Pitchfork: Public Enemy to Issue Hits Compilation

This just in from the Terrordome: Next week will see the release of a new career-spanning hits collection from rap legends Public Enemy. Power to the People and the Beats: Public Enemy's Greatest Hits will drop on August 2, and features 18 cuts from the group's nearly two-decade career. A DVD release, Power to the People and the Videos, is also scheduled for the same day. Album tracklist:

01 Public Enemy No. 1
02 Rebel Without Pause
03 Bring the Noise
04 Don't Believe the Hype
05 Black Steel In the Hour of Chaos
06 Fight the Power
07 Welcome to the Terrordome
08 911 Is a Joke
09 Brothers Gonna Work It Out
10 Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man
11 Can't Truss It
12 Shut 'Em Down
13 By the Time I Get to Arizona
14 Hazy Shade Of Criminal
15 Louder Than a Bomb (JmJ Telephone Tap Groove)
16 Give It Up
17 What Kind of Power We Got?
18 He Got Game

As previously reported, Public Enemy's latest studio LP Rebirth of a Nation will be released later this month, on August 23. The 15-track disc is being distributed through the band's new label, Guerilla Funk Recordings, and features guest spots from fellow rap activist Paris and former N.W.A. cohort MC Ren. The record will be P.E.'s first since 2002's uneven Revolverlution, and while a full scale supporting tour has yet to be announced, the outfit currently have the following two dates scheduled in the U.S.

08-19 Honolulu, HI - Kapi'Olani Community College
09-03 Detroit, MI - Chene Park

And briefly, longtime fans should also note the band's 1988 classic, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, was recently spotted at the #2 spot on Spin's newly-published list of the greatest albums of the past decade-- just behind Radiohead's OK Computer. Hail to the thieves!