Fear Not of Man is an ideal example of this - and of my two favorite moments of the album. The production is top notch, his delivery is practically flawless, but the main function both of these aspects serve is that they allow his lyrics to come through, so that the message can reach the audience loud and clear. Anyway, not much needs to be said about the defining attributes of this album. Maybe it has to do with what babyBlueSedan pointed out, that it's hard to include it in a sub-group inside the hip hop umbrella, maybe it has to do with the course of his career further down the road and his acting shenanigans, or maybe his music is just "too black" to be universally acclaimed. and sadly my suspicion was confirmed for the most part. I was browsing through various relevant online articles/lists etc. Mos Def - Black on Both Sides is an album I' ve always had the impression that it has achieved an "almost classic" status, which is a shame, as I don't think there is anything that separates it from the widely accepted classics. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.2/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.4/100. This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on. (*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings) The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation). However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. Rating metrics: Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. You can include this album in your own chart from the My Charts page! Black On Both Sides collection Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.
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Its ambition and execution rank it as one of the best albums of 1999, and it consolidates Mos Def's position as one of hip-hop's brightest hopes entering the 21st century.Latest 20 charts that this album appears in: Sort ranksĦ.25.23 update (68-100) The Hip Hop Albums In short, Black on Both Sides is a tour de force by an artist out to prove he can do it all.
He met them all with Black on Both Sides, a record every bit as dazzling and visionary as Black Star. Consciously designed as a return to rap's musical foundations and a manifesto for reclaiming the art form from gangsta/playa domination, it succeeded mightily on both counts, raising expectations sky-high for Mos Def's solo debut. “Mos Def's partnership with Talib Kweli produced one of the most important hip-hop albums of the late '90s, 1997's brilliant Black Star. Vinia Mojica (who is known for singing on Native Tongues songs) also sings a duet with Mos Def on the song "Climb". The lyrics Q-Tip recites are similar to his previously stated lyrics on A Tribe Called Quest's "Sucka Nigga". Kweli raps the second and final verse of "Know That", while Busta goes back and forth with Mos on "Do It Now". Talib Kweli (one-half of Black Star with Mos Def), Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes are the only main rappers to be featured on the album. Prior to the album's recording, Mos Def had collaborated with rapper Talib Kweli for the duo's studio album, Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star (1998), which raised high expectations for a solo effort.īlack on Both Sides features an emphasis on live instrumentation and socially conscious lyrics. Black on Both Sides is the debut album of American rapper Mos Def, originally released in 1999 by Rawkus Records.
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