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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic70/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Consequence of SoundB−[3]
NewsdayB+[4]
NME6/10[5]
Noisey(1-star Honorable Mention)[6]
Pitchfork Media6.2/10[7]

Man Plans God Laughs is the thirteenth studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy. The album was released on July 16, 2015, on Spotify.[8][9][10]The title of the album, "Man Plans God Laughs", is a well known English translation of a Yiddish proverb: "Der mentsh trakht un got lakht"[11]as reported in the The Forward[12]and reviewed on Pitchfork.[13]The Forward article was opened as a topic of discussion on former US Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney's Facebook page[14]

Track listing

All tracks are produced by Gary G-Wiz

No.TitleLength
1."No Sympathy from the Devil"2:50
2."Me to We"2:15
3."Man Plans God Laughs"2:04
4."Give Peace a Damn"3:01
5."Those Who Know, Know Who"2:11
6."Honky Talk Rules"3:48
7."Mine Again"2:12
8."Lost in Space Music"2:26
9."Corplantationopoly"2:27
10."Earthizen"2:27
11."Praise the Loud"2:14

References

  1. ^ "Reviews for Man Plans God Laughs by Public Enemy". Metacritic. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  2. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2015-07-24). "Man Plans God Laughs - Public Enemy | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  3. ^ Madden, Michael (2015-07-24). "Public Enemy – Man Plans God Laughs". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  4. ^ Gamboa, Glenn (2015-07-24). "'Man Plans God Laughs' review: Timely statement from Public Enemy". Newsday. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  5. ^ Louis, Pattison (3 August 2015). "Public Enemy - 'Man Plans God Laughs': Flimsy beats outweigh blistering funk on the Long Island hip-hop titans' 15th album". NME. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  6. ^ Christgau, Robert (September 25, 2015). "Chance the Rapper and Friends Count Their Blessings: Expert Witness with Robert Christgau". Noisey. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  7. ^ Pearce, Sheldon. "Public Enemy: Man Plans God Laughs". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  8. ^ Blistein, Jon (2015-07-16). "Public Enemy Navigate Violence, Salvation in 'Man Plans, God Laughs'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  9. ^ Reeves, Mosi (2015-07-13). "Inside the 'Most Intense Public Enemy Record of the Century'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  10. ^ Vain, Madison (2015-07-17). "Chuck D finally got to use Rolling Stones' 'Honky Tonk Woman' on new Public Enemy album". EW.com. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  11. ^ Yiddish proverb[1]
  12. ^ Forward[2]
  13. ^ Pearce, Sheldon. "Public Enemy: Man Plans God Laughs". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  14. ^ Cynthia McKinney, Facebook[3]
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