B-side

An Oakland native, Saafir — born Reggie Gibson — debuted on Digital Underground’s 1993 B-side “Carry the Way” from the album “The Body Hat Syndrome.”

The track’s production, and the more traditional but equally stellar B-side “Battle Drill,” were undeniable head-nodders that helped the more skeptical listeners be welcomed into such a different approach to rap.

Those experiences would lead to Golding writing The Specials' Why?, which is on the B-side of 1981's iconic Ghost Town.

Kapp “put the tune on the B-side of the single,” Jones told The Times in 1993, “but disc jockeys turned it over and played it anyway.”

Originally released as a single in 1979, with a cover of Barry Manilow’s “Ready to Take a Chance Again” on the B-side, Jones’ disco-esque tune has been covered by entertainers including Charo and Olivia Newton-John.