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brand nubian - the return

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groups best song as comeback single s&d

― $$, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

epmd - symphony 2000!!

― $$, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:31 (twenty-two years ago)

haha ok im just kidding abt the b.r. track but it better than that neptunes joint from foundation

― $$, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

which is actually ok too

― $$, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

what, is this new? is grand puba on it?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:34 (twenty-two years ago)

haha no its from 98, the foundation

― $$, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:38 (twenty-two years ago)

puba and sadat and everyones fav mc LORD JAMAR rock it tho

― $$, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

typical. i never heard anything after the one w/ "punks jump up to get beat down" on it.

i'm still listening to the first puba solo record.

sincerely,
oldie olderson

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:41 (twenty-two years ago)

for some reason i never copped any solo puba even tho i ws always mad dudes didnt put him on more, dude only had like three or four verses on one for all!!

― $$, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:45 (twenty-two years ago)

but search R U READY!!!

― $$, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:46 (twenty-two years ago)

haha man now i wish id brought the one for all to work instead of this three good songs abominition- 'i swing a beat and hit a note like i was david ruffin'!! or whatever

― $$, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

toast an mc like he's an english muffin!

i like the first puba solo lp a lot, I thought he was going to be huge

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Wednesday, 10 March 2004 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

did you ever hear the song w sadat on born again?? probably the best album track on tha, big and x fucking murder it

― $$, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

the only br solo i ever copped ws a tape of sadats wild cowboys that i did really love but kinda got tired of fast, the lump lump remix w puba is still amazing tho

― $$, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 17:20 (twenty-two years ago)

ahhh Puba - yeah it's a shame he seemed to fall through the cracks. His solo stuff is kinda spotty - never heard the BR reunion album tho. Is it worth gettin?

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

BR = BN. duh.

― Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 17:23 (twenty-two years ago)

haha why the fuck have i been calling them br this whole thread!! it does feel more right than bn which is kinda gross sounding

― $$, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 17:27 (twenty-two years ago)

and no to be honest the album isnt v good really

― $$, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't let it go to yr head, no.

― djdee2005, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 20:10 (twenty-two years ago)

haha dude you have to admit after the neptunes blew up it ws kinda weird to go back and listen to it!!

― $$, Wednesday, 10 March 2004 20:11 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...
Nah I think this was pretty great. I'm surprised ethan was so down on it.

― deej.. (deej..), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 05:01 (twenty years ago)

my best friend has an interlude/beat on the new sadat album

― jaxon (jaxon), Tuesday, 24 January 2006 05:38 (twenty years ago)

four years pass...

is this the only brand nubian thread on ilx? THAT'S UNPOSSIBLE!!

― ALIAS: Pete Townshend (stevie), Thursday, 28 January 2010 18:13 (sixteen years ago)

six months pass...

The other hip hop thread led me to the Source's 1998 list of greatest rap singles, and thence to Spotify & YouTube to check out the ones I hadn't heard before. Biggest surprise was this Brand Nubian song - great use of a potentially corny sample. I've never got around to buying One for All but clearly I should.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuhaFdBuwp4

― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:50 (sixteen years ago)

One For All is fantastic! basically has one bad song on it iirc, the rest is k-lassic

― Moshy Star (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 17:59 (sixteen years ago)

I love finding great early 90s hip hop albums that I missed at the time - Main Source, Son of Bazerk and Organized Konfusion's debut being three fantastic examples.

― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 18:07 (sixteen years ago)

the thread for lost late 80s/early 90s hip hop gems

― Moshy Star (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 18:11 (sixteen years ago)

OK, I'm there.

― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 18:11 (sixteen years ago)

sadat x has made a bunch of solo stuff that I totally love, especially "black october" (the one right before he went to jail)

― gross rainbow of haerosmith (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 19:03 (sixteen years ago)

Puba has, too. His 1st solo album has some good stuff. One of my favorite mc's.

― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 19:06 (sixteen years ago)

but my ability to enjoy a lot of brand nubian stuff is hampered by how I'll be nodding along and then have to sort of forced-smile through several couplets' worth of homophobic weirdness

― gross rainbow of haerosmith (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 19:07 (sixteen years ago)

sadat x is in jail?

― Moshy Star (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 19:09 (sixteen years ago)

he did a short bid and got out

― gross rainbow of haerosmith (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 19:13 (sixteen years ago)

love this jam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hANiwvYScS4

― gross rainbow of haerosmith (underrated aerosmith albums I have loved), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 19:13 (sixteen years ago)

wow that is great

― then an image appeared: a pizza pie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 19:48 (sixteen years ago)

such a fantastic voice

― Moshy Star (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 19:50 (sixteen years ago)

one month passes...

anyone got an opinion on Puba's album from last year, Retroactive...?

― Dr. Lol Evans (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 17 September 2010 21:42 (sixteen years ago)

eleven years pass...

All for One is such a masterpiece of classic era hip hop production

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 15 January 2022 16:36 (four years ago)

Grand Puba - 2000 has some great moments as well

― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Saturday, 15 January 2022 17:34 (four years ago)

Reel to Reel has a lot of good stuff too

― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 15 January 2022 17:58 (four years ago)

one year passes...

This is kinda curious, a 47-track compilation of instrumental versions has appeared on streaming services, with no obvious provenance. Certainly helps with the problematic lyrics of the past, but I wonder where this has come from, publishers maybe, looking for syncs?

― MaresNest, Thursday, 6 July 2023 23:27 (three years ago)

were they the most consistently homophobic hiphop group of all time?

― meg white's superior technique. (Austin), Friday, 7 July 2023 02:11 (three years ago)


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