Brother D - How We Gonna Make the Black Nation Rise?

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 19:26:40 +0200

Arguably, this is one of the very first socially conscious tracks ever done in Hip Hop. It was originally released in 1980, but reissued in 1985 by 4th & Broadway Records. Using Cheryl Lynn's "Got to Be Real" as a sampled backdrop, Brother D with The Collective Effort brings the art of socially addressing issues that speak to the inner cities and impoverished areas (reform my ass :P)and asks this simple question in the title song. I'm taking you waaaaaaay back peoples. Can you dig it?