Brand Nubian - Allah U Akbar Appreciation Thread

[kp404]

Something I always wondered ...

I heard both One For All and In God We Trust at the same time around 1996 ... One For All was a much lighter sounding album even though the content was similar. Did Brand Nubian catch any flack for adopting a more hardcore image once Puba left?

Good question...it does seem as though they were trying to abandon the lighthearted nature of One for All and establish a new identity without Puba...Pass the Gat and the Gods Must Be Crazy are perfect examples of this. I can't see Puba on a record like pass the Gat

 

[Big Mel]

They did catch a little negative press fir the hardcore makeover. But the music was so strong it subsided.

Now, lord Jamar morphing into a wannabe gangsta rapper on the third album was a hard pill to swallow. And the music on that one wasn't as fresh.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

Something I always wondered ...

I heard both One For All and In God We Trust at the same time around 1996 ... One For All was a much lighter sounding album even though the content was similar. Did Brand Nubian catch any flack for adopting a more hardcore image once Puba left?

Good question...it does seem as though they were trying to abandon the lighthearted nature of One for All and establish a new identity without Puba...Pass the Gat and the Gods Must Be Crazy are perfect examples of this. I can't see Puba on a record like pass the Gat

All for One came out in 1990. hard core rap wasn't big yet. shyt changed in 91 and 92 when all for one dropped. 1990 was still in that New Jack Swing era. ATCQ even changed their image after they dropped their second album in 91.

 

[kp404]

All for One came out in 1990. hard core rap wasn't big yet. shyt changed in 91 and 92 when all for one dropped. 1990 was still in that New Jack Swing era. ATCQ even changed their image after they dropped their second album in 91.

Good post breh...it was a shift in hip hop at the time

 

[Art Barr]

Something I always wondered ...

I heard both One For All and In God We Trust at the same time around 1996 ... One For All was a much lighter sounding album even though the content was similar. Did Brand Nubian catch any flack for adopting a more hardcore image once Puba left?

no,..
culturally, it was welcomed and punks jump up to get beatdown was the definitive record/soundtrack for that actual time period.



art barr

 

[Soundwave]

They did catch a little negative press fir the hardcore makeover. But the music was so strong it subsided.

Now, lord Jamar morphing into a wannabe gangsta rapper on the third album was a hard pill to swallow. And the music on that one wasn't as fresh.

All for One came out in 1990. hard core rap wasn't big yet. shyt changed in 91 and 92 when all for one dropped. 1990 was still in that New Jack Swing era. ATCQ even changed their image after they dropped their second album in 91.

 

[Big Mel]

yeah but "pass the gat" was a crazy concept for a group like Brand Nubian. and then 'Lick Dem Muthaphuckas" on the menace soundtrack. They were kinda on some bullshyt but it sounded so good.

 

[Art Barr]

 

[Big Mel]

I just got a crazy urge to hear 'the travel jam'.

man. so many joints on this album. steal ya ho. love me or leave me alone. steady bootleggin. allah & justice. brand nubian rock the set.


why don't they build rap groups like this anymore?

 

[Big Mel]

speaking of steal ya ho.

 

[Soundwave]

I just got a crazy urge to hear 'the travel jam'.

man. so many joints on this album. steal ya ho. love me or leave me alone. steady bootleggin. allah & justice. brand nubian rock the set.


why don't they build rap groups like this anymore?

Seems like everyone is a soloist nowadays and then they decide to link up and collaborate for full length projects

 

[Big Mel]

i was listening to Organized Konfusion's first album earlier and it was killing me at how much better Po & Monch sounded together bouncing rhymes off eachother than either of their solo careers.

the duo is a sorely missed piece of the rap puzzle. that's why that Heltah Skeltah album DIRT from a few years ago was so fresh. those dudes have mad chemistry.

 

[Self_Born7]

Truth be told,,,, the majority of the time, you can find me spinning those golden era classics from like 90-96, pre Sean Combs. only a few new artist I fukks with... I'm underground with my shyt.. where you wont hear it playing 40 times a day on the radio, or playing on BET.

 

[Big Mel]

Puff killed hip hop. Like for real. What he did after gangsta rap had already mobilized a legion of wannabes ripe for the picking was a truly vile thing to behold.

 

[Self_Born7]

i was listening to Organized Konfusion's first album earlier and it was killing me at how much better Po & Monch sounded together bouncing rhymes off eachother than either of their solo careers.

the duo is a sorely missed piece of the rap puzzle. that's why that Heltah Skeltah album DIRT from a few years ago was so fresh. those dudes have mad chemistry.

man, who you telling... that Stress album was fire too