The Very Best of Brand Nubian

by Brand Nubian

The Very Best of Brand Nubian cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 18 September 2001
  • Label: Elektra
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:08:21
  • Community rating: 3.57/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: Barry "Rockbarry" Benson, David Kennedy, Pete Rock, Stimulated Dummies, Lord Jamar, Diamond D, Grand Puba, Chris Liggio

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Elektra's retrospective of the New Rochelle group's albums, from the Five Percent teaching of their debut to the reunion-era material. Brand Nubian's boom bap joined dense soul sampling to Grand Puba and Lord Jamar's contrasting deliveries.

Genres

Descriptors: rap, compilation, conscious, sampling, political

Tracklist

  1. All for One (4:55)
  2. Feels So Good (5:04)
  3. Concerto in X Minor (3:57)
  4. Drop the Bomb (5:01)
  5. Wake Up (Reprise in the Sunshine) (5:21)
  6. Slow Down (5:03)
  7. Brand Nubian (4:38)
  8. Slow Down (5:20)
  9. 360 (What Goes Around) (4:01)
  10. Mind Your Business (3:01)
  11. Allah U Akbar (4:49)
  12. Love Me or Leave Me Alone (4:34)
  13. Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down (4:31)
  14. Hold On (4:15)
  15. Punks Jump Up To Get Beat Down (3:51)

Credits

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