Before TPAB was Black on Both Sides | Mos Def’s Black on Both Sides Deep Dive and Album Analysis
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- Hello! I'm finally back with another album analysis. Yasiin Bey's Black on Both Sides is a long-time favorite of mine and the first album I think of when it comes to 'thought-provoking,' I thought it would be interesting to see how it compares to a more modern album like Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly. And no, I don't think one album is better than the other lol.
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Tpab is basically a ROOTS (the band) album of kendrick rapping over terrace martin songs and knxledge beats
Respectfully I dont think so at all. Its far more influenced by g funk rap classics and parliament funkadelic p funk sound which is what g funk was heavily inspired by. I also think flying lotus and kamasi Washington contribute to its jazzy feel
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🎉 good stuff nice to see mos def get 🌹
Thank you!
GOAT album for sure! The creativity of songs like Speed Law, Love, Got, Mathematics...to the depths of Rock N Roll, Climb, Umi Says...this album propelled him as the next Nas at the time (the next NY messiah/emcee that the community was fiending for)...illmatic-ish...great analysis I love what ure doing ure super dope!
Thanks! 🙏
I’m curious, were you there when Black dropped? It was an entirely different scene from Illmatic, I don’t think the two debuts are really comparable, not sonically, lyrically, thematically. In fact I disagree with this entire video, respectfully it comes off like someone who listened to both recently
@@nahj060 Hey! thanks for your comment. The illmatic mention was from the original commentator so I can't respond to that point.
I mentioned in the video I first listened to BOBS in highschool (2011), and I was there for when TPAB dropped. I don't think the debuts of the albums are similar, but rather that both albums share similar themes/topics. To me, before TPAB dropped, I considered BOBS to be the best socially conscious/poltical album that is more digestible for mainstream audiences (in contrast to albums from KRS-ONE or Public Enemy) due to the production and sound of the album.
After TPAB dropped, i think most people coin it as the best socially consicous/poltical album, but before it did, BOBS would be one of the first albums people thought of for that title.
@@nahj060 Peace @nahj060 about the illmatic comparison...ofc these are 2 different artists with 2 different styles but when it comes to NYC SOLOIST ''CONSCIOUS'' EMCEES WITH CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED DEBUT ALBUMS, then it's fair to say we can include just a few artists...such as Mos Def - Black On Both Sides...also Jeru - The Sun Rises In The East...but yes indeed 1994 and 1999 were 2 different eras already (all within the 90s decade: another reason why the 90s remains unmatched)...but in terms of CONSCIOUSNESS and BLACK INTELLECT within the music, that Mos Def 1st album was a big win for the so-called-real-hiphop-community at the time (in the midst of much platinum street rap, backed by the machine the DMX's the Jay-Z's the Ja Rule's etc) I was just a kid at the time (10 years old, fall of 99) fully immersed into the music...my older neighbor he had the Mos Def album and I picked it up...Monumental album it definately shaped my direction (again in the midst of Dr.Dre - Chronic 2001, Eminem Snoop etc) but yeah Black On Both Sides one of those solo albums with the most SUBSTANCE...(à la illmatic-nas)...these are my 2 cents
@@techniecs1 I don’t disagree but a kid from QB in the early 90s with that producer list being backed by Large Pro and being called the son of Rakim and G Rap was way different than a guy who had underground backpacker buzz on Rawkus. Both albums are touchstones but Mos’ is one almost in spite of his come up. Respect
Black on Both Sides has been my one my absolute favourites and even my father used to listen to it when I was a little child! You could say that I was primed to love that album! And you are right, Speed Law is so much fun to listen to and memorize :)
I didn't realize you were a small creator until I took a look at your other videos. The analysis style reminded me of Digging the Greats, very nice!
Thank you very much for the video, it is very much appreciated! 🎉
Really good commentary on the album and the subject!
An influential album 🖤.
This album is so ahead of its time. As a Gen Z kid I love the sentiments it leaves on the culture that still ring true today
This album has been one of the most influential in my life. I recently got back to listening to it everyday again and then I get this video recommended to me! This right here is a masterpiece, congrats on your research and thank you so much for putting all of this together, I know it takes a ton of time and effort to do it. And please ignore the dumbasses that commented below. God bless and PLEASE do not stop doing this work. You’ll go far for sure 👏
Thank you! 🙏
algor working overtime - this was great, thank you
Incredible album I own it on CD. Hip Hop is one of the best songs in...well Hip Hop
Great video! Well researched and well spoken can’t wait to see you do more - shout out to the Black Star star LP in the back! Yasiin always been one of my favs special shoutout to his MFDOOM cover videos and his fourth album The Ecstatic!
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Thanks so much! 🙏 Love The Ecstatic too haha
Love both albums, good video
Mos Def is legendary and now i gotta listen to tpab if its anywhere near as good as Black on Both Sides.
Best hip hop album of all time
yasiin bey is the OG
Great topic
good joooooooooooooooob !!! 💯 💯 💯
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I'm sorry, but these two albums and MCs have so little in common - except for both being labeled "conscious" - that I refuse to give you any watch time 😂 I mean, like, Jesus lady.
you're not even gonna listen to arguments before deciding shes wrong??
Me when I've never heard of analysis
@@Cheese-rc9mi nope. she's gonna make some vauge connections that are going to be stretching it, best case scenario. and I'm actively trying not to waste so much time with watching stuff. good luck to her with the whole UA-cam thing tho.
@@dragaocarmesim6564 she's analyzing how the teachings of the 5% Nation impacted Mos and the Christian themes in Kendrick's writing I'm guessing?
@@milicevicgospodin No. I didn't mention 5% at all. The title of the video says it's a breakdown and analysis of BOBS. I used TPAB to show how stylistic elements, themes and topics within BOBS are still relevant in todays political/socially conscious albums. If you had even watched just the first few minutes of the video you would have got that. Instead, you decided to be immediately judgemental (for whatever reason?) and leave an ignorant comment. It's all good though, do you! ahaha
you have no idea what you’re talking about. stick to taylor swift.
12:50 "Malcolm wrote about how having faith in one god transcended racial differences, uniting him with white muslims" ... "having faith in god or shared pillar like hip hop unites people, overcoming differences"
Listen, reflect and be a better person tomorrow.
Kendrick would make fun of you
@@NicholasLPerry She’ll never get it, never truly comprehend the weight of our skin. White folks perpetually grasp for our culture, profiting off our art, our music, our souls. They hijack our narratives, water down our struggles, and peddle them as their own. The irony? They're lauded for our creations while we're still fighting for validation. Our voices are silenced, our stories stolen, our identities reduced to commodities. They feign solidarity, yet their privilege remains intact. Our struggles are their inspiration, our pain their profit. The cycle continues, and we're left with the crumbs of our own heritage. Plus Kendrick is a Hotep.