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The song is also played briefly in the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode " Crate 'n' Burial". "Mathematics" can be found on the soundtrack of Madden NFL 2002. "The Mighty Mos Def." (from Mos Def's "Body Rock"), "It's simple mathematics" (from Fat Joe's "John Blaze"), "Check it out" ( The Lady of Rage's vocals from Snoop Dogg's "For All My Niggaz & Bitches"), "I revolve around science." ( Ghostface Killah's vocals from Raekwon's " Criminology"), "What are we talking about here?" (Art Seigner of Flying Dutchman Records interviewing Angela Davis), "Do your math." (from Erykah Badu's " On & On"), and "One, two, three, four" (from James Brown's " Funky Drummer") The instrumental from " Baby I'm-a Want You" by The Fatback Band is also sampled. The lyrics of those samples as well as information about their origin can be found below: The bridge of "Mathematics" contains DJ Premier's signature scratched vocals from various hip hop songs. Scarface later met up with Mos Def to tell him that he really wanted the track. However, Mos Def took the track and recorded something to it. He was recording his album The Last of a Dying Breed and wanted Premier to produce a song on it. This statement, made by Dante Mos Def Smith (a.k.a. People talk about hip-hop like it's some giant living in the hillside, coming down to visit the townspeople. Black on Both Sides can stand w/any Classic TO ME. Happy 20th Anniversary to Mos Def’s debut solo album Black On Both Sides, originally released October 12, 1999. When I hear 'Twice Inna Lifetime' & 'Thieves in the Night', incredible. Yes, you saw him 14 on my Top 50 list & hes as good as any1 who has EVER picked up a mic. Premier also revealed that Scarface originally wanted the beat. RT EnterDaDome: Flowers for Mos Def, one of the greatest MCs, period.

Premier has called it one of his favorite beats. Dante Smith (1973) was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, where he studied Islam while developing a career as a child actor and honing his rap skills. Its ambition and execution rank it as one of the best albums of 1999, and it consolidates Mos Def's position as one of hip-hop's brightest hopes entering the 21st century.

The song is produced by DJ Premier whose famous scratch samples make up the song's bridge. Mos Def was one of the foremost faces of conscious hip-hop in the 90s and 2000s, and later became one of its most enigmatic figures. In short, Black on Both Sides is a tour de force by an artist out to prove he can do it all. The song highlights the differences between the White and African-American citizens of the US and uses the lyrics "Do your math." - telling young African-American's to 'do their maths' so they can avoid being part of the numerous degrading statistics he raps about in the opening and third verses of the song. Many references to numbers are found in this song and at times, Mos Def rhymes statistics in numerical order. On this week’s episode, Jinx and Shea discuss Mos Def’s 1999 breakout solo album, Black on Both Sides.In it, they discuss Mos’s love of hip-hop and the world around him on tracks like Hip. It contains lyrics about various social issues and asks the listener to add them up and come to conclusions about them. "Mathematics" is a b-side single from Mos Def's solo debut album, Black on Both Sides.