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- One for All
- - 36,306 plays
  - 269 favs
  - 7 shares
Brand Nubian
Released 1990

All for One
04:57
8,067 plays

Slow Down
05:00
4,570 plays

Wake up (Reprise in the Sunshine)
05:20
3,785 plays

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songs

- 1
- All for One
- 04:57
- 8,067 plays

- 2
- Feels So Good [*]
- 05:02
- 1,611 plays

- 3
- Concerto in X Minor
- 03:57
- 1,505 plays

- 4
- Ragtime
- 04:15
- 1,341 plays

- 5
- To the Right
- 04:16
- 1,608 plays

- 6
- Dance to My Ministry
- 04:19
- 1,012 plays

- 7
- Drop the Bomb
- 05:00
- 1,245 plays

- 8
- Wake Up [Stimulated Dummies Mix]
- 04:40
- 1,245 plays

- 9
- Step to the Rear
- 04:00
- 3,049 plays

- 10
- Slow Down
- 05:00
- 4,570 plays

- 11
- Try to Do Me
- 04:13
- 1,069 plays

- 12
- Who Can Get Busy Like This Man...
- 04:29
- 1,921 plays

- 13
- Grand Puba, Positive and L.G.
- 04:30
- 1,512 plays

- 14
- Brand Nubian [*]
- 04:36
- 2,018 plays

- 15
- Wake up (Reprise in the Sunshine)
- 05:20
- 3,785 plays

- 16
- Dedication
- 04:09
- 1,099 plays

album review

Brand Nubian never sold as many albums as the many West Coast rappers burning up the charts in the early '90s, but the New York group commanded great respect in East Coast rap circles. In black neighborhoods of New York and Philadelphia, Nubian's debut album, One for All, was actually a bigger seller than many of the platinum gangsta rap releases outselling it on a national level. Influenced by De La Soul and the Jungle Brothers, Nubian favored an abstract rapping style, and Eastern rap fans were drawn to the complexity of jams like "Dance to My Ministry," "Ragtime," and "All for One." Grand Puba, Lord Jamar, and Sadat X had a lot of technique, which was what hip-hoppers favored in the East. On the whole, Nubian's Nation of Islam rhetoric isn't as overbearing as some of the recordings that other Five Percenters were delivering at the time. The CD is a bit uneven, but on the whole is likable and exhilarating. ~ Alex Henderson, All Music Guide