whoa...
this is fucking huge. To the East Blackwards and, to a lesser extent, Xodus are CLASSIC albums
In their heydey they were closer to the Brand Nubian, Public Enemy, Jungle Brothers sound...only they wore way more African clothing and jewelry.
They sound nothing like they used to (from what i can tell on their myspace page) now that Professor X is dead. His voice was so...odd...?...(which is why his solo's are hard to listen to...plus they're preachy...and even MORE afrocentric than the Clan group releases)...but it brought a great flavor to the feel of the X-Clan albums. Without him I can't even imagine an X-Clan. Their new stuff sounds good, but by no means is it the sound i've been used to for so long.
Also...it's kinda interesting that they both got reviewed in the source on the same page...without a mention of Tech's apperance...