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January 28, 2006
is fear of a black planet the best album of all time?
I'm sitting here in a café in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, listening to B Side Wins Again and marveling at Chuck D and Hank Shocklee's genius.
Perhaps my feeling is intensified by the fact that there are about 40 people in the café right now, and the only non-white patrons are myself and the homeless who just asked to use the bathroom.
Posted by yatta at January 28, 2006 5:03 PM
Comments
Better than It Takes A Nation?? Wow. Also, I *might* even prefer Apocalypse '91. But the B side wins again and again is a great track.
Posted by: David at January 29, 2006 12:09 AM
I think I have a lot of nostalgia attached to Fear. If I were subjected to a blind taste test, I'd probably pick 'It Takes A Nation.' Or Coke Classic.
Posted by: yatta at January 30, 2006 12:58 AM
San Francisco really is surprisingly homogenous huh?
You should take it up a few miles north, to the Marina or Sausalito, which I classify as the Spandex Capital of the World.
Posted by: chih at January 30, 2006 2:40 AM
Fear - tremendous album. Can listen to "Terrordrome" over and over. An album that will never get old!
Posted by: DJ Messiah at January 30, 2006 10:13 AM
Now that I read that it sounds kinda ignant. I don't want people to get the wrong impression. Some of my best friends are token....
I had thought about trekking up to Spandexland but got caught in a weekend full of rainy weather. Next time, tho. Next time....
Posted by: yatta at January 31, 2006 1:45 AM