Public Enemy Promo Poster: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Def Jam Recordings, 1988

This is promo poster by the Public Enemy second studio album “It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back” It was released on June 28, 1988 by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records. It was recorded from 1987 to 1988 in sessions at Chung King Studios, Greene St. Recording, and Sabella Studios in New York. With It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, the group set out to make what they considered to be the hip hop equivalent to Marvin Gaye's What's Going On, an album noted for its strong social commentary. As said by Chuck, "our mission was to kill the 'Cold Gettin' Dumb' stuff and really address some situations." In order to ensure that their live shows would be as exciting as those they played in London and Philadelphia, the group decided that the music on Nation of Millions would have to be faster than that found on Yo! Bum Rush the Show. "Years of saved-up ideas," noted Chuck, "were compiled into one focused aural missile."