John Morrison joins host Raina Douris

If you were driving around your city in 1988, chances are at some point you would hear Public Enemy’s album It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back playing out of a boombox or a car stereo. World Cafe correspondent John Morrison talks about just how huge that album was – and how influential it still is – on a new Culture Corner.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist

Peter Gabriel “That Voice Again” So

Public Enemy “Countdown to Armageddon” It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Public Enemy “Bring The Noise” It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Public Enemy “Rebel Without Pause” It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Public Enemy “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos” It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Pretty Lights “Athena” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Adia Victoria “South Gotta Change” South Gotta Change

Michael Kiwanuka “Love & Hate” Love & Hate

Lana Del Rey “Love” Lust for Life

Snarky Puppy “Grown Folks” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Momma “Speeding 72” Household Name

Blondie “One Way or Another” Parallel Lines

Hour Two
10,000 Maniacs “What’s the Matter Here” In My Tribe

Old Crow Medicine Show “Miles Away” Jubilee

Suzanne Vega “Solitude Standing” Solitude Standing

The Last Dinner Party “Nothing Matters” Single

U2 “Elevation” All That You Can’t Leave Behind

The Flaming Lips “The Wizard Turns On” At War With the Mystics

Ani DiFranco “32 Flavors” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Dr. Dog “Shadow People” Recorded Live for World Cafe

Tom Waits “Looking For The Heart of Saturday Night” Looking For The Heart of Saturday Night

Richard Thompson and Teddy Thompson “Persuasion” Action Packed

Richard Thompson “My Enemy” Recorded Live for the World Cafe

Richy Mitch & The Coal Miners “Lake Missoula (ft. Mt. Joy) ” Single

Mt. Joy “Jenny Jenkins” Mt. Joy

The Record Company “Talk to Me” Single

Khruangbin & Leon Bridges “B-Side” Texas Moon EP