Man Plans God Laughs

Man Plans God Laughs
Studio album by Public Enemy
Released	July 16, 2015
Recorded	2014-2015
Genre	Hip hop
Length	27:55
Label	Spitdigital
Producer	Gary G-Wiz, Carl Ryder
Public Enemy chronology
The Evil Empire of Everything (2012) Man Plans God Laughs (2015)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Consequence of Sound	B−[3]
Newsday	B+[4]
NME	6/10[5]
Noisey	[6]
Pitchfork Media	6.2/10[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.	Title	Length
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
12. Forward
13. Pearce, Sheldon. "Public Enemy: Man Plans God Laughs". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
14. Cynthia McKinney, Facebook