To the East, Blackwards

To The East, Blackwards was the debut album from Hip Hop group X-Clan. This was one of hip-hop's most acclaimed albums of the early 1990s, famous for its Afrocentric, pro-Black content.^{[citation needed]} Its debut single "Raise The Flag" from 1989 is included here, as well as the hit^[vague] "Funkin' Lesson." In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source Magazine's 100 Best Hip-Hop Albums.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Track listing

#	Title	Songwriters	Producer(s)	Performer (s)
1	"Funkin' Lesson"	J. Hunter, L. Carson, A. Hardin, C. Grey	X-Clan	Brother J, Professor X
2	"Grand Verbalizer, What Time is It?"	J. Hunter, L. Carson, A. Hardin, C. Grey	X-Clan	Brother J
3	"Tribal Jam"	J. Hunter, L. Carson, A. Hardin, C. Grey	X-Clan	Brother J, Professor X
4	"A Day of Outrage—Operation Snatchback"	J. Hunter, L. Carson, A. Hardin, C. Grey	X-Clan	Brother J, Professor X
5	"Verbal Milk"	J. Hunter, L. Carson, A. Hardin, C. Grey	X-Clan	Brother J, Professor X
6	"Earth-Bound"	J. Hunter, L. Carson, A. Hardin, C. Grey	X-Clan	Brother J, Professor X
7	"Shaft's Big Score"	J. Hunter, L. Carson, A. Hardin, C. Grey	X-Clan
8	"Raise the Flag"	J. Hunter, L. Carson, A. Hardin, C. Grey	X-Clan	Brother J, Professor X
9	"Heed the Word of the Brother"	J. Hunter, L. Carson, A. Hardin, C. Grey	X-Clan	Brother J, Professor X
10	"Verbs of Power"	J. Hunter, L. Carson, A. Hardin, C. Grey	X-Clan	Brother J, Professor X
11	"In the Ways of the Scales"	J. Hunter, L. Carson, A. Hardin, C. Grey	X-Clan	Brother J, Professor X