Public Enemy-Can't Truss It (1991)
Artist: Public Enemy
| 1 | Can't Truss It (Almighty Raw 125th Street Bootleg Mix) | 5:22 | |
| 2 | Can't Truss It (Goree Island Conga Radio Mix) | 3:52 | |
| 3 | Can't Truss It (Instrumental) | 5:45 | |
| 4 | Move! (Censored Radio Version) | 4:59 |
Format: CD
Cat: 44K 73869
Year of Release: 1991
Country and Year of Edition: US 1972 Indianapolis Pressing
Date of Sale: 8/3/23
Sell Price: $4.98
Condition: VG+/VG+
Discogs Last Sold: 6/19/23 NM/VG+ $4.99
Low: $1.50
Median: $2.75
Average: $3.41
High: $7.00
Current low price: $1.89
Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 17
Have/Want: 165/34
Where Sold: Columbus, OH
Time It Took To Sell: 11 years
Where and When Bought: new in 91 Newbury Comics or Tower
Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A-
Sad To See It Go: No
"Can't Truss It" is such a memorable title that it sticks with me throughout life. Don't know if Chuck is doing an allegorical double meaning here on the gory story of the slave ship with the title, but I'm gonna say Truss is Trust here cuz you can't.
I can't remember if this EP came before or after Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes Black, but it seems like this might be the best cut on the album. Here you have 3 "Can't Truss It" mixes, standard for the genre but you might as well listen to the album. The coolest one here is the middle one where the Conga gets cranked up.
"Move" is here in a censored radio mix, but you don't really lose much in the uncensored version and that was another great track from the end of PE's heyday where every release including the 12 inches was mandatory upon release. He Got Game sold with this and I'll get into that era sometime this week, I need more reps with that one.
One thing I didn't realize was this was a Gold certified single release in it's own right in December '91 although as a pop single it only peaked at #50. R&B/Hip Hop singles it was their only top 10 Billboard peaking at #9. They had their most success with albums. Apocalypse was the last one Platinum certified in the US and was their highest US charting album peaking at #4. Interesting because this is one of the few groups of any genre where I HAD to have the single in real time on top of the album at least for the 1988-1991 stretch.
For me it was just a continuation of a series of great records in real time.
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