Liquid Swords [LP] [LP] - VINYL

Double vinyl LP pressing. Black on Both Sides was the debut album of Mos Def, now known as Yasiin Bey, released October 12, 1999 on Rawkus Records. The album features an emphasis on live instrumentation and socially conscious lyrics and has features from Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes and Talib Kweli. Album Tracks 1. Fear Not Of Man 2. Hip Hop 3. Love 4. Ms. Fat Booty 5. Speed Law 6. Do It Now (featuring Busta Rhymes) 7. Got 8. UMI Says 9. New World Water 10. Rock N Roll 11. Know That (featuring Talib Kweli (of Black Star + Reflection Eternal)) 12. Climb (featuring Vinia Mojica) 13. Habitat 14. Mr. Nigga (featuring Q-Tip (of A Tribe Called Quest)) 15. Mathematics 16. May-December

The group's third studio , Buhloone Mindstate released on September 21, 1993, saw the group evolve into a new sound as they continued to grow stylistically and musically.There were several moments on the album which proved the band had matured. "I Be Blowin'" was a departure as the track was an instrumental featuring saxophone playing by Maceo Parker. The introspective "I Am I Be" showed de la Soul at their most self-referential to date. "Long Island Wildin'" was a collaboration with Japanese hip hop artists Kan Takagi (Major Force)and trio Scha Dara Parr (SDP). The album's first single, "Breakadawn", used a sampleof Michael Jackson's "I Can't Help It" and Smokey Robinson's "Quiet Storm". de LaSoul collaborated for the first time with Gang Starr's Guru on "Patti Dooke", andfemale MC Shortie No Mas who was prominent on many tracks on the album andshowcased particularly on "In The Woods". The album ended with an old school Biz Markie collaboration called "Stone Age". Album Tracks 1. Eye Patch 2. En Focus 3. Patti Dooke 4. I Be Blowin' 5. Ego Trippin' (Part Two) 6. 3 Days Later 7. Area 8. I Am I Be 9. In the Woods 10. Breakadawn 11. Stone Age