The Bomb Squad

摘要

On this particular point, Chuck D is unequivocal. 'Our sole intention was to destroy music'. The record he's talking about, released in June 1988, is hip-hop giants Public Enemy's second LP, It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back. The 'we', as in 'our', is The Bomb Squad, Public Enemy's production team: headed up by Mr Hank Shocklee and aided and abetted by his brother Keith, Chuck D himself (sometimes credited as Carl Ryder), Eric 'Vietnam' Sadler and Gary G-Wiz. With It Takes A Nation... The Bomb Squad revolutionised hip-hop and the art of record production itself.