Track Listing
1. Tie Goes to the Runner
2. Hit da Road Jack
3. Gett Off My Back
4. Gotta Do What I Gotta Do
5. Air Hoodlum
6. Hazy Shade of Criminal
7. Megablast - (The Madd Skillz Bass Pipe Gett Off remixx remix)
8. Louder Than a Bomb-(Jmj Telephone Tap Groove) - (remix)
9. You're Gonna Get Yours - (reanimated TX getaway version)
10. How to Kill a Radio Consultant - (remix, the DJ Chuck Chillout mega murder boom)
11. Who Stole the Soul - (Sir Jinx stolen souled out reparation mixx mix)
12. Party For Your Right to Fight - (black wax metromixx mix, remix)
13. Shut em Down - (bonus track)
| Details | | Playing Time: | 55 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Davy D | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Public Enemy: Chuck D, Flavor Flav (rap vocals); Terminator X (scratches).
Additional personnel includes: David Cochrane (guitar), Davy D.
Producers include: The Bomb Squad (Hank Shocklee, Carl Ryder, Keith Shocklee, Gary G-Wiz).
Engineers: Void, Bob Fudjinski, Mike Bona.
Recorded at The Music Palace, Long Island, New York.
This contains 6 previously released songs that have been remixed and 6 new songs. The CD includes a live version of "Shut Em Down" (recorded in the U.K.).
GREATEST MISSES is more than a re-visitation of Public Enemy's history. Released in 1992, in the wake of the Los Angeles riots, and containing original tracks, remixes, and assorted excerpts of dialogue and music, the album provides another cohesive and powerful soundtrack to America in the 1990s. "Hit the Road Jack" cleverly reworks the Percy Mayfield classic as a hardcore urban anthem. "Gett off My Back" is a bass-heavy anti-cocaine rap that highlights Flavor Flav's personal problems with drugs.
Between the tracks is a series of sound bites that includes bizarre statements made by various media personalities regarding the intent of PE's music. These misinterpretations are addressed in "Gotta Do What I Gotta Do," where main rapper and lyricist Chuck D explains his motivations. Rounding out the new tracks is "Hazy Shade of Criminal," one of PE's most potent singles. Chuck D's literate rap, accompanied by Flavor Flav's lyrical punctuation, sits atop monster beats. The musically dense track also features Terminator X's signature scratching. Among the remixes, Flavor Flav's "Megablast" gets a heavy, filled-out sound, "Louder than Bomb" is made over with a proto-trip-hop backing track, and "You're Gonna Get Yours" moves Terminator X's scratching forward in the mix.
Editorial Reviews
4 Stars - Excellent - ...fine by any but their own Olympian standards...showed Public Enemy ploughing old furrows...
Q (09/01/1995)
...includes six stronger new raps that not only boast the expected topicality but add a new dimension to the soul of the P.E. sound. Don't miss it...
Musician (11/01/1992)
3 Stars - Good - ...the uncompromising Public Enemy sound of old returns....samples and beats attack the listener from all angles. The remixes are interesting...
Q (11/01/1992)
...a fine compilation album....at this time, it's probably the only record Public Enemy could, or should have made..
NME (10/10/1992)
...six absurdly cautious remixes of tracks from their four albums....The new music sounds, of all things, almost relaxed... - Rating: B-
Entertainment Weekly (09/25/1992)
Not Recommended - ...there is no big boom, no indelible Chuck D or Flavor Flav aphorisms to stain your brain. The project is in need of a jump start...The whole thing is stagy, lacking fire...
Spin (11/01/1992)
3 Stars - Good - ...the uncompromising Public Enemy sound of old returns....samples and beats attack the listener from all angles. The remixes are interesting...
Q (11/01/1992)
...includes six stronger new raps that not only boast the expected topicality but add a new dimension to the soul of the P.E. sound. Don't miss it...
Musician (11/01/1992)
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