First bona fide Rap album I ever bought back in the late '80s. I confess, it was Thrash Metal veterans, Anthrax constantly banging on about them that convinced me!
Great album with perhaps the most intelligent lyrics ever written for a Rap cd - even though I don't agree with many of the opinions expressed, I respect them.
A production that was way ahead of the time, with great beats, basslines & samples, with a near perfect vocal balance between the intense and angry Chuck D and the more eccentric Flavor Flav. It's easy to see why this had appeal to the Metal crowd with it's heavy, urban tone, militaristic imagery and incendiary attitudes. Indeed, one track, She Watch Channel Zero features a sample of the riff from Slayer's Angel Of Death. EARLY crossover!
A great album that I'd recommend alongside Fear Of A Black Planet and despite it's background & personnel, it's a truly great 'Rock & Roll' album. Indeed, at it's time of release, the media were making direct comparisons between this and Sex Pistol's Never Mind The B*llocks, stating that both albums shared the same sensibilities!!