Black on Both Sides

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debut album studio album

Black on Both Sides is Mos Def’s critically acclaimed 1999 debut studio album, celebrated for its socially conscious lyrics and innovative blend of hip-hop styles.

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Black on Both Sides canonical 12
Black on Both Sides (1999 studio album by Mos Def) 1
album "Black on Both Sides" 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf debut album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Mos Def ⓘ
chronologyOf Mos Def albums ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
describedAs innovative blend of hip-hop styles ⓘ
socially conscious ⓘ
follows Black Star ⓘ
genre conscious hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
hasPart Brooklyn ⓘ
Climb ⓘ
Do It Now ⓘ
Fear Not of Man ⓘ
Got Money ⓘ
surface form: Got

Habitat ⓘ
hip hop culture ⓘ
surface form: Hip Hop

Know That ⓘ
Love ⓘ
Mathematics ⓘ
May December ⓘ
surface form: May-December

Mr. Nigga ⓘ
Ms. Fat Booty ⓘ
New World Water ⓘ
Rock n Roll ⓘ
Speed Law ⓘ
Umi Says ⓘ
hasTheme race and identity ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
urban life ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableSingle Mathematics ⓘ
Ms. Fat Booty ⓘ
Umi Says ⓘ
performer Mos Def ⓘ
producer 88-Keys ⓘ
Ali Shaheed Muhammad ⓘ
Ayatollah ⓘ
D. Hodges ⓘ
DJ Premier ⓘ
David Kennedy ⓘ
Diamond D ⓘ
Ge-ology ⓘ
Mos Def ⓘ
Mr. Khaliyl ⓘ
P. Williams ⓘ
Pockets ⓘ
recordLabel Priority Records ⓘ
Rawkus Records ⓘ
Universal Records ⓘ
releaseDate 1999-10-12 ⓘ
yearOfRelease 1999 ⓘ

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Mos Def → notableWork → Black on Both Sides ⓘ
Rawkus Records → released → Black on Both Sides ⓘ
Yasiin Bey → notableWork → Black on Both Sides ⓘ
Yasiin Bey → debutAlbum → Black on Both Sides ⓘ
The New Danger → follows → Black on Both Sides ⓘ
Ms. Fat Booty → partOfAlbum → Black on Both Sides ⓘ
Mathematics → album → Black on Both Sides ⓘ
Mathematics → partOf → Black on Both Sides ⓘ
Mathematics → featuredOn → Black on Both Sides ⓘ
this entity surface form: Black on Both Sides (1999 studio album by Mos Def)
Umi Says → album → Black on Both Sides ⓘ
Umi Says → partOf → Black on Both Sides ⓘ
Dante Terrell Smith → notableWork → Black on Both Sides ⓘ
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subject surface form: Mos Def
this entity surface form: album "Black on Both Sides"