live! • Greatest Misses • He Got Game (soundtrack) • Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits • Beats and Places
Related articles	Discography

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