One for All

by Brand Nubian

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	12/04/2020
Label:	Tommy Boy
UPC:	0016998513323
Rank:	40698

Tracks

1. All for One
2. Feel So Good
3. Concerto in X Minor
4. Ragtime
5. To the Right
6. Dance to My Ministry
7. Drop the Bomb
8. Wake Up [Stimulated Dummies Mix]
9. Step to the Rear
10. Slow Down
11. Try to Do Me
12. Who Can Get Busy Like This Man...
13. Grand Puba, Positive and L.G.
14. Brand Nubian
15. Wake Up (Reprise in the Sunshine)
16. Dedication

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Brand Nubian   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Derrick Murphy   Composer
C. Miller   Composer
Arrington   Composer
Grand Puba   Producer
S. Jordan   Composer
Brand Nubian   Arranger,Producer
Skeff Anselm   Composer,Producer
John Houser   Composer
Charles Carter   Composer
Lorenzo Dechalus   Composer
Geeby Dajani   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Brandon Aly   Composer
Kenny Withrow   Composer
John Bush   Composer
Carol Bobolts   Design
Mark Seliger   Photography
Maxwell Dixon   Composer
Dave "Jam" Hall   Mixing,Producer
Steve Arrington   Composer
Brad Houser   Composer
Dante Ross   Mixing,Composer,Producer,Executive Producer
Edie Brickell   Composer
John Gamble   Mixing,Composer,Producer
Roscoe DeChalus   Composer
Alan Aly   Composer
D-Hall   Composer
Kenny Winthrow   Composer
Derek Murphy   Composer
S. Allen   Composer