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Welcome to the Terrordome

Welcome to the Terrordome

1990 single by Public Enemy


"Welcome to the Terrordome" is a song by the American hip hop band Public Enemy, recorded for their 1990 album Fear of a Black Planet. It was released as a single in January 1990, according to the discographer Martin C. Strong.[1]

Quick Facts Single by Public Enemy, from the album Fear Of A Black Planet ...

Critical reception

In a retrospective review of the song for AllMusic, John Bush said that the song was "arguably the production peak of the Bomb Squad and one of Chuck D.'s best rapping performances ever", and stated that "none of [Public Enemy's] tracks were more musically incendiary than 'Welcome to the Terrordome'.[2] British journalist Garry Mulholland included the song in his book This Is Uncool: The 500 Greatest Singles Since Punk and Disco, describing the song's music as being "based on a boiling, undulating bluesy shudder that isn't even recognizable as a riff" and the lyrics as "the best and most complex slew of metaphors and similes that Chuck ever wrote"[3]

Charts

More information Chart (1990), Peak position ...

References

  1. Strong, Martin Charles (October 21, 2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate U.S. p. 1226. ISBN 1841956155.
  2. Mulholland, Garry (2002). This Is Uncool: The 500 Greatest Singles Since Punk and Disco. Cassell Illustrated. p. 302. ISBN 0-304-36186-0.

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