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Adam Mansbach on Black Sheep's "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" (1991)

Episode Summary

Writer Adam Mansbach sits down with Oliver to discuss Black Sheep's debut record, the gangsta rap blacklash happening at the time, and Black Sheep's place in the Native Tongues family

Episode Notes

When Black Sheep joined the Native Tongues family in 1989, they brought an irreverent and humorous tone to the hip-hop collective. Native Tongues had lighthearted rappers in the group to begin with, but Black Sheep took it one step further. They were witty, they teased, and they flipped some iconic samples. And oh yea, and they released one of the biggest hits of the '90s, The Choice is Yours (Revisited).

Writer Adam Mansbach sits down with Oliver to discuss Black Sheep's debut record, the gangsta rap blacklash happening at the time, and the more problematic parts of the record.

Show Tracklisting (all songs from A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing unless otherwise indicated):

Try Counting Sheep
Flavor of the Month
To Whom It May Concern
Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass: In A Little Spanish Town
Flavor of the Month
U Mean I'm Not
Tim Dog: Fuck Compton
U Mean I'm Not
Butt in the Meantime
McCoy Tyner: Impressions
The Choice is Yours (Revisted)
Freddie Hubbard: Povo
Black with NV (No Vision)
Gary Bartz: Celestial Blues
To Whom It May Concern
Black Sheep: Without A Doubt
L A S M
Gimme the Finga
Have U.N.E. Pull
Shades of Brown: The Soil I Tilled For You
A Tribe Called Quest: Excursions
Have U.N.E. Pull
The Choice Is Yours (Revisited)
Strobelite Honey
Are You Mad?
The Choice Is Yours
KMD: Humrush
De La Soul: A Rollerskating Jam Named "Saturdays"
De La Soul: Skit 2

Here is the Spotify playlist of as many songs as we can find there

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