Spin (8/94, p.84) - Highly Recommended - "...Knee deep in the age of gangsta, at the anticlimactic millennial edge of a world already gone wrong, Public Enemy has dropped its latest..."Spin (8/94, p.84) - Highly Recommended - "...Knee deep in the age of gangsta, at the anticlimactic millennial edge of a world already gone wrong, Public Enemy has dropped its latest..."Entertainment Weekly (8/26 - 9/2, p.112) - "...it takes true guts to dis gansta rap and to challenge the black community to confront its problems..." - Rating: BEntertainment Weekly (8/26 - 9/2, p.112) - "...it takes true guts to dis gangsta rap and to challenge the black community to confront its problems..." - Rating: BQ (9/94, p.106) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Fact is, the lay off has just made Public Enemy sound fresh again...because they've regained the wicked combination of sonic disturbance and loose, rabblerousing funk that drove classic jams like 911 is A Joke..."Q (9/94, p.106) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Fact is, the lay off has just made Public Enemy sound fresh again...because they've regained the wicked combination of sonic disturbance and loose, rabblerousing funk that drove classic jams like 911 Is A Joke..."Alternative Press (9/94, pp.80-81) - "...Yeah, we've heard it before but Chuck can make waves even when he's treading water...MESS AGE may be PE's most consistently enjoyable disc..."Alternative Press (9/94, pp.80-81) - "...Yeah, we've heard it before but Chuck can make waves even when he's treading water...MESS AGE may be PE's most consistently enjoyable disc..."Vibe (8/94, p.105) - "...a tour de force of densely constructed music and verbiage. Snippets of Stax-Volt grooves, reggae, soul, and metal bop and weave over gut-punching bass lines and wicked drumming while front man Chuck D lets fly with...pronouncements, warnings, and accusations..."Vibe (8/94, p.105) - "...a tour de force of densely constructed music and verbiage. Snippets of Stax-Volt grooves, reggae, soul, and metal bop and weave over gut-punching bass lines and wicked drumming while front man Chuck D lets fly with...pronouncements, warnings, and accusations..."Melody Maker (8/20/94, p.35) - Recommended - "...This LP isn't just a stunning return to form for Public Enemy, it's perhaps the most powerful horrified answer to what you are doing to black culture yet..."Melody Maker (8/20/94, p.35) - Recommended - "...This LP isn't just a stunning return to form for Public Enemy, it's perhaps the most powerful horrified answer to what you are doing to black culture yet..."NME (Magazine) (12/24/94, p.22) - Ranked #20 in NME's list of the `Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'NME (Magazine) (8/27/94, p.39) - "...only slightly mellower and less chaotic than the past...no-one sounds like this..."NME (Magazine) (12/24/94, p.22) - Ranked #20 in NME's list of the `Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'NME (Magazine) (8/27/94, p.39) - "...only slightly mellower and less chaotic than the past...no-one sounds like this..."0.1295091
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