How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul? explained

How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul???
Type:	studio
Artist:	Public Enemy
Cover:	How you sell soul cover.jpg
Released:	August 7, 2007
Recorded:	2003–2007 The Mountain (Anaheim, California)
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How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul??? is the tenth studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released August 7, 2007 on Slam Jamz Recordings in the United States. Its release coincided with the 20th anniversary of their career.^[1] The album debuted at number 49 on Independent Albums chart,^[2] and it received generally positive reviews from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 71/100 from Metacritic.^[3] Music critic Robert Christgau named How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul??? his second favorite album that didn't make Rolling Stone's Top 50 albums of 2007.^[4] In September 2012, the album finally entered the UK chart at number 199, followed by success of the top 5 single "Harder Than You Think" after it became the theme song to the British comedy talk show The Last Leg, which debuted the previous month as The Last Leg with Adam Hills.

Reception

• Alternative Press (p. 176) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Public Enemy remain fiercely independent and definitely seem revitalized."
• The Wire (p. 75) - "[T]his is PE's tenth studio album in their 20th year and their blunt anti-artiste, anti-materialist stance carries serious weight."

Track listing

1. "How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul???" – 2:36
2. "Black Is Back" – 2:42
3. "Harder Than You Think" – 4:09
4. "Between Hard and a Rock Place" – 0:59
5. "Sex, Drugs & Violence" (feat. KRS-One) – 3:35
6. "Amerikan Gangster" (feat. E.Infinite) – 4:03
7. "Can You Hear Me Now" – 3:58
8. "Head Wide Shut" – 1:31
9. "Flavor Man" – 3:44
10. "The Enemy Battle Hymn of the Public" – 3:24
11. "Escapism" – 4:53
12. "Frankenstar" – 3:23
13. "Col-Leepin" – 3:58
14. "Radiation of a RADIOTVMOVIE Nation" – 1:10
15. "See Something, Say Something" – 3:46
16. "Long and Whining Road" – 4:24
17. "Bridge of Pain" – 3:07
18. "Eve of Destruction" – 4:15
19. "How You Sell Soul (Time Is God Refrain)" – 2:31

Personnel

Credits adapted from Allmusic.^[5]

• James Bomb (S1W) – group member
• Chuck D – executive producer, group member, vocals
• Flavor Flav - group member, vocals
• Bernie Larsen – guitar
• Khari Wynn – guitar
• Michael Faulkner – drums
• Pop Diesel (S1W) – group member
• La Aerial Owens – vocals (background)
• E. Infinite – choir, chorus
• Gene Barge – saxophone
• Gebre Waddell - engineer
• Vincent Arbelet – photography
• Le Bijoutier – photography
• Mathieu Cavaliere – photography
• Derek Welte – photography
• Gary G-Wiz – Producer
• Mike "mGee" Gregoire – package design
• Earle Holder – mastering
• Walter Leapheart – liner notes
• Amani K. Smith – associate producer, mixing, producer
• Paul Stone – cover illustration
• Andrew Williams – sound technician
• Ron Wynn – liner notes

External links

• How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul??? at Discogs
  • Album Review at South Florida Times

Notes and References

1. News: Jessica. Koslow, Jessica. Public Enemy's 20 Years in the Game. LA Weekly. January 2, 2010.
2. https://www.billboard.com/album/public-enemy-paris/how-you-sell-soul-to-a-soulless-people-who/984076#/album/public-enemy-paris/how-you-sell-soul-to-a-soulless-people-who/984076 Chart History: How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?
3. https://www.metacritic.com/music/how-you-sell-soul-to-a-soulless-people-who-sold-their-soul How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul? (2007): Reviews
4. Christgau, Robert. Critic’s Picks: Robert Christgau’s Favorite Albums That Didn’t Make the RS Top 50. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2010-01-02.
5. Credits: How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul???