''Greatest Misses'' is a compilation album of an American hip hop band

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. It was released in 1992. It included previously unreleased outtakes (1-6),

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es of previously released songs (7-12) and a live British TV performance (13).

Track listing

#"Tie Goes to the Runner" #"Hit Da Road Jack" #"Gett Off My Back" #"Gotta Do What I Gotta Do" #"Air Hoodlum" #"Hazy Shade of Criminal" #"Megablast" (The Madd Skillz Bass Pipe Gett Off Remixx) #"Louder Than a Bomb" (JMJ Telephone Tap Groove) #"You're Gonna Get Yours" (Reanimated TX Getaway version) #"How to Kill a Radio Consultant" (The DJ Chuck Chillout Mega Murder Boom) #"Who Stole the Soul?" (Sir Jinx Stolen Souled Out Reparation Mixx) #"Party for Your Right to Fight" (Blak Wax Metromixx) #" Shut 'Em Down" (Live in the UK)

Song notes

#"Tie Goes to the Runner" samples '

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and 'Beats to the Rhyme' by

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. #"Hit Da Road Jack"'s title is inspired by

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's "

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", popularised by

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. #"Gett Off My Back" is a rare (for Public Enemy) excursion into

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and also appears on the '' Mo' Money'' soundtrack. #"Gotta Do What I Gotta Do" also appears on the ''

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'' soundtrack. #"Air Hoodlum"'s title is inspired by

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. #"Hazy Shade of Criminal" namechecks serial killer

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. #"Megablast" is the first of two ''Greatest Misses'' cuts to originate on '' Yo! Bum Rush the Show'', the other being "

You're Gonna Get Yours "You're Gonna Get Yours" (sometimes subtitled "My 98 Oldsmobile") is a 1987 single by hip hop group Public Enemy from their debut album ''Yo! Bum Rush the Show'' (1987). Chuck D references the Oldsmobile 98 automobile in the song's lyrics. It pe ...

'. #"Louder Than a Bomb (JMJ Telephone Tap Groove)" also appears on PE 2.0's '' InsPirEd''. #"You're Gonna Get Yours" is ''Greatest Misses second cut to originate on '' Yo! Bum Rush the Show''. #"How to Kill a Radio Consultant" is the first of two ''Greatest Misses'' cuts to originate on '' Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black'', the other being " Shut 'Em Down". #"Who Stole the Soul?" is ''Greatest Misses only cut to originate on ''

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''. #"Party for Your Right to Fight" is the second of two ''Greatest Misses'' cuts to originate on ''

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back ''It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back'' is the second studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on June 28, 1988, by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records. It was recorded from 1987 to 1988 in sessions at Chung K ...

'', the other being "Louder Than A Bomb". #"Shut 'Em Down" is from the British TV series '' The Word''. It does not appear on original vinyl issues of ''Greatest Misses''.

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