Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
"Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" is a song on the American hip hop group Public Enemy's 1988 album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. It was released as a single in 1989. The song tells the story of a conscientious objector who makes a prison escape. It is built on a high-pitched piano sample from Isaac Hayes' "Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic", from 1969's Hot Buttered Soul.
| "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" | ||||
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| Single by Public Enemy | ||||
| from the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back | ||||
| A-side | "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" | |||
| B-side | "B Side Wins Again" | |||
| Released | January 6, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Hip hop, Political hip hop | |||
| Length | 6:23 | |||
| Label | Def Jam | |||
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| Producer(s) | The Bomb Squad | |||
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