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Don't Believe the Hype

1988 song performed by Public Enemy
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Don't Believe the Hype

Summary

Don't Believe the Hype is a musical work/composition[1].

Key Facts

  • Don't Believe the Hype's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[2].
  • Don't Believe the Hype's genre is political hip-hop[3].
  • Don't Believe the Hype followed Bring the Noise[4].
  • Don't Believe the Hype was followed by Night of the Living Baseheads[5].
  • Don't Believe the Hype was produced by Rick Rubin[6].
  • Don't Believe the Hype was performed by Public Enemy[7].
  • Don't Believe the Hype's record label is recorded as Def Jam Recordings[8].
  • Don't Believe the Hype is part of It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back[9].
  • Don't Believe the Hype was published on 1988[10].
  • Don't Believe the Hype's form of creative work is recorded as song[11].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[12]

  • MusicBrainz ID: b044d490-2080-41be-a8bb-09a12f60065c[13]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Don't Believe the Hype was performed by Public Enemy[7]. It was produced by Rick Rubin[6].

Publication

Don't Believe the Hype was released on 1988[10]. Its genre is political hip-hop[3]. It is part of It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back[9].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Don't Believe the Hype followed Bring the Noise[4]. It was followed by Night of the Living Baseheads[5].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Don't Believe the Hype. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-believe-the-hype
MLA “Don't Believe the Hype.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-believe-the-hype.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_don-t-believe-the-hype_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Don't Believe the Hype}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/don-t-believe-the-hype}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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