Search - Public Enemy :: Universal Masters Collection

Better - and better value - than the U.S. version

R. Riis | NY | 11/23/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"An excellent selection of the best of PE, rap's (and rock's) most political hitmakers. The context and programming of the original albums are lost, of course, but this is a killer collection that rocks hard and deep from start to finish and a sonic assault that cuts most of today's players. This collection matches the U.S. "Millennium Collection" CD through the first nine tracks and the final track but adds "Louder Than a Bomb", "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos", "Prophets of Rage", and "Rebel Without a Pause", making this CD a better collection and a better value."

THIS WAS DONE MUCH BETTER THAN THE U.S. VERSION

MICHAEL TAYLOR | RICHMOND, VA USA | 10/05/2003

(4 out of 5 stars)

"THIS IS THE BEST P.E. COLLECTION THAT YOU CAN GET RIGHT NOW. ALL OF P.E.'S GREATEST HITS FROM 1988-1994 ARE ALL ON HERE. WHILE THIS COLLECTION HAS 4 EXTRA SONGS THAT THE U.S. VERSION DOESN'T HAVE, IT STILL FORGETS TO INCLUDE SONGS FROM ''YO BUM RUSH THE SHOW''. WHILE THEY DO HAVE SUCH CLASSICS AS ''WELCOME TO THE TERRORDOME'', ''BLACK STEEL IN THE HOUR OF CHAOS'', ''SHUT EM DOWN'', ''DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE'', AND OTHERS, THEY STILL FORGOT TO PUT ''MIUZI WEIGHS A TON'', ''PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1'', AND ''TOO MUCH POSSE'' ON THIS CD. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THIS IS STILL A GOOD CD TO HAVE IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE COLLECTING ALL THEIR ALBUMS FROM THE 1988-1994 TIME PERIOD. (...)"