Nia

by Blackalicious

Nia cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 29 November 1999
  • Label: Mo Wax
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:14:13
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Josh Davis, Tim Parker, Erinn Anova, Lateef The Truth Speaker, The Gift Of Gab, Tom Shimura, Harley White Jr., Lateef Daumont, Xavier Mosley

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Nia' is a virtuosic, highly optimistic display of conscious hip-hop and underground boom-bap. Gift of Gab鈥檚 incredibly complex, uplifting lyricism dances effortlessly over Chief Xcel鈥檚 playful, sample-heavy jazz-rap production.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious, rhythmic, sampling, rap, underground, soulful, spirituality

Tracklist

  1. Searching (1:49)
  2. The Fabulous Ones (3:00)
  3. Do This My Way (4:49)
  4. Deception (5:11)
  5. A To G (2:24)
  6. Cliff Hanger (6:21)
  7. Shallow Days (4:20)
  8. Ego Trip by Nikki Giovanni (1:44)
  9. You Didn't Know That Though (4:35)
  10. If I May (3:45)
  11. Dream Seasons (4:49)
  12. Trouble (4:28)
  13. Smithsonian Institute of Rhyme (4:24)
  14. As the World Turns (5:41)
  15. Reanimation (3:38)
  16. Beyonder (4:06)
  17. Making Progress (3:11)
  18. Sleep (3:54)
  19. Finding (1:54)

Credits

  • Blackalicious - primary artist
  • James Lavelle - a&r [international]
  • Brent Rollins - art direction, design concept [art concept]
  • Andretta Lyle - coordinator [project]
  • Gene Kim Witney - coordinator [project]
  • Jeff Chang - coordinator [project]
  • Chief Xcel - executive-producer, producer, recorded by, mixed by, scratches, producer, composed by, arranged by, scratches [cuts & scratches], recorded by, mixed by, producer, composed by, arranged by, recorded by, mixed by, producer, arranged by, composed by, recorded by, mixed by, arranger
  • Brian Cross - photography by
  • The Gift Of Gab - lyrics by, vocals, vocals, lyrics by
  • James Ward - mixed by, producer, composed by, arranged by, recorded by, mixed by
  • Erinn Anova - vocals
  • Tim Parker - written-by
  • Xavier Mosley - written-by
  • Lyrics Born - producer, composed by, arranged by, vocals, mixed by
  • DJ Icewater - scratches [cuts]
  • Tom Shimura - written-by
  • Harley White Jr. - bass
  • Jim Gardiner - recorded by, mixed by
  • DJ Shadow - producer, recorded by, mixed by, arranged by, composed by, co-producer
  • Josh Davis - written-by
  • Nikki Giovanni - lyrics by [poem], written-by
  • Lateef The Truth Speaker - lyrics by, vocals, vocals, lyrics by
  • Lateef Daumont - written-by
  • DJ Quest - scratches [cuts & scratches]
  • Gift of Gab - vocal

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