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Selected Discography
- Boogie Down Productions. By All Means Necessary. Jive/RCA, 1988.
- Zack, Ian. Odetta, A Life in Music and Protest. Beacon P, 2020.
- Chapman, Tracy. Tracy Chapman. Elecktra/Wea, 1988.
- Chapman, Tracy. Crossroads. Elektra/Wea, 1989.
- Chapman, Tracy. New Beginnings. Elektra, 1995.
- Chapman, Tracy. Our Bight Future. Elektra/Atlantic, 2008.
- NWA. Straight Outta Compton. Ruthless/Priority, 1988.
- Public Enemy. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. Def Jam/Columbia, 1988.