Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age

According to music journalist Neil Strauss, music critics initially accused Public Enemy of "being out of touch, of launching a weak attack against the trend toward gangster rap, of writing second-rate rhymes, of producing the album poorly, of using a bad pun for the title ('music in our message') and of being too old". Melody Maker (8/20/94, p. 35) - Recommended - "This LP isn't just a stunning return to form for Public Enemy, it's perhaps the most powerful horrified answer to what you are doing to black culture yet." NME (12/24/94, p. 22) - Ranked #20 in NME's list of the 'Top 50 Albums Of 1994.' ==Commercial performance==

Due to a change of the album's release date, negative reviews from publications such as Rolling Stone and The Source were published a month prior to the album's first sales week. ==Track listing==

All songs were written or co-written by members of Public Enemy, except "Godd Complexx", which was written by Jalal Mansur Nuriddin Alafia Pudim. • "Whole Lotta Love Goin on in the Middle of Hell" – 3:13 • "Theatrical Parts" - 0:28 • "Give It Up" – 4:31 • "What Side You On?" – 4:07 • "Bedlam 13:13" – 4:07 • "Stop in the Name ..." - 1:21 • "What Kind of Power We Got?" – 5:31 • "So Whatcha Gone Do Now?" – 4:41 • "White Heaven / Black Hell" - 1:06 • "Race Against Time" – 3:21 • "They Used to Call It Dope" - 0:30 • "Aintnuttin Buttersong" – 4:23 • "Live and Undrugged, Pt. 1 & 2" – 5:55 • "Thin Line Between Law & Rape" – 4:45 • "I Ain't Mad at All" – 3:25 • "Death of a Carjacka" - 2:00 • "I Stand Accused" – 3:57 • "Godd Complexx" – 3:40 • "Hitler Day" – 4:28 • "Harry Allen's Interactive Super Highway Phone Call to Chuck D" - 2:55 • "Living in a Zoo Remix" – 3:38 An extra track titled "Ferocious Soul" is included on the CD as a pregap hidden track. == Personnel ==

Credits adapted from CD Universe. • Flavor Flav – bass, keyboards, producer, rap vocals • Chuck D. – liner notes, producer, rap vocals • Terminator X – scratches • Tom Costello – various instruments • Paul Reisch – various instruments • Gerry Comito – guitar • Darryl Dixon – horns • David Watson – horns • Bill Mobley – horns • Kerwin "Sleek" Young – bass, Producer • Nathaniel Townsley III – drums • John B. Smooth – congas • Hank Shocklee – producer • Keith Shocklee – programming, background vocals, producer • Gary G-Wiz – producer • Kamron – scratches • Kevin Boone – scratches • Tet – background vocals • Norma Jean Wright – background vocals • Paulette McWilliams – background vocals • Bemshi – background vocals • Carl DeHaney – background vocals • The Punk Barbarians – background vocals • Grandell Thompson – background vocals • Jamel Bazemore – background vocals • Sean Chaplin – background vocals • Victor Brownlee – background vocals • Harry Allen – background vocals • Errol Nazareth – background vocals • Jesse Smith – background vocals • Andre Guilty – background vocals • Mike Williams – background vocals • Akilah Watkins – background vocals • Raymond Mattry – background vocals • Sheila Cabllero – background vocals • Jeanette Harrod – background vocals • Prince Yellordy – background vocals • Jean Victor – background vocals • Nick Sansano – engineer • Gerry Comito – engineer • Jimmy O'Neil – engineer ==Charts==

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