Review by Alan Koslowski for Care of a Black PlanetRating: With It Takes a State of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988), Public Enemy single-handedly shattered the limits and expanded the possibilities for hip-hop as an artist and cultural force.To that point, It Takes a State was the most inventive, powerful rap record ever.It`s mix of diverse samples, infectious beats, and intelligent lyrics (delivered with irrepresible cogence by the band`s frontman and lead rapper Chuck D) was unlike anything that preceded it.
