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Brand Nubian
Released 1998

Don't Let It Go To Your Head
04:04
8,390 plays

The Return
04:00
3,726 plays

Back Up Off The Wall
04:10
3,521 plays

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- 1
- Here We Go
- 00:21
- 1,689 plays

- 2
- The Return
- 04:00
- 3,726 plays

- 3
- Shinin' Star
- 03:40
- 3,215 plays

- 4
- The Beat Change
- 02:26
- 1,790 plays

- 5
- Migraine (Interlude)
- 00:24
- 1,329 plays

- 6
- Don't Let It Go To Your Head
- 04:04
- 8,390 plays

- 7
- Brand Nubian
- 04:01
- 3,146 plays

- 8
- Maybe One Day
- 04:40
- 2,565 plays

- 9
- Let's Dance
- 04:06
- 1,783 plays

- 10
- Back Up Off The Wall
- 04:10
- 3,521 plays

- 11
- Black On Black Crime
- 00:48
- 1,479 plays

- 12
- I'm Black And I'm Proud
- 03:17
- 1,672 plays

- 13
- Sincerely
- 03:50
- 1,849 plays

- 14
- Probable Cause
- 05:13
- 3,172 plays

- 15
- The Ghetto (Interlude)
- 00:41
- 1,174 plays

- 16
- Love Vs. Hate
- 04:31
- 2,019 plays

- 17
- Too Late
- 04:45
- 1,564 plays

- 18
- Straight Outta Now Rule
- 04:39
- 1,435 plays

- 19
- Foundation
- 03:52
- 1,786 plays

- 20
- U For Me
- 04:17
- 1,749 plays

album review

Foundation, the first album since Brand Nubian's 1990 debut to feature all four original members, is an incredible return to form. The rhymes by Grand Puba, Sadat X, and Lord Jamar are as striking as they were on the group's breakout, and the focus on message tracks is a refreshing turn from the rap world's played-out tales of thug life. "Don't Let It Go to Your Head" is a cautionary tale for arrogant one-hit rappers, while "Probable Cause" is a scathing attack on the notorious tactics of the New Jersey State Police and "I'm Black and I'm Proud" is an enjoyable roots epic. There are plenty of simple feel-good tracks as well, although those omnipresent Wu-Tang strings appear on several songs (just as on every other major rap album released in 1998). The group ably manages to sidestep another late-'90s rap cliché, enlisting a different outside producer for each track. Though Foundation is no different -- featuring DJ Premiere, Lord Finesse, and Chris "CL" Liggio, among others -- most of the best tracks were helmed by Nubian members Grand Puba or DJ Alamo. Of the few N.Y.C. rap acts still left a decade on from rap's golden age, Brand Nubian sound the freshest. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide