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In God We Trust (Brand Nubian album)

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Released
  
February 2, 1993

Producer
  
Brand Nubian Diamond D

Release date
  
2 February 1993

Genre
  
Hip hop music

Length
  
55:32

Artist
  
Brand Nubian

Label
  
Elektra Records

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In God We Trust (1993)
  
Everything is Everything (1994)

Similar
  
Brand Nubian albums, Hip hop music albums

In God We Trust is the second album from hip hop group Brand Nubian. Lead MC Grand Puba left the group to pursue a solo career in 1991, following the release of their revered debut One for All. DJ Alamo also left to work with Puba, leaving MC's Sadat X and Lord Jamar, who enlisted DJ Sincere to join the group. The album was less successful than the group's debut but still received strong reviews. The single "Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down" became a Billboard Hot 100 hit, but was met with controversy over allegedly homophobic content, referencing the Sadat X line "Though I can freak, fly, flow, fuck up a faggot/I don't understand their ways, I ain't down with gays." The single "Love Me or Leave Me Alone" was also a Hot-100 hit. Lyrically, the album contains extremely militant content that reflects the group's identity as Five Percenters, adhering to the philosophy of the Nation of Gods and Earths.

Contents

Track listing

  • All tracks produced by Brand Nubian, except track 14 produced by Diamond D

    • Samples

  • "Allah U Akbar"
  • "Funky President" by James Brown
  • "Ain't No Mystery"
  • "Something You Got" by Wilson Pickett
  • "Allah and Justice"
  • "Look at Granny Run" by Howard Tate
  • "Love Me or Leave Me Alone"
  • "San Francisco Lights" by Bobbi Humphrey
  • "Sing a Simple Song" by Booker T. & the M.G.'s
  • "Meaning of the 5%"
  • "T" Stands for Trouble" by Marvin Gaye
  • "Pass The Gat"
  • "Superfluous" by Eddie Harris
  • "Steady Bootleggin"
  • "People Sure Act Funny" by Lonnie Smith
  • "Bootleggin' by Simtec & Wylie
  • "The Godz..."
  • "Amen, Brother" by The Winstons
  • "Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down"
  • "Gonna Fly Now" by Bill Conti
  • "It's Your Thing" by Lou Donaldson
  • "Black and Blue"
  • "American Tango" by Weather Report
  • "The Travel Jam"
  • "I Can't Get Next to You" by The Temptations
  • "Shape Your Mind to Die" by Leon Thomas
  • "Superrappin' by Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
  • "Steal Ya 'Ho"
  • "Ode to Billie Joe" by Lou Donaldson
  • "The New Dance Craze" by Five Stairsteps
  • "Girls - Part 2" by The B-Boys
  • "Flex" by Mad Cobra
  • "Brand Nubian Rock the Set"
  • "I Don't Know This World Is Coming To" by Wattstax
  • "Theme from Rocky" by Bill Conti (horn solo heard in the song)
  • "You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart)" by Cal Tjader

    • Songs

    1Allah U Akbar4:49
    2Ain’t No Mystery4:24
    3Meaning of the 5%2:53

    References

    In God We Trust (Brand Nubian album) Wikipedia
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