Louder Than A Bomb

Recorded during the It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back sessions at Chung King Studios, Greene St. Recording, and Sabella Studios in New York. Chuck D performed the lead vocal, with The Bomb Squad building the track from dense layered samples, scratches, and Long Island preproduction. Released on It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back in 1988, it became one of Public Enemy's key statements on surveillance, state power, and Black political speech. The album was widely acclaimed for its radical message and aggressive production. It remains one of Public Enemy's definitive album tracks and later gave its title to the documentary Louder Than a Bomb. Its phrase and Bomb Squad construction have endured in hip-hop criticism, political rap history, and sample-based production discussions.