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“Bring the Noise” is a song by the hip hop group Public Enemy. It was included on the soundtrack of the 1987 film Less Than Zero and was also released as a single that year. It later became the second track (and the first actual song) on the group’s groundbreaking 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. The single reached #56 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

The song’s lyrics, most of which are delivered rapid-fire by Chuck D with interjections from Flavor Flav, include boasts of Public Enemy’s prowess, an endorsement of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, retorts to unspecified critics, and arguments for rap as a legitimate musical genre on par with rock. The lyrics also have a remarkable metrical complexity, making extensive use of meters like dactylic hexameter. The title phrase appears in the chorus. The song includes several shout-outs to artists like Run-DMC, Eric B, LL Cool J and, unusual for a rap group, thrash metal band Anthrax, allegedly because Chuck D was flattered about Scott Ian wearing Public Enemy shirts while performing Anthrax gigs.

The song’s production by The Bomb Squad, which exemplifies their characteristic style, features a dissonant mixture of funk samples, drum machine patterns, record scratching by DJ Terminator X, siren sound effects and other industrial noise.
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  • justinmcgonigle

    they illin'. we chillin'!

    10 days ago

  • omaCore

    Come on now!

    21 days ago

  • JH050

    YEEEEAAAAAA BOOOOOOIIIIIII

    last month

  • Flesh-n-Bone

    I think Fear of a Black Planet is better than Nation of Millions to be honest. Both are classics, though.

    February 2012

  • jimgravy845

    Everybody shut the fuck up; "Nation of Millions" is the best album ever made. Full stop, end of debate. If you disagree this is because you are an idiot who should not be listening to music, go back to your Westlife albums and leave grown up music to the grown ups

    February 2012

  • jimgravy845

    Yo I don't understand what they sayin but little do they know they could get a smack for that man....

    February 2012

  • whatcarl

    Head nodding in progress ,please stand by.

    February 2012

  • DAHouseofHipHop

    Never ever ever get's old "Bring the Noise"

    January 2012

  • LostImeem

    Don't ask Anthrax to "stay away from this song," because Public Enemy were just as interested in collaborating with them as they were with PE.

    December 2011

  • chris818er

    yeahhhhhhh boyyyyyyy

    November 2011

  • jgarcia69

    Bass! How low can you go?

    October 2011

  • Sgt_Baker

    too black, too strong

    October 2011

  • DJNucleide

    http://music.napster.com/dj-faby-music/album/hypno-beat/14229474#s_module=search_all_album&origin=search

    September 2011

  • Ldc4167

    yea!

    September 2011

  • robinbee

    only ur opine rasta...luv the hell outta this track i do

    September 2011

  • rastamondrumer

    there is a bunch of great PE tracks, this is not one of them

    August 2011

  • lioness28213

    Classic album! Public Enemy is one of a kind!

    July 2011

  • MoogleRancha

    Everybody who keeps bringing up THPS 2 or Anthrax need to shut the fuck up and listen to fucking Public Enemy

    July 2011

  • ManDirky

    Tag the Anthrax-Version (from THPS 2) as Bring Tha Noize.

    June 2011

  • musicevangelist

    Yeah Tony Hawk 2, awesome.

    June 2011
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