{"id":181586,"date":"2023-04-24T19:54:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T17:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/?p=181586"},"modified":"2023-04-24T19:54:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T17:54:37","slug":"x-clan-dropped-their-debut-album-to-the-east-blackwards-on-this-day-33-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/x-clan-dropped-their-debut-album-to-the-east-blackwards-on-this-day-33-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"X-Clan Dropped Their Debut Album \u2018To The East, Blackwards\u2019 On This Day 33 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7g_e6RJRCPk\" width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On this day in 1990,<strong> \u201cThe Verbalizer\u201d Brother J, Professor X \u201cThe Overseer\u201d<\/strong>, P<strong>aradise \u201cThe Architect\u201d<\/strong> and <strong>DJ Sugar Shaft \u201cThe Rhythm Provider\u201d<\/strong> collectively known as<strong> X-Clan<\/strong>, released their debut LP <em>To The East, Blackwards<\/em> on<strong> 4th And B\u2019Way\/Island Records.<\/strong><br \/>\nProduced by the entire crew that was put together by <strong>Paradise<\/strong>, who at the time ran the NYC Hip Hop hotspot Latin Quarters nightclub, this album helped to pioneer a movement of Black empowerment in Hip Hop culture with an infusion of <strong>Parliament\/Funkadelic<\/strong> that was attractive to the youth of that era. Their \u201c<strong>Blackwatch<\/strong>\u201d organization, which was led by<strong> Professor X\u2019s<\/strong> father, Brooklyn activist<strong> Sonny \u201cAbubadika\u201d Carson<\/strong>, legitimized their involvement in raising the consciousness of the Hip Hop generation and their 11 track, debut project was one of the tools that they used to attract their cult-like followers.<\/p>\n<p>Tracks such as <em>\u201cFunkin\u2019 Lesson\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cHeed The Word Of The Brother\u201d<\/em> led to the album\u2019s mainstream visibility, however, other songs like<em> \u201cA Day Of Outrage(Operation Snatchback)\u201d<\/em>, \u201c<em>Verbs Of<\/em> <em>Power\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cIn The Ways Of The Scales\u201d<\/em> allow <strong>Brother J<\/strong> to instruct the listeners about the socio-political issues of people of African descent around the world, but primarily in the United States.<br \/>\nSalute to the original members of <strong>X-Clan<\/strong> as well as those who continue to carry the legacy of the Clan. Thanks for this timeless piece of Hip Hop history!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"181587\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/x-clan-dropped-their-debut-album-to-the-east-blackwards-on-this-day-33-years-ago\/xclan\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/xclan.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,640\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"xclan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/xclan.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-181587\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/xclan.jpg?resize=540%2C540&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/xclan.jpg?resize=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/xclan.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/xclan.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On this day in 1990, \u201cThe Verbalizer\u201d Brother J, Professor X \u201cThe Overseer\u201d, Paradise \u201cThe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dig-of-the-day","category-news","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-LeO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181586\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}