696. Public Enemy - Apocalype 91... The Enemy Strikes Black

Release Date: 1991
Label: Def Jam

The third album from Public Enemy will always be better than anything The Enemy ever released. It isn't as good as their first two albums though, so I'm only giving it a 7.

Rating: 7/10

680. Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet

Release Date: 1990
Label: Def Jam

Public Enemy are, to these ears, the most talented hip-hop group of the late eighties. I thought their previous album was perfect, and this album is almost as good.

Rating: 9/10

635. Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back

Release Date: 1988
Label: Def Jam

Chuck D is arguably the greatest rapper of the 1980s. Arguments could of course be made for Rakim or Morris Minor and the Majors. This album is generally considered to be one of the greatest rap albums of all time, and it's very easy to see why.

Rating: 10/10