Brand Nubian

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hip hop group

Brand Nubian is an influential American hip hop group known for their socially conscious lyrics, Five-Percent Nation-influenced themes, and classic early-1990s releases like "One for All."

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Label Occurrences
Brand Nubian canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hip hop group ⓘ
activePeriodStart late 1980s ⓘ
associatedAct Five-Percent Nation NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Rochelle hip hop scene ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception One for All is widely regarded as a classic hip hop album NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalImpact influential in early 1990s conscious rap ⓘ
debutAlbum One for All NERFINISHED ⓘ
debutAlbumReleaseDate 1990 ⓘ
genre East Coast hip hop NERFINISHED ⓘ
alternative hip hop ⓘ
conscious hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
groupType male rap group ⓘ
hasFormerMember DJ Alamo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grand Puba NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Nation of Gods and Earths ideology NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfLyrics English ⓘ
lyricalFocus socially conscious lyrics ⓘ
lyricalReputation controversial ⓘ
politically conscious ⓘ
lyricalTheme Afrocentrism ⓘ
Black consciousness ⓘ
Five-Percent Nation teachings NERFINISHED ⓘ
member DJ Alamo NERFINISHED ⓘ
DJ Sincere NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grand Puba NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lord Jamar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sadat X NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableSong All for One NERFINISHED ⓘ
Don’t Let It Go to Your Head NERFINISHED ⓘ
Love Me or Leave Me Alone NERFINISHED ⓘ
Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down NERFINISHED ⓘ
Slow Down NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wake Up NERFINISHED ⓘ
Word Is Bond NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Everything Is Everything NERFINISHED ⓘ
Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ
In God We Trust NERFINISHED ⓘ
One for All NERFINISHED ⓘ
origin New Rochelle, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
peakPeriod early 1990s ⓘ
recordLabel Arista Records ⓘ
Elektra Records ⓘ
region New York City metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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Golden Age of hip hop → notableArtist → Brand Nubian ⓘ
Lord Finesse → associatedAct → Brand Nubian ⓘ
Native Tongues collective → associatedAct → Brand Nubian ⓘ
The Low End Theory → featuresArtist → Brand Nubian ⓘ
Nation of Gods and Earths → associatedWith → Brand Nubian ⓘ
Five Percenters → notableFollower → Brand Nubian ⓘ
Babygrande Records → hasArtist → Brand Nubian ⓘ