Chuck D Presents: Louder Than a Bomb (1999)

About this title: The idea behind Chuck D Presents Louder Than a Bomb is sound. After all, Chuck D may not have invented political and socially conscious rap, but he sure became the spokesman for it during the peak years of his groundbreaking outfit, Public Enemy. Therefore, he was the perfect choice to present this 17-track compilation, containing many of the greatest protest songs in hip-hop history, including Run-DMC's "Proud to Be Black," Boogie Down Productions' "You Must Learn" (available in a "Live From Caucus Mountains Remix [single edit]"), Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five's "The Message," Ice-T's ... read more

Tracks:

1. Proud to Be Black [Brown/McDaniels/Sim]
2. You Must Learn [Live from Caucus Mountains Remix] [KRS One]
3. A Bird in the Hand [Ice Cube]
4. A.F.R.I.C. A:
5. Thinking of a Master Plan [Short Vocal]
6. Heed the Word of the Brother [Hunter]
7. Rock Dis Funky Joint [Radio Edit] [Depula/Wise Intelli]
8. The Day the Niggaz Took Over [Dat Nigga Daz/Docto]
9. You Can't Stop the Prophet [Original Version] [DJ Premier]
10. Bush Killa [Paris]
11. Black Is Black [Jungle Brothers/Gee]
12. The Message [Fletcher/Glover/Rob]
13. Fight the Power [D./Sadler/Shocklee/]
14. I Used to Love H.E.R. [Radio Edit] [Common]
15. Abortion
16. Freedom of Speech [Ice T]
17. The Message 2000

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.