Revolverlution is the eighth studio album

Studio album

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 by American hip hop

Hip hop music

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 group Public Enemy, released July 23, 2002 on Koch Records

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 in the United States. The album debuted at number 110 on the U.S. Billboard 200

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 chart. Upon its release, it received generally positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 65/100 from Metacritic

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.

Reception

• Rolling Stone
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  (9/5/02, pp.70,72) - 3 stars out of 5 - "The aural rummage sale brings some timely noise while proving D can still deliver lyrical knocks to the deserving."

• Q (1/03, p.123) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Bound to satisfy loyal fans."

• Uncut
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  (01/03, p.126) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Brutally eloquent, anti-authority cyber-funk, PE are still fighting the powers that be."

• Mojo
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  (12/02, p.122) - "Works very well indeed....Public Enemy are still making music of great substance and potency."

• The Washington Post
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  (9/13/02, p.15) - "a marvel of snazzy production....musically speaking, the album never loses traction. Therefore, it is dismaying how much the lyrics muck things up....Chuck D. doesn't so much elucidate an issue as present topics of conversation, ladling out generous portions of ad hominem."

Track listing

1. "Gotta Give the Peeps What They Need" – 3:32
2. "Revolverlution" – 3:01
3. "Uzi" – 1:47
4. "Put It Up" – 3:11
5. "Can a Woman Make a Man Lose His Mind?" – 3:34
6. "Public Enemy Service Announcement #1" – 0:21
7. "Fight the Power - Live" – 3:55
8. "By The Time I Get to Arizona (The Molemen
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    Remix)" – 3:57
9. "Post Concert Arizona" – 1:03
10. "Son of a Bush" – 5:52
11. "54321... Boom" – 4:47
12. "Welcome to the Terrordome - Live" – 3:38
13. "B Side Wins Again (Scattershot Remix)" – 4:54
14. "Get Your Shit Together" – 3:37
15. "Public Enemy Service Announcement #2" – 0:30
16. "Shut 'Em Down (The Functionist Remix)" – 5:28
17. "Now a' Daze" – 3:25
18. "Public Enemy #1 (Jeronimo Punx Remix)" – 4:48
19. "The Making of Burn Hollywood Burn" – 2:46
20. "Give the Peeps What They Need (DJ Johnny Juice Paris Revolverlution Remix)" – 3:30
21. "What Good Is a Bomb" – 6:17

Bonus track

1. "Public Enemy #1 (Dimension Zero Remix)" - 6:12 (Bonus Track Japanese Release)

Personnel

Credits for Revolverlution adapted from Allmusic.

• The 7th Octave – bass, guitar, performer
• C Doc – editing, mastering
• Michael Closter – executive producer
• Albie Cora – engineer, remixing, mixing
• Gary G-Wiz – producer, executive producer
• Randy Glaude – bass, guitar, musician
• Earle Holder – engineer
• Walter Leapheart – executive producer
• William March – vocals (bckgr)
• Mista Chuck – arranger

• Paul Mooney – vocals, introduction
• John Penn II – engineer
• Carl Ryder – executive producer
• Eddy Schreyer – mastering
• Kavon Shah – bass, guitar, musician
• Amani K. Smith – producer
• Ryan J-W Smith – remixing, drum programming
• Ryan Smith – drum programming
• Jeff Snyder – bass, guitar, remixing, drum programming
• Khari Wynn
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   – musician

Chart history

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	110
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	16
U.S. Independent Albums Independent Albums The Billboard Independent Albums is a chart of the highest-selling independent music albums and extended plays in the United States, compiled by Nielsen SoundScan and published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is used to list artists who are not signed to major labels...	4

External links

• Revolverlution at Discogs
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• Revolverlution at Metacritic
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