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(1986 – present)

Brand Nubian is a hip hop group from New Rochelle, New York, consisting of three MCs; Grand Puba (born Maxwell Dixon, March 4, 1966), Sadat X (formerly Derek X, born Derek Murphy) and Lord Jamar (born Lorenzo Dechalus, September 17, 1968); and two DJs, DJ Alamo and DJ Sincere.

Their debut album One for All is one of the more popular and acclaimed alternative hip hop albums of the 1990s, known for socially conscious and politically charged content inspired by the teachings of the Nation of Gods and Earths.

1989-1992
Brand Nubian formed in 1986 after Grand Puba’s original group, Masters of Ceremony, split up. Its first single, “Brand Nubian,” was released in 1986. Signed to Elektra Records by A&R man Dante Ross, its debut album, One For All, was released in 1990. Generally acclaimed, the album drew fire for militant Five-Percenter rhetoric on tracks such as “

Drop the Bomb” and “

Wake Up.” The controversy helped sales, though the album was still not a great commercial success. To date, the album has sold 350,000 units. A version of the Fab Five Freddy-directed video for the single “Wake Up,” featuring a Black man in white-face makeup, was also banned from MTV. On MTV and from official WEA sources, this image was replaced by a Baptist preacher. The singles “

Slow Down,” “

All for One,” and “

Wake Up” all became hits on Billboard’s Hot Rap Tracks chart in 1991.

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1	Slow Down	700
2	Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down	425
3	The Return	282
4	All for One	272
5	Don't Let It Go To Your Head	239
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7	Allah U Akbar	171
8	Word Is Bond	154
9	Love Me or Leave Me Alone	99
9	Concerto in X Minor	99
11	Feels So Good	95
12	Pass the Gat	94
13	Step to the Rear	92
14	Ragtime	80
15	Drop the Bomb	73

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dgk3188 wrote:
last month

pass me the gat!!!

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Thedesolateone7 wrote:
last month

slow down is a sick song, despite being the most horribly misogynistic disgusting sexist song in the world ever

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ass_ wrote:
September 2009

gimme the gat so I can smoke this motherfucker

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Moth1 wrote:
September 2009

One for all w3rd up.

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ak407fla wrote:
August 2009

peace and propz to these gods for they knowledge they impart in their music

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no_friend_oh wrote:
July 2009

JAMAGED

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mhunke wrote:
July 2009

Foundations is a sick album. [2]

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hasafienda wrote:
July 2009

5 Percent Science at its finest

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golfmade wrote:
July 2009

Slow Down, such a classic track.

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OwnersLament wrote:
June 2009

THAT'S RACIST!

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Tehpaco wrote:
June 2009

Foundations is a sick album.

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johnson7897 wrote:
May 2009

don't forget "Slow Down" and "Black Star Line" and all the other great shit;-)

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johnson7897 wrote:
May 2009

"Don't Let It Go To Your Head" and "The Return" r the best tracks;-)

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MexLovin wrote:
May 2009

so tight.

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Marcus_Sweetser wrote:
April 2009

Hiphop's Underground Movement: http://www.last.fm/group/HipHop%27s+Underground+Radio

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andreground00 wrote:
April 2009

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T-101 wrote:
April 2009

LOVE THEM. :D

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April 2009

The Underground Movement: http://www.last.fm/group/HipHop%27s+Underground+Radio

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spayder wrote:
March 2009

да реально крутые ребята ебашат круто!!) real boyz! real stuff!!)

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wolf_aka_monk wrote:
February 2009

Ахуительные ребята!!!

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