Power to the Beats [CD-single] [Import]

Power to the Beats [CD-single] [Import]

Track Listings

1. Power to the Beats

2. Power to the Beats [Rob Searle Main Mix] [Edit]

3. Power to the Beats [Krafty Kuts Mix]

4. Power to the Beats [Todd Edwards Power Chord Remix]

5. Power to the Beats [Chicken Lips Live from Pluto Mix]

6. Power to the Beats [Todd Edwards Street Soul Dubified]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Remix EP of the third single off the UK dance duo's 2000 album, 'Two'. Combines tracks from both UK singles, 'Power To The Beats', 'Power To The Beats' (Rob Searle Main Mix Edit, Krafty Kuts Mix, Todd Edwards Power Chord Remix, Chicken Lips Live From Pluto Mix and Todd Edwards Street Soul Dubified). Six tracks in all. 2000 release. Slimline jewel case.

Tracks:

You're Gonna Get Yours
Public Enemy No.1
Rebel Without A Pause
Bring The Noise
Don't Believe The Hype
Prophets Of Rage
Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
Fight The Power
Welcome To The Terrordome
911 Is A Joke
Brothers Gonna Work It Out
Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man
Can't Truss It
Shut Em Down
By The Time I Get To Arizona
Hazy Shade Of Criminal
Give It Up
He Got Game

Amazon.com

Public Enemy is not the kind of group that does compromise--either you own It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back and its explosive follow-up Fear of a Black Planet in their entirety or you simply hate music. So use this all-too-brief primer merely as a map to find your way to the albums that actually shook the world, mixing blunt politics with hard-hitting beats and Chuck D's prophet-like zeal for affecting change. If nothing else, tracks like "Bring The Noise" and "Fight The Power" serve as timely reminders of how much power hip-hop can wield when not tripped up in name-calling and bitch-slapping (D famously dubbed the genre "CNN for black people"), while on "911 is a Joke" Flava Flav proves there's a fine-line between laughter and tears. --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

If you don't have this, you're your own enemy.......2007-07-20

Public Enemy had one of the more distinct and unique sounds of any major rap group from the late 80s/early 90s, both as to the music and Chuck D's raps. They were big into social and political commentary with Chuck D blasting away at injustice and other BS over often disonant and clangy music, which actually served well to mirror and underlie the chaotic situations described in the lyrics. Flavor Flave played well off of Chuck with his interjections, which added "flavor" to a number of tunes. Some reviewers dissed this a bit because it didn't have a certain particular tune that is their favorite and they just can't imagine it not being on a compilation. O.K., if you're that hardcore, buy all the individual albums. This CD is just a great overview of a rap group with one of the more unique urban sounds and insistent messages. Particularly worthy raps:

Don't Believe the Hype
Fight the Power
911 is a Joke [Flav shines here - reviews emergency services in the city]
I Can't Do Nuthin For You Man - another big role for Flav
Shut Em Down - heavy rap
By the Time I Get to Arizona

ok, wanted a little more variety.......2006-11-11

not bad, but i thought it'd have some of the other well-known hits on it as well. good for reminiscing about my youth!

This is what got me into Public Enemy!.......2006-08-01

Without a doubt, hip-hop was in its prime during the late 80's and early 90's. Unfortunatly, I didn't even exist untill '91...I was born into the generation of cookie-cutter "gangsta" (c)rap like 50 cent and lil john...oh, how lucky am I...

Anyway, I had heard a few samples from p.e. on tv and the internet, and decided to look for one of their cds. They sounded so different than anything I've heard before. Chuck D's vocal energy and style grabs your attention right away, while Flava's crazy wierdness keeps you hooked. While looking through Wallmart's cd selection, I came across this cd and decided that a greatest hits cd would be a perfect introduction to a group I had never really listened to before.(It was only 10 bucks, so what harm could it be?) Lemme tell ya, after listening through the cd once, my jaw was dropped, and I was floored.

First off, for any fans of pop-rap with candy-coated beats, this cd is NOT for you. Public Enemy are raw, hard, and abrasive. They're definatly not for everyone.

Second, their lyrics are political, and confront many serious issues that were being ignored during that time. Pay close attention, and you'll see that they actually have something important to say and aren't just grunting about their cars, money, hoes, bling-bling, whatever.

Finally, while their music may sound somewhat cacaphony at times, they were definatly way ahead of their time. They have the rare ability to make seemingly clashing noises work together in an intriguing and almost harmoneous way. For example, "Rebel Without A Pause" uses a repetitive screeching tea kettle in the background, which would be ear-drum-breaking in any other circumstance. However, combined with the song's heavy bass and Chuck D's lyrical wit, the kettle becomes less of a nussance and more of an actual instrument that enhances the song's quality. (Yeah, that sounds really stupid, but I don't have any other way of describing it.)

So yeah, that's another one of my rambling reviews. I would recomend this cd to hip-hop fans who are open-minded and ready for beats that are rough and different from anything else. I've become a huge fan of p.e. because of this cd, and I plan to buy more of their work. That's all for now. PEACE

PE Keep Bringin That Noise! [and sonnin' Viper].......2006-07-06

What else can be said about this release? The entire collection of singles (from their Def Jam period) from the most important and influential group ever. It doesnt get much better than this.

Public Enemy albums are consistent affairs with segues, inserts and instrumentals acting as the musical glue for each release. Some have therefore argued that listening to the singles in isolation is a less cohesive affair. I disagree. While Chuck D maintains that the group has never been singles orientated, their discography begs to differ: throughout the early 1990's, Public Enemy single releases were massive affairs accompanied by groundbreaking videos and fantastic cover art. Remember that "Fight the Power" only appeared on "Fear of a Black Planet" some several months after it "hit" - as did the B side release of "Rebel without A Pause" prior to "It Takes a Nation of Millions...".

This collection of singles reinforces their creative output, musicianship and legacy. The groups most commerciably accessible offerings are all here in their high-rotation-strong-unit-sales glory: the aforementioned "Fight The Power", "Hazy Shade of Criminal", "Shut Em Down", "911 Is A Joke" and the hugely popular "Give It Up", arguably the groups most successful single in terms of retail sales.

PE have crammed 18 cuts on to this release - but this just barely represents their release schedule. There are several cuts that have been released as singles and/or videos that are ommitted, including "Livin In A Zoo" (from the CB4 soundtrack), "Get off My Back", "Shake Your Booty", "I Stand Accused", "Louder Than A Bomb (Remix)", "Anti N*gga Machine/Burn Hollywood Burn" and the love-it-or-hate-it Anthrax thrash version of "Bring Tha Noize". A double disc edition with say, 28 tracks would have been nice - but then again, Def Jam/Universal dont want to cannibalise any trailing album sales the groups catalogue may still command!

Oh yeah, the reviewer "Viper" is the embodiment of the typical ignorant white American youth that PE originally set out to educate! Its unfortunate, but he of his ilk will never understand what true hip hop is or represents. "Hip hop" to Viper and most other Generation Y'ers constists of gun toting and talking about how much money you have and how many "biyatchs" youre doing. Grafitti? Breaking? DJ'ing? Beatboxing? Get outa here - that stuff's ancient, right Viper? Cats like Juvenile and Fitty Cent are the truth yeah!? heheheheh!!!!

Not all is lost though - I know plenty of young cats who take the time to check their history and educate themselves. Its just that people like Viper are already a lost cause - this album is the antithesis to his played out, thugged out BS so it will never get heard. But thats okay, cos dudes like me will never check for G Unit or Juvenile - so like PE's ratio of message:music, in the end there is some balance...

Kids, put away your Paul Wall and Nelly albums...this is some REAL rap music.......2006-04-12

Def Jam finally did what was right and released a complete Public Enemy greatest hits compilation. All of the PE classics are here including "Fight The Power", "Welcome To the Terrordome", "Bring The Noise", and "Can't Trust It". If you are not familiar with PE, this compilation is a great opportunity for you to become acquainted with one of the greatest rap groups of all time.

Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits

Average customer rating:

"Oh my goodness" fans are cryin' because it's edited...that's dumb
WARNING - EDITED VERSION!!!

Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits
Public Enemy
Manufacturer: Def Jam
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music

$9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music

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ASIN: B000A2GDJA
Release Date: 2005-08-02

Tracks:

You're Gonna Get Yours
Public Enemy No.1
Rebel Without A Pause
Bring The Noise
Don't Believe The Hype
Prophets Of Rage
Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
Fight The Power
Welcome To The Terrordome
911 Is A Joke
Brothers Gonna Work It Out
Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man (Clean Edit)
Can't Truss It
Shut Em Down
By The Time I Get To Arizona
Hazy Shade Of Criminal
Give It Up
He Got Game (Radio Edit)

Customer Reviews:

"Oh my goodness" fans are cryin' because it's edited...that's dumb.......2005-10-29

"P.E. is in the house,top billin'". The song choice is superior,but not perfect (missing "Get The F*** Outta Dodge" and "Night Of The Living Baseheads"). Other than that,this CD is not all that edited (some songs already were released edited). They took "Fight The Power" from 'FEAR OF A BLACK PLANET' CD and that's edited (only the soundtrack to 'DO THE RIGHT THING' plays without the bleep). Yes,they shorten "Can't Do Nuthin' For You Man" to edit but "Welcome To The Terrordome" & "911 Is A Joke" wasn't. "Black Steel..." was edited (and shortened),"He Got Game" was edited. What's a few songs? Dawg,it's P.E. man. "Rebel...","Bring The Noise","Public Enemy #1". Cryin' because this is edited and overseeing the great gems combined into one piece? Brothers (and all P.E. fans),can we work this out? Fill in the blanks,dawgs!!!

WARNING - EDITED VERSION!!!.......2005-08-15

I accidentally ordered this CD, thinking that it was remastered and the other version(not marked as ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED) wasn't. This is actually the EDITED VERSION. Amazon has not clearly identified each version as EXPLICIT or EDITED. I can only assume that the other version is the explicit one, but don't take my word for it. Buyer beware!

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Good to Be Alive
Evelyn Forever
Manufacturer: Airplay Label
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Punk Revival | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000056WWY
Release Date: 2001-02-13

Tracks:

Drunk Tank
Imagine My Surprise
Indecision
Good to Be Alive
Everything
I Know a Girl
Precious Time
Little Girl
Wasted
Purple Flowers
Maybe
Champagne

Average customer rating:

Color Theory is my favorite band
Tuesday Song Takes Color Theory to Next Level
Nothing else like it
A Synthpop Classic
electro pop music for the intellectual and the sentimental

Tuesday Song
Color Theory
Manufacturer: 11th Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Jangle Pop | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

General | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music

Power Pop | Rock | Styles | Music

Singer Songwriters | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00000G20Q
Release Date: 1997-06-01

Tracks:

Outside Girl
September Spoke In Red
Just Who I Am
Heart Like A Doll
Entirely
Forget His Voice
Unrehearsed
My Gift To You
Softer Than Sleep
The Perfect Song

Album Description

A passionate blend of piano, electronics, and lyrical sincerity.

Customer Reviews:

Color Theory is my favorite band.......2005-08-21

I dont get why this band never got popular. I just don't GET it.

Tuesday Song Takes Color Theory to Next Level.......2001-07-31

After hearing the first album, "Sketches in Grey," and then listening to this album, you can definitely see how Color Theory's style has matured. Fhe first album, "Sketches in Grey" is wonderful in of itself, with a lot of memorable pieces (see my review of that album on Amazon for more). However, "Tuesday Song" expands upon the potential promised in "Sketches," and in a big way.

First off, you will notice that this album has a lot more synth than the first. However, Brian never loses the piano, and that's one of the definitive factors in his music. You can strip away all the synthesizers, replace the major melody with only a piano, and you would still have a great song. The layers of synth built upon the piano melodies on this album create a wonderful effect.

All of the songs on this release are great, but just to single a few out, a few favorites include "Outside Girl," "Just Who I Am," "Heart Like A Doll," "Forget His Voice," and "Softer Than Sleep." All of these songs have memorable tunes you find yourself humming in your mind, with those ever-meaningful lyrics which set Color Theory's music apart. I can sit down and listen to this entire album from start to end and never have the urge to skip a song.

These songs are about life, and love, and how people act or try to act while experiencing these things. "Outside Girl" deals with the difficulties, and sometimes impossibilites, involved with getting back together, no matter how much it looks like people have changed on the outside. "It could take a week to remember/Why it never worked for us before." "Forget His Voice" is an emotional song about one man trying to cope with his girlfriend's affair. "Softer Than Sleep" is a song about how that one special person can totally change your life. "And you touch me/softer than sleep... and it colors all that I do/with a touch of you..."

Heartfelt music, from the melodies to the vocals and lyrics. If you haven't heard this album yet, you are missing out.

Nothing else like it.......2001-07-31

Brian Hazard has continued to put out great quality, melodic music for years now, but this album, his second, is still my favorite. This album is a trove of joy and tears, to be experienced by the listener through Brian's lovely piano and vocal work. He challenges even the best of synthpop's vocal top-dogs, such as David Gahan and Andy Bell. If you like synthpop, buy it! No excuses.

A Synthpop Classic.......2001-07-31

If you enjoy synthpop (and by that I mean music mainly driven by synthesizers) this album is a must for your collection. The songs are passionate, heartfelt and beautifully written. I was going to pick out a couple of songs to point out as favorites but couldn't do it. I highly reccomend listening to the clips, I am sure you will be hooked.

electro pop music for the intellectual and the sentimental.......2001-07-31

This is by far, my favorite Color theory album. It was also the first album I ever bought from the band. From then on, I've been hooked. Though it is not purely electronic(mostly piano-driven)it still has a lot of emotion that most synthpop acts lack. With emotion-filled lyrics and intricate chord progressions, Color Theory is definately worth checking out.

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Power to the Beats
Utah Saints
Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Visi
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music

Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00004ZB15
Release Date: 2001-11-26

Tracks:

Power to the Beats
Power to the Beats [Edit][Mix]
Power to the Beats [Krafty Kuts Mix]
Power to the Beats [Todd Edwards Power Chord Remix]
Power to the Beats [Chicken Lips Live from Pluto Mix]
Power to the Beats [Todd Edwards Street Soul Dubified]

Album Description

Remix EP of the third single off the UK dance duo's 2000 album, 'Two'. Combines tracks from both UK singles, 'Power To The Beats', 'Power To The Beats' (Rob Searle Main Mix Edit, Krafty Kuts Mix, Todd Edwards Power Chord Remix, Chicken Lips Live From Pluto Mix and Todd Edwards Street Soul Dubified). Six tracks in all. 2000 release. Slimline jewel case.

Album Details

A Typical Blustery Return featuring Guest Vocals from Chuck D as Well as the Highly Recognisable 'enter Sandman' Sample by Metallica.

Average customer rating:

WOW
yes, he vas certainly holdin back.....before...but now, holy #%%^~
This record rocks!!!
can't listen often enough...

Holding Back Entirely
Holding Back Entirely
Manufacturer: oasis
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0009JVTRK
Release Date: 2005-05-01

Tracks:

Pound
Everyone
The Runaround
All the Way
Down In My Hole
No Pity
It Doesn't Matter
Enough For You?

Product Description

Three years in the making, Holding Back EntirelyÂ’s combination of driving beats, hard guitar and bittersweet odes to love and loss defies easy categorization, and more power to it. Written, produced and fronted by Nikolaus Schuhbeck, the eight-song (plus) collection features irresistible, climactic rhythms, tightly arranged melodies, soaring vocals, and lyrics sprinkled with sweet, stinging irony. From the daybreak chirping of birds in Â“Pound,Â” to the ripping solos in Â“All the Way,Â” and Â“Enough for You,Â” SchuhbeckÂ’s songs feature the unbeatable combination of introspective lyrics of uncertainty, confusion and desire backed by fast-grinding guitars: a soundtrack for those moments between abject misery and sheer joy. In other words: life as we live it. Take a drive, drop the top and turn it up.

Customer Reviews:

WOW.......2005-07-14

"Holding Back Entirely" is definitely a neo-cosmopolitan piece of art, with its haunting vocals and a solid rock emphasis, it should never leave your sound system, and if it does, it will only be to plug in Nikolaus Schuhbeck's next album. Bravo!

yes, he vas certainly holdin back.....before...but now, holy #%%^~.......2005-06-29

I like to think that the title of this very well put-together collection of tunes
is a past tense, historical reference, to the artist's own journey.....of
Geographical, cultural assimilation, building a family, surviving, in the Bigtown and
Just bein' one of the most solid drummers around, killin' all them, good, but lo-pay schlepp gigs .
Big Nik's been "holding back, entirely " saying, that , "Oh yeah, by the way, I'm a totally, stylistically developed Rock frontman and composer "
A happy surprise, here, anyway , folks .
From the short sweet, home sweet home, chirpin' birds n' kids clip
The tunes unfold with an unexpected bite and precision and a truly COOL Narrative vocalese, that makes you stay with each tune to find the non-cliched closures. It all rocks in a comfy, defiant
chiseled frame .
I particularly see
2. everyone and 7. it doesn't matter
as post-beatles/john lennon- homages that easily outdo
a few well-heeled, well known, Brit posers, who have had more than a few cracks at airplay .

Nikky lots of godspeed . excellent job.
danny from nextnumbers !

This record rocks!!!.......2005-06-29

man, I don't know where to start! Love the tunes, love the voice, love the rock!!
I can't wait for the second record to come out so I can hear some more songs! When can I see this band live, that's what rock and roll is all about!

can't listen often enough..........2005-06-22

Holding back entirely? I think not!!! I have owned this album a couple of months now and it has rarely left my cd player ever since. Listening to this cd is like reading a good book: I can listen to it again and again and be amazed to find something I hadn't heard before or feel something new each time I listen. Each of the songs on this cd has its own unique character and mood; from the happy and catchy "everyone", to the hauntingly beautiful and moody "the runaround" and "down in my hole", to the perfect driving music on "all the way" and the rocking "it doesn't matter" - they each satisfy deeply in their own ways. The way the whole cd is arranged and the order of the songs makes "holding back entirely" really come together, like a good story you want to read over and over. nikolaus schuhbeck had a lot to sing about and I for one am glad he held back nothing on this cd.

A.S. Mixed by Nemesis, DJ Work, Johnny Kage

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A.S. Mixed by Nemesis, DJ Work, Johnny Kage
**********TRACK LISTINGS********** , nemesis-feel my beats, marc alanis-x'tra, nemesis/dj boom-we like to party, nemesis/trips-shut up!, beat chemist-dj star, nemesis-another level, nemesis-hardcore rhyme, klubstalker-dee into tekno, nemesis/dj eon-new & improved intro , nemesis-the drug track 2k, george centeno-work that, george centeno-hard acid, dj self-back with the hardcore (dj isaac remix), dj work-abstract groove, richard humpty vission/george centeno-mind trippin mark v & poogie bear-feel the beat , dj work-my new sound, george centeno-blow your mind, da tekno warrior-da pump , nemesis-909 revolution, nemesis-go insane, nemesis-kickdrum, nemesis-wannabe, nemesis-narcotix, loop junkies-akai pro, megamind-taub, johnny kage's hard intro, ray krebbs-rocket nemesis-here we go , george centeno- voices, jon doe-d4a, gt project-musik, dj antoine feat. juiceppe-do it (loop junkies remix), the boogaloo crew-the second trip, richard f-get me high, the klubstalker-brake it, dj self-crazy noise, jon doe-db4, nemesis-acid rocker , the klubstalker-noise bass, nemesis-release the groove, george centeno & nemesis-bambu, dj extrlive-packed energy, mark v-insomniac, john the dentist-imagination (untidy dub), the knuckleheadz-confusion ray krebbs-rocket (kumara remix) , and dj apple-make some noise, nemesis-acid shaker, michael trance-spanking the funk, poogie bear-papa oom mow mow, the klubstalker-clap your hands the klubstalker-we got the power
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000RDQ40A