It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back was named one of the 100 greatest albums of all time by Time magazine, "the greatest rap album of all time, a landmark and a classic" by Q, and "the greatest hip-hop album ever" by New Musical Express. Rolling Stone ranked the album No. 48 on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", the highest-ranked of the 27 hip-hop albums on the list. Music from the album has been sampled by the likes of the Beastie Boys, Game, Jay Z, Jurassic 5, Madonna and My Bloody Valentine.

In honor of the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop, it has been reissued on 2LP in standard black vinyl.

Tracklist:

A1    Countdown To Armageddon
A2    Bring The Noise
A3    Don't Believe The Hype
A4    Cold Lampin With Flavor
        
B1    Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic
B2    Mind Terrorist
B3    Louder Than A Bomb
B4    Caught, Can We Get A Witness?
    
C1    Show 'Em Whatcha Got
C2    She Watch Channel Zero?!
C3    Night Of The Living Baseheads
C4    Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
    
D1    Security Of The First World
D2    Rebel Without A Pause
D3    Prophets Of Rage
D4    Party For Your Right To Fight