Sample SourceHip-Hop
Bring the Noise
Public Enemy·1987
from It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
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Public Enemy's Bomb Squad-produced sonic assault — a wall of sirens, samples, and Chuck D's booming voice — defined political hip-hop's sonic palette. Its sampling in the Vultures era connected Kanye's confrontational late-career posture to hip-hop's most uncompromising tradition of challenging power structures through noise.
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Web of Influence
1987
Public Enemy
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