New/Sealed
 
Coming hot on the heels of his first full length, the self-proclaimed "most sampled artist of all time" released the groundbreaking black concept LP Is It Because I'm Black a full 13 months before Marvin Gaye asked What's Going On? Rumbling hard past any notion of a sophomore jinx, Syl delivered a bracing, inspiring, and politically charged R&B document. "The 'lost' voice that cut the deepest, burned the hardest, and kept the best pace with the hall-of-famers." -Jonathan Lethem
 
Tracklist:
1 It Is Because I'm Black
2 Come Together
3 Together, Forever
4 Concrete Reservation
5 Black Balloons
6 Walk a Mile in My Shoes
7 I'm Talkin' 'Bout Freedom
8 Right on