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Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black is an album by Public Enemy, released October 1, 1991. Its best known single is "Cant Truss It". The album also includes the Anthrax remake of "Bring the Noise" and "Get the Fuck Outa Dodge", previously the B-side of the "Cant Do Nuttin For Ya Man" single.

This album is also notable for the controversial music video that accompanied the song "By The Time I Get To Arizona" in which Public Enemy was depicted killing the governor of Arizona, who refused to recognize Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday as a national holiday.

Track listing

  1. Lost At Birth
  2. Rebirth
  3. Nighttrain
  4. Can't Truss It
  5. I Don't Wanna Be Called Yo Niga
  6. How To Kill A Radio Consulant
  7. By The Time I Get To Arizona
  8. Move!
  9. 1 Million Bottlebags
  10. More News At 11
  11. Shut Em Down
  12. A Letter To the New York Post
  13. Get The F- - -Outta Dodge
  14. Bring The Noise (feat. Anthrax)


Personnel

Public Enemy

Anthrax

Additional

  • Frank Able – keyboards
  • Allen Givens – horns
  • Ricky Gordon – percussion
  • Tyrone Jefferson – horns
  • Al MacDowell – bass guitar
  • Steve Moss – percussion
  • Fred Wells – guitar
  • Lorenzo "Tony" Wyche – horns
  • Michael Angelo - Mixing

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1991 The Billboard 200 4
1991 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 1

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1991 "Can't Truss It" Hot Rap Singles 1
1991 "Can't Truss It" Hot Dance Music/Club Play 5
1991 "Can't Truss It" Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 9
1991 "Can't Truss It" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 11
1991 "Can't Truss It" The Billboard Hot 100 50
1992 "Nighttrain" Hot Rap Singles 17
1992 "Shut 'Em Down" Hot Rap Singles 1
1992 "Shut 'Em Down" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 26