A reminder: Hip-hop is a vinyl-based culture, and it’s also geeked on graphics. Public Enemy’s in-your-face 1988 classic It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back grew out of Chuck D’s fiery oratory and design skills, culminating in an instantly familiar artistic and sonic branding. No other hip-hop band has so successfully merged cover art and cacophonous protest.
GLEN E FIREDMAN - PHOTOGRAPHER AND POLITICAL ACTIVIST
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