Lord Jamar and Sadat X join Kasim Allah for “Jive Pretenders”.

Here is another leak off Fokis’ upcoming Vintage Album called “Big Business” f/ Brand Nubian. Fokis’ upcoming The Vintage Album which is slated for release August 28, 2012 and it Kurtis Blow, N.O.R.E, DMC, Spoonie Gee, Craig G, Kool G Rap, Brand Nubian, Mic Geronimo, and more.

Created with two purposes in mind, The Vintage Album was intended not only to salute Hip-Hop’s pioneers but also to re-create the sound and feel of the early 80’s through the mid 90’s.

The famed Brand Nubian rapper details new projects he’s been working on, including his new album “New York,” set for Summer release. Sadat X also shares his thoughts on the current state of hip-hop and the importance of artists being original.

Directed by Emil Möller. Produced by B-REEL.
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J. Rawls and Sadat X speak on their influences and the new project, The Hip-Hop Affect.
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Cons delivers his rendition of this classic Brand Nubian “All For One” beat.

Public Eye (It’s The Cons Version) by Consequence

Consequence – “Public Eye (It’s The Cons Version)”

This video is priceless. Damn, Sadat, slow doooooown.

Steve Ortiz comes through with footage from last night’s Hip-Hop Legends show in NYC. Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth on stage (not) drinking Cisco.

      As Grand Puba says on one of the album’s strongest cuts, “Just Don’t Learn”, “We dedicate our whole career to save our dying nation ’cause what we facing is the process of elimination.” These are sons for survival. This album, almost entirely produced by Lord Jamar, reflects a much calmer sound in respect to both the vocal and instrumental tones than much of Brand Nubian’s previous work. The opening cut “Who Wanna Be A Star? (It’s Brand Nu Baby!)”, for example, utilizes a subtle acoustic guitar loop that is noticeably fainter than much of their previous production. While they’ve always broken out a few smooth, down-tempo joints like “Love Me or Leave Me Alone”, this album’s entire production is considerably lax. When Puba and company are kicking conscious raps like, “Now why they so worried ’bout going to Mars when there’s a million black seeds in Africa who starve?,” one can only imagine how much more potent lines like this could have been over harder-hitting beats.

     Select songs like “Just Don’t Learn” and the looking-to-the-future joint “Coming Years” prove that Brand Nubian still has the potential to make quality hip-hop with substance. But then there are songs like the sloppily executed and uninspired “Got A Knot”, which make one wonder how these got on the album in the first place. Lyrically, Puba, Sadat and Jamar are usually on-point and their raps dedicated to those trapped in the streets should be well received. But the lack of gusto in both their voices and beats makes for only decent listening. Fire In The Hole simply does not compare to their last album, the highly slept on Foundation–much less their previous LPs. Sure, signs of aging are evident on their new album, but don’t count on Brand Nu dispersing just yet. As one of hip-hop’s most respected crews, they’re unlikely to hang up their mics with this album.