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For the remix film of the same name, see
DJ Spooky .
2006 studio album by Public Enemy and Paris
Rebirth of a Nation
Released March 7, 2006 (2006-03-07 )
Genre Length 1 :05 :46
Label Guerrilla Funk Recordings
Producer
Paris
"Can't Hold Us Back" Released: 2005
Rebirth of a Nation is a collaborative studio album by American hip hop group
Public Enemy and rapper/producer
Paris . Its title is a reference to the 1915
white supremacist film
The Birth of a Nation as well as one of the group's prior albums,
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back . Despite the Public Enemy branding on the album, many tracks were written and produced by Paris; the album itself was deemed a "special project" by
Chuck D in order to differentiate it from other Public Enemy works.
[8] It was released on March 7, 2006 through Guerrilla Funk Recordings with distribution via
Caroline Distribution . The album was mixed and mastered at Data Stream Studio in
San Francisco ,
California . The album features
guest appearances from
Dead Prez ,
MC Ren ,
Kam ,
Sister Souljah ,
The Conscious Daughters ,
Immortal Technique and
Professor Griff . Rebirth of a Nation peaked at number 180 on the
Billboard 200 albums chart in the United States and sold 5,592 units in its first week out.
Critical reception
Robert Christgau stated: "PE's best album in nearly a decade was overseen by Oakland Muslim-stockbroker-revolutionary Paris, who puts his stamp on its functional funk and unyielding class consciousness. In fact, with its international perspective and bitter 'People on the bottom kill each other for scraps,' Paris's 'Hannibal Lecture' boasts the sharpest lyric on the record. But he's got competition--from a retrofitted Jesse Jackson, from Professor Griff if you can believe that, even from reality TV 'ho Flavor Flav: 'I'm in your mouth when you wake in the morning/I'm the stink on your breath when you're yawning.' But mostly, of course, from Mistachuck, whose musicality carries the record--and who folded in a Katrina song after the CD was done."
[5]
Track listing
All music is composed by
Oscar Jerome Jackson, Jr.
Title 1. "Raw Shit" (featuring
Paris and
MC Ren ) 4:16 2. "Hard Rhymin' " (featuring Paris and
Sister Souljah ) 4:41 3. "Rise" 4:08 4. "Can't Hold Us Back" (featuring
Dead Prez and
Kam ) 5:07 5. "Hard Truth Soldiers" (featuring Dead Prez,
The Conscious Daughters and MC Ren) 4:18 6. "Hannibal Lecture" (featuring Paris) 3:50 7. "Rebirth of a Nation" (featuring
Professor Griff ) 3:27 8. "Pump the Music, Pump the Sound" 2:28 9. "Make It Hardcore" (featuring Paris) 5:16 10. "They Call Me Flavor" 3:09 11. "Plastic Nation" 3:03 12. "Coinsequences" (featuring Paris) 4:19 13. "Invisible Man" 4:28 14. "
Hell No We Ain't All Right! (Paris Remix)" 4:31 15. "Watch the Door" 3:35 16. "Field Nigga Boogie (XLR8R Remix)" (featuring Paris and
Immortal Technique ) 5:10 Total length: 1:05:46
Chart history
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"Public Enemy :: Rebirth of a Nation :: Guerilla Funk" . www.rapreviews.com . Retrieved November 16, 2018 .
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Christgau, Robert .
"Robert Christgau: CG: Public Enemy" . www.robertchristgau.com . Retrieved November 16, 2018 .
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Tom Hull – on the Web . Retrieved November 11, 2023 .
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XXL . Archived from
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"Public Enemy Return, With Guest" .
Rolling Stone . Retrieved November 16, 2018 .
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