Blurb from WhoSampled:
“This Weekend (4th December 2015) marked the 25th Anniversary of the release of Brand Nubian‘s classic debut album ‘One for All’. Notable for its use of unconventional sample material (see use of Edie Brickell’s ‘What I Am’ on the smash single ‘Slow Down’), this landmark release of the afro-centric era treads an unlikely path between political commentary and humorous braggadocio. In celebration of the album’s 25th birthday, we’ve teamed up with Wax Poetics to present an exclusive mixtape containing tracks from the album, alternate versions, remixes and, of course, original sample material used in the album’s production.”
Tracklist:
1. Ray, Goodman & Brown – ‘Another Day’ (Sampled in ‘Wake Up (Reprise in the Sunshine)’)
2. Chris Read – ‘Theme #3’ (Scratchapella)
3. Brand Nubian – ‘Wake Up (Reprise in the Sunshine)’
4. Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians – ‘What I Am’ (Sampled in ‘Slow Down’)
5. Kool & The Gang – ‘Kool It (Here Comes The Fuzz)’ (Loop) (Sampled in ‘Slow Down’)
6. Brand Nubian – ‘Slow Down’
7. Ohio Players – ‘Never Had A Dream’ (Loop) (Sampled in ‘Slow Down’)
8. The Nite Liters – ‘Tanga Boo Gonk’ (Sampled in ‘Wake Up (Stimulated Dummies Mix)
9. Brand Nubian – ‘Wake Up (Stimulated Dummies Mix)
10. The Mar Keys – ‘Plantation Inn’ (Sampled in ‘Step to the Rear’)
11. Big Daddy Kane – ‘Smooth Operator’ (Extract) (Sampled in ‘Step to the Rear’)
12. Brand Nubian – ‘Step to the Rear’
13. James Brown – ‘Funky President (People It’s Bad)’ (Sampled in ‘To the Right’)
14. Brand Nubian – ‘To the Right’
15. James Brown – ‘Can Mind’ (Sampled in ‘All for One’)
16. James Brown – ‘All for One’ (Extract) (Sampled in ‘All for One’)
17. Brand Nubian – ‘All for One’
18. Kool & The Gang – ‘Jungle Jazz’ (Sampled in ‘Drop the Bomb’)
19. Trouble Funk – ‘Drop the Bomb’ (Extract) (Interpolated in ‘Drop the Bomb’)
20. Public Enemy – ‘Anti-Nigger Machine’ (Extract) (Sampled in ‘Drop the Bomb’)
20. Brand Nubian – ‘Drop the Bomb’
21. James Brown – Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud (Sampled in ‘Dedication’)
22. Brand Nubian – ‘Dedication’
23. The Gap Band – ‘Tommy’s Groove’ (Sampled in ‘Ragtime’)
24. Brand Nubian – ‘Ragtime’
25. Steve Arrington – ‘Nobody Can Be You’ (Sampled in Grand Puba, Positive & LG)
26. Run-DMC – Here We Go (Live at the Funhouse) (Extract) (Sampled in Grand Puba, Positive & LG)
27. Brand Nubian feat Positive K and L.G – ‘Grand Puba, Positive & L.G’
28. Syl Johnson – Different Strokes (Loop) (Sampled in ‘Try to Do Me’)
29. Brand Nubian – ‘Try to Do Me’
30. Cameo – ‘Rigor Mortis’ (Sampled in ‘Brand Nubian’)
31. Brand Nubian – ‘Brand Nubian’
32. Parliament – ‘Flash Light’ (Extract) (Sampled in ‘Brand Nubian’)
33. Cannonball Adderley Quintet feat Jesse Jackson – ‘Walk Tall’ (Sampled in ‘Concerto in X Minor’)
34. Brand Nubian – ‘Concerto in X Minor’
35. The Last Poets – ‘When the Revolution Comes (Extract) (Sampled in ‘Concerto in X Minor’)
36. Earth, Wind & Fire – ‘Bad Tune’ (Sampled in ‘Dance to my Ministry’)
37. Trouble Funk – ‘Pump me Up’ (Extract) (Sampled in ‘Dance to my Ministry’)
37. Brand Nubian – ‘Dance to my Ministry’
38. James Brown – ‘Popcorn with a Feeling’ (Sampled in ‘Who Can Get Busy Like This Man’)
39. Brand Nubian – ‘Who Can Get Busy Like This Man’
Brand Nubian ‘One For All’ 25th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by Chris Read by Whosampled on Mixcloud