Nothing Is Quick In The Desert
by Public Enemy
User Score
7.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6

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  1. Archer_11
    Jul 20, 2017
    8
    Like many of their post 2000 releases, longtime PE fans will not be disappointed while others new to the group may wonder what the fuss is about. Most these songs will undoubtedly go off live, and there's a central drive and energy that suggests PE are a long way from being finished. Happy! Another solid release - already looking forward to the next one.

    p.s. a minor gripe - are we ever    Like many of their post 2000 releases, longtime PE fans will not be disappointed while others new to the group may wonder what the fuss is about. Most these songs will undoubtedly go off live, and there's a central drive and energy that suggests PE are a long way from being finished. Happy! Another solid release - already looking forward to the next one.

    p.s. a minor gripe - are we ever going to get a track with Chuck, Flav and Griff trading versus together? Sixteen bars each. C'mon Chuck, it's got to happen one day.    … Expand

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Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. The Wire
    Sep 1, 2017
    80
    Nothing Is Quick In The Desert shows them in fantastic form, sidestepping those laboured moments of musical correctness that made 2015’s Man Plans, God Laughs so patchy, and focusing on the kind of ear-popping chaos that made so much of 1994’s Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age so uniquely addictive. [Sep 2017, p.55]
  2. Chicago Tribune
    Jul 14, 2017
    63
    Nothing is Quick in the Desert--its 14th studio recording--flexes the group's stadium-rap muscle. This was an album specifically designed to be played live, and some of the subtlety and nuance that informs Chuck D's most incisive raps is missing.
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  3. Pitchfork
    Jul 12, 2017
    60
    For all the missteps, there are gratifying moments littered throughout. For the most part, the production, spearheaded by David “CDOC” Snyder, is patched together smartly and with regard to tradition.
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