Black on Both Sides- Mos Def

Mos Def's first album, released in 1999 (the year Britney Spears was introduced to the world and Cher's album Believe was #1) takes everything that was happening at the time and provides intelligent commentary on it as only Mos Def can do. Now, 1999 was before the music industry went into a tailspin, before Sept. 11th. Mos Def was already ahead of his game by providing us with intelligent underground hip hop that the world was so desperately in need of at this time. If you are a hip hop fan and you are not familiar with this album, you will probably be made fun of at some point in your life. Oh and by the way, this whole hipster fashion with the skinny jeans and shades, Mos Def started that.
Fear Not of Man- I just love this song cause I think its the perfect way to start this beautiful album. It just sounds like he's in some small Brooklyn club and he's trying to peacefully usher us into the new millennium with positivity "We gunna get it together right? I believe that." WE ARE HIP HOP, so wherever we go hip hop goes. Oh, Mos Def its been 30 seconds and I'm already deeply in love.
Ms. Fat Booty- This beat is NASTY. As a woman who lacks this feature I like vicariously living through this song.
Rock 'N' Roll- As a punk fan, I like how he rocks out at the end. I also like how he sings the melody the minions of the Witch in the Wizard of Oz sing. I DO NOT like how he bashes the Stones, I get what he's saying...but they know that they didn't come up with that. Anyways, this song is great.
Mathematics- some of the best hip hop lyrics ever. "40% of Americans own a cell phone
so they can hear, everything that you say when you ain't home
I guess, Michael Jackson was right, "You Are Not Alone"...this was before the Patriot Act, man's ahead of his time