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- The Very Best of Brand Nubian
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Brand Nubian
Released 2001

Brand Nubian
04:38
799 plays

Slow Down [Pete Rock's Newromix]
05:20
745 plays

Hold On
04:15
741 plays

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- 1
- All for One
- 04:55
- 11,860 plays

- 2
- Feels So Good
- 05:04
- 524 plays

- 3
- Concerto in X Minor
- 03:57
- 548 plays

- 4
- Drop the Bomb
- 05:01
- 524 plays

- 5
- Wake Up [Reprise in the Sunshine]
- 05:21
- 690 plays

- 6
- Slow Down
- 05:03
- 10,461 plays

- 7
- Brand Nubian
- 04:38
- 799 plays

- 8
- Slow Down [Pete Rock's Newromix]
- 05:20
- 745 plays

- 9
- 360° (What Goes Around)
- 04:01
- 4,769 plays

- 10
- Mind Your Business
- 03:01
- 438 plays

- 11
- Allah U Akbar
- 04:49
- 677 plays

- 12
- Love Me or Leave Me Alone
- 04:34
- 1,457 plays

- 13
- Punks Jump up to Get Beat Down
- 04:31
- 5,362 plays

- 14
- Hold On
- 04:15
- 741 plays

- 15
- Punks Jump up to Get Beat Down [Remix]
- 03:51
- 531 plays

- 16
- Don't Let It Go to Your Head
- 04:04
- 1,163 plays

album review

Politically controversial in their time, Brand Nubian doesn't sound like the dangerous, Afrocentric militants they were originally made out to be in some quarters. Maybe it's because their jazzy, post-Native Tongues music is so ingratiating; maybe it's because Grand Puba has such a playful, easygoing presence on the mic; maybe it's just that, in the new millennium, politics are no longer the way rap groups ruffle feathers. Whatever the case, Rhino's The Very Best of Brand Nubian is an essential summation of the uncompromisingly pro-black, often very positive group's career. Grand Puba, clearly their most inventive lyricist, departed after their excellent debut, One for All, and was definitely missed on subsequent albums. So instead of trying to balance the picture, the compilation wisely leans heavily on One for All, from whence come seven of the 16 tracks (eight if you count the Pete Rock remix of "Slow Down"). We also get two Grand Puba solo singles and one track from the group's latter-day reunion with Puba, "Don't Let It Go to Your Head." That leaves three tracks from In God We Trust, just one from the coolly received Everything Is Everything, and another hard-to-find remix (of "Punks Jump up to Get Beat Down"). One could make the case that "Step to the Rear" and "Who Can Get Busy Like This Man" should also have made the cut from the debut, instead of the two remixes, but then again, there had to be a decent reason to buy this comp, even if all the post-One for All material included here is worth rescuing. As for the group's politics, the "white devil" fixation on "Drop the Bomb" and "Wake Up (Reprise in the Sunshine)" can sound paranoid to non-believers. But really, it shouldn't detract from the group's numerous strengths, which make The Very Best of Brand Nubian an extremely high-quality listen. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide