Black on Both Sides

Tracklist

• 1
  Fear Not of Man
  4:30
  3.4 ★
• 2
  Hip Hop
  3:16
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Love
  4:23
  3.4 ★
• 4
  Ms. Fat Booty
  3:44
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Speed Law
  4:16
  4.5 ★
• 6
  Do It Now

  feat. Busta Rhymes
  3:50
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Got
  3:28
  3.4 ★
• 8
  Umi Says
  5:11
  3.7 ★
• 9
  New World Water
  3:12
  3.2 ★
• 10
  Rock n Roll
  5:03
  3.1 ★
• 11
  Know That

  feat. Talib Kweli
  4:04
  4.4 ★
• 12
  Climb

  feat. Vinia Mojica
  4:02
  3.6 ★
• 13
  Brooklyn
  5:10
  3.5 ★
• 14
  Habitat
  4:40
  3.9 ★
• 15
  Mr. Nigga

  feat. Q‐Tip
  5:12
  3.8 ★
• 16
  Mathematics
  4:06
  4.0 ★
• 17
  May‐December
  3:31
  3.6 ★

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Release credits

• 88‐Keys
  producer [3, 5, 17]
• Ali Shaheed Muhammad
  producer [7]
• Ayatollah
  producer [4, 11]
• Busta Rhymes
  guest [6]
• D Prosper
  producer [15]
• DJ Etch A Sketch
  producer [12, 14], turntable [2]
• DJ Premier
  producer [16]
• David Kennedy
  mix [2-6, 14], producer [8, 13], recording [2-5, 14]
• Diamond D
  producer [2]
• GE‐OLOGY
  producer [13]
• Johnny Why
  guitar [10], recording [6]
• Mr. Khaliyl
  producer [6]
• Psycho Les
  producer [9-10]
• Q‐Tip
  guest [15]
• Talib Kweli
  guest [11]
• Vinia Mojica
  guest [12]
• Weldon Irvine
  Hammond organ [8], additional [12], keyboard [1, 14], piano [17], strings [12]
• Yasiin Bey
  additional [2, 10, 12, 15], bass guitar [1-2, 10, 17], congas [1, 15], drums (drum set) [10], keyboard [2], percussion [1, 15], producer [1, 8, 13, 17], strings [12], vibraphone [17], vocal
• will.i.am
  Rhodes piano [8]
• Show all credits (19)

Issues

• 

  B
  Black on Both Sides

  CD (explicit)
  12 October 1999
• 

  B
  Black on Both Sides

  CD (clean)
  12 October 1999
• 

  B
  Black on Both Sides (Instrumentals)

  2x 12" Vinyl
  12 October 1999
• B
  Black on Both Sides

  2x 12" Vinyl (US 2x12")
  October 1999
• 

  B
  Black on Both Sides

  CD (explicit)
  4 June 2002
• 

  B
  Black on Both Sides

  Digital Media (explicit)
  30 July 2002