Public Enemy released their second studio album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, in April 1988.

[1] It has since sold 1.3 million copies in the US, earning a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

The film's soundtrack album peaked at number 26 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the commercially successful single "He Got Game".

[1] Following a shift of labels from Def Jam Records to Atomic Pop, the group released There's a Poison Goin' On, their sixth studio album.

The album only managed to find success in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 55 and its only single, "Do You Wanna Go Our Way???

[4] In 2012, the group released two studio albums: Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp in July and The Evil Empire of Everything in October.

In July 2015, the group released their thirteenth album, Man Plans God Laughs.