It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, the second studio album by Public Enemy is regarded as one of the most influential albums of all time. It is congested with over 100 samples ranging from the familiar to the obscure to the completely unrecognizable – from James Brown to David Bowie and from Slayer to Jesse Jackson. Hank Shocklee of Public Enemy once said: »We use samples like an artist would use paint.«
Public Enemy, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Def Jam, Columbia, 1988