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