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Brother D (Daryl Aamaa Nubyahn) was a math teacher from the Bronx and was one of the earliest conscious rappers. His debut release, How We Gonna Make The Black Nation Rise?, together with Collective Effort, a group of friends he took to the studio, was one of the very first political rap records and was released on Clappers Records in 1980. It featured production by Locksley Grant and Pierre Brooks and utilized a replayed version of Cheryl Lynn’s Got To Be Real.
1982 saw it gain a UK release on Island Records and then in 1985 it was re-edited by DJ Slack and Steve Street for 4th & Broadway Records and featured both re-edit and original versions.
Brother D went on to release Clappers Power in 1987 which appeared on Clappers Records once again and also gained a UK release.
The lyrics, “Agitate, Educate, Organise”, were used by Double Dee & Steinski in the recording of Lessons.
Label: Clappers Records
Year: 1980
Format: 12″
Origin: US
Side A
Side B
Notes: The main track was actually the B-side of the original US release. Note the Clappers label shows the image of someone holding a gun. The gun was removed for all subsequent releases.
Label: Island Records
Year: 1982
Format: 12″
Origin: UK
Side A
Side B
Notes: This is the first UK issue, 2 years after the initial release, and features the main track on the A-side.
Label: 4th & Broadway
Year: 1985
Format: 12″ Promo
Origin: UK
Side A
Side B
Notes: The promo release doesn’t include the dub version. Re-edit by (DJ) Slack & Steve Street.
Label: 4th & Broadway
Year: 1985
Format: 12″
Origin: UK
Side A
Side B
Notes: Re-edit by (DJ) Slack & Steve Street.
