It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back (35th Anniversary Edition) TSOV-271.1 Recording for the Listening Matter

Recording for the Listening Matter began during a period of grief

it was yet another trailblazing move that other UK artists soon followed

and within a few weeks they recorded the funk anthem "Sex Machine

we rediscovered what made us who we are

It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back (35th Anniversary Edition) TSOV-271.1 Recording for the Listening MatterIt 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