Brand Nubian’s Grand Puba Had It All—So Why Didn’t He Blow Up?

[TripleAgent]

They recorded that one in '89. That was the sound back then for a lot of rap albums, lol. That was the New Jack era.

I actually forgot about that song. But yeah, that was a bad one. HAHA!!

On IGWT, they OD'd with the 5% songs. It got boring after awhile. Sadat said Jamar wanted to put all of those songs on there. I only f*cked with like 1/2 of that album. Loved "Allah U Akbar" and sh*t like 'Pass the Gat", but a lot of the album cuts were kinda dry to me.

One For All was nonstop jams.

Step to the Rear
Ragtime
Wake Up
Concerto in X Minor
Drop the Bomb
Who Can Get Busy Like This Man
Grand Puba, Positive & LG
Dance to My Ministry
Slow Down
All for One
To the Right

Damn near the whole album was hits, back then. Easily one of the best Hip Hop albums of all-time. One of my favorites.

It was ass then and it's ass now.

I love the serious tone, militancy and 5% knowledge on IGWT. Looking again, both have about the same number of skips. I enjoy dark, hardcore rap.

Both great albums.

 

[Awesome Wells]

It was ass then and it's ass now.

I love the serious tone, militancy and 5% knowledge on IGWT. Looking again, both have about the same number of skips. I enjoy dark, hardcore rap.

Both great albums.

Yeah, that song was definitely ass, but the rest of the album was HEAT! Classic.



Not gonna lie, I copped that on bootleg cassette first, as a kid, because it was like $3 on the street! When that tape broke, I ran and got the CD with my allowance, lol.

Dark hardcore Hip Hop became my thing later too. Sh*t, it still is.