Mos Def - Black On Both SidesBlack on Both Sides is the highly acclaimed debut solo studio album by American rapper Mos Def (now known as Yasiin Bey), released on October 12, 1999. The album is celebrated as a classic in hip hop for its socially conscious lyrics, live instrumentation, and versatile sound that blends jazz, soul, pop, and even rock influences.

Matt Anniss’s splendid sleeve notes are reproduced below and tell you all you need to know about the carefully selected (and mostly exclusive to this collection) tracks on 2 x 12 vinyl for increased sonic joy

Getting To The Point 4:28

” he exclaimed

library music and cinematic soul

Some of LUXXURY’s most popular floor fillers on wax for the first time in this new limited series

They all had one thing in common: excitement to work with the original recordings from this iconic album

still keeping it fresh to this very day

with Rough Trade placing it as their number two

Bey is also a critically acclaimed multidisciplinary artist and art curator

A mind melting trip that rises and falls

The album opens with ‘Sunrise’

No Smoke - Koro-Koro (Ian Tregoning Rewire) 7:44