On December 4, 1990, Brand Nubian released their classic Five Mic debut album One For All on Elektra Records. Boasting production Dante Ross, Skeff Anslem, the SD 50s (Stimulated Dummies), Jam as well ...
After a successful debut in 2017, the Nubian Music Festival is back with not only Africa’s finest musicians live in a gorgeous setting, but also an entire weekend of entertainment for the whole family ...
On this day, Dec. 4, in hip-hop history... 1990: Following the release of their self-titled single in 1989, the legendary Hip-Hop group Brand Nubian stepped onto the rap scene in a big way when they ...
Alsarah is an artist and a participant in the sonic history of music. Born in Khartoum, Sudan, of Nubian descent, she sings of migration, love, and nationhood in both Arabic and Nubian languages, with ...
Kenyan music lovers were treated to a special live event from one of Africa’s melodic singers Alsarah alongside her Nubatones band during her visit to Kenya a few months ago. The event at Alliance ...
Jantra is a star of underground dance music in Sudan. His first album has been pieced together very creatively from existing material hitherto available on cassette, by producer Jante Konté for the US ...
Sounds Like: Early ’90s militant rap. And like Guns N’ Roses with “One in a Million,” Brand Nubian had their own brush with ugly homophobia because of this song (though the offensive line was later ...