Black on Both Sides is the debut album of Mos Def, now known as Yasiin Bey, released October 12, 1999 on Rawkus Records. The album features an emphasis on live instrumentation and socially conscious lyrics and has features from Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes and Talib Kweli. Continuing with the Respect The Classics campaign, UMe will be reissuing this classic album back on vinyl for the first time in over 10 years.

Tracklist:

A1:Fear Not Of Man
A2:Hip Hop
A3:Love
A4:Ms Fat Booty
B1:Speed Law
B2:Do It Now
B3:Got
B4:Umi Says
C1:New World Water
C2:Rock ‘n’ Roll
C3:Know That
C4:Climb
D1:Brooklyn
D2:Habitat
D3:Mr. Nigga
D4:Mathematics
D5:May – December