Public Enemy to celebrate 25th anniversary with reissue of back-catalogue
11 March 2013, 23:06
| Written by
Luke Morgan Britton
(News)
Public Enemy turn 25 years of age in 2013 and are marking their occasion with a 9 disc boxset.
The limited edition reissue collection will feature six of the band’s Def Jam-released records on 180g heavyweight vinyl
Among these are 1987 debut Yo! Bum Rush the Show, its follow-up It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988), Fear of a Black Planet (1990), 1991′sApocalypse 91…The Enemy Strikes Black, 1994′s Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age, as well as 1996 Spike Lee soundtrack He Got Game.
The re-release will drop on 15 April, but sadly features no extra unreleased material or rare items. It’ll look like the below:
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