Yeah, boy!! Get some bass for your face this week with It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, the sophomore album from hip-hop pioneers Public Enemy! James & Connor will learn about Chuck D and Flavor Flav's moving van freestyles, Hank Shocklee's Bomb Squad and their iconic wall of noise, and more as we tackle exactly one hour of music. We'll find out what's on Channel Zero (shewatchshewatch), refuse to believe the hype, and learn about everything from dactylic hexameter to Caspar Milquetoast. The Mixtaper informs us about the personal life of Terminator X and Flavor Flav's contributions to sports, politics, and hotel lobbies... You're gonna have to listen to this one, because this time around the podcast will not be televised.

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0:00 Intro

2:32 About Public Enemy

13:14 About It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

22:32 Awards & Accolades

23:16 Fact Or Spin

24:53 Flavor Flav Was Named Ambassador To Flavortown

29:21 The Band Gets Free Room Service In Hotels

33:01 Flavor Flav Performed At The Olympics

40:33 Terminator X Raises Johnny Cash Assassins

46:37 Album Art

47:18 Countdown To Armageddon

49:59 Bring The Noise

55:11 Don't Believe The Hype

57:55 Cold Lampin' With Flavor

1:00:44 Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic

1:02:45 Mind Terrorist

1:03:32 Louder Than A Bomb

1:06:44 Caught, Can We Get A Witness?

1:10:11 Show 'Em Whatcha Got

1:12:55 She Watch Channel Zero?!

1:16:07 Night Of The Living Baseheads

1:17:27 Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos

1:21:15 Security Of The First World

1:21:36 Rebel Without A Pause

1:24:20 Prophets Of Rage

1:25:19 Party For Your Right To Fight

1:26:36 Final Spin

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Ahoy! It's another Connor Pick, and he's taking us sailing on the seven seas with the self-titled debut of The Wellermen! Born from long-distance collaboration in the midst of a TikTok sea shanty craze, the group's signature deep bass folk style brings new life to 13 classics (although some are more classic than others)! After a shocking surprise reveal we'll learn their backstory and dive into songs that range from traditional Viking music and pirate shanties to Ed Sheeran chart-toppers and everything in between. The Mixtaper squares off against Connor again with facts about action figures, limos, alps, Donut Boy, and MUCH more in a historic Fact Or Spin first! Get ready to Hoist The Colors, sail her home to Mingulay, and raise a Parting Glass to The Wellermen! Soon may they come!

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*We had a few minor audio capture issues for this one, but we've tried to edit around them as much as we can. Thanks for understanding!

0:00 Intro

0:32 A Surprise Episode Reveal

5:50 And We're Back!

9:00 Shanty-Tok Origins

12:50 About The Wellermen

15:20 About Their Self-Titled Debut

17:06 Fact Or Spin: Two Spins & A Win

20:09 Luke: No Pets, 9 Toes, Accidental Alps

22:31 Bobby: Limousine Crash, White Water Rafting, Red Sox First Pitch

26:19 Jonny: Nickelback, Jelly Donut Contest, Ska Band

30:18 Sam: Francis Drake, Talked To Elton, Boba Fett Action Figure

35:11 A Special Thank You!

38:46 Album Art

41:39 My Mother Told Me

46:44 Nancy Mulligan

51:29 Old Maui

56:15 Northwest Passage

1:02:25 Hoist The Colors

1:06:26 One More Pull

1:10:04 Sixteen Tons

1:15:09 Drunken Sailor

1:19:41 Misty Mountains

1:25:11 Mingulay Boat Song

1:27:44 Rains Of Castamere

1:30:50 Parting Glass

1:33:12 Wellerman

1:36:29 Final Spin

1:39:16 James' Scores

1:41:06 Connor's Scores

1:44:06 Connor Top Threes

1:46:26 Playlist Picks

1:48:29 Wrap-Up

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Bonus Content! In Episode 165 we took a stroll by the Green River with Creedence Clearwater Revival. Now we're back to dive into their THIRD album from 1969 (and fourth overall), Willy And The Poor Boys! James struggled to choose between the two but is standing by Green River... Will this very similar record with a scrapped concept win us over? How do hits like Down On The Corner and the juggernaut Fortunate Son stack up to what we've already heard? Connor's done some math and presents a convincing case to support his hypothesis. Will we burn an Effigy for Green River or will we leave Feelin' Blue? Find out!

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0:00 Intro

1:56 About Willy And The Poor Boys

5:28 How Does It Compare To Green River?

13:29 Conclusions

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