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To the East, Blackwards : ウィキペディア英語版 | To the East, Blackwards
''To The East, Blackwards'' is the debut studio album by American hip hop group X Clan, released on May 15, 1990,〔 by 4th & B'way Records and Island Records.〔 It was produced entirely by the group and recorded at I.N.S. Recording Studios in New York City.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=X Clan - To the East, Blackwards CD Album )〕 ''To the East, Blackwards'' charted at number 97 on the ''Billboard'' Top Pop Albums. "Raise the Flag", the album's lead single,〔 peaked at number 12 on the Hot Rap Singles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=To the East, Blackwards - X Clan : Awards )〕 == Music and lyrics == The album's production is characterized by witty scratching and funk beats,〔 including samples of music by Parliament-Funkadelic, Zapp, and Roy Ayers.〔 The group comprises producers Grand Architect Paradise and The Provider Sugar Shaft,〔 lead MC Brother J, and Professor X the Overseer, who punctuates Brother J's raps with certain keywords and phrases. The group's lyrics heavily promote Afrocentrism, railing against racism and socioeconomic oppression of African-Americans, and feature references to African-American revolutionaries and Egyptian places and deities. Music journalist Jon Pareles writes that "they want to shift the cultural credit back to Africa, instilling pride in a younger black generation and revising the historical record (itself a matter of heated debate)".
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