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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Intro | |||
| 2. The Magic Number | |||
| 3. Change In Speak | |||
| 4. Cool Breeze On The Rocks | |||
| 5. Can U Keep A Secret | |||
| 6. Jenifa (Taught Me) | |||
| 7. Ghetto Thang | |||
| 8. Transmitting Live From Mars | |||
| 9. Eye Know | |||
| 10. Take It Off | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Freedom Of Speak (We Got Three More Minutes) | |||
| 2. Strickly Dan Stuckie | |||
| 3. Jenifa (Taught Me) | |||
| 4. Skip To My Loop | |||
| 5. Potholes In My Lawn | |||
| 6. "Me, Myself And I" | |||
| 7. Ain't Hip To Be Labeled A Hippie | |||
| 8. Whats More | |||
| 9. Brain Washed Follower | |||
| 10. Say No Go | |||
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Product Description
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De La's debut represented a new path for hip-hop, a reaction to conventions that had turned into clichés. It was friendly and playful enough to cross over to a pop audience (thanks to Prince Paul's production, which found the funk hiding inside Steely Dan and "Schoolhouse Rock"), but complicated and tough enough to be hugely influential in the hip-hop world. Cryptic but ecstatic, and sometimes sexy (especially the ingenious double-entendre "Buddy"), Trugoy and Posdnuos's lyrics invented a "new style of speak," dense with self-invented slang and metaphors. The hits, including "Say No Go" and "Me Myself And I," are delightful, but the little sketches and sound-experiments between them make the whole disc flow effortlessly. --Douglas Wolk
Product Description
2CD Set. Expanded reissue of this alltime classic, now with a BONUS DISC of rare B-sides, remixes and more!
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
De La Soul's albums have always changed the sound of rap biz and 3 feet high and rising is no acception. The trio from Long Island New York are def on this stunning debut using samples, quality comedy skits and clever rhymes to create a laid back groove which delivers strong messages on "say no go" and "ghetto thang".Even though this album was released 13 years ago the tracks are still as fresh and funky as the day the album was released.
The stand out cuts on this Lp are "Buddy","eye know","Potholes in my lawn" and "Plug Tunin" but two of my personal favourites are "Me Myself and i" and "The Magic Number.
The Bottom line is this is a fresh, funky and farout album a must for old skool rap fans and rap fans alike.
The stand out cuts on this Lp are "Buddy","eye know","Potholes in my lawn" and "Plug Tunin" but two of my personal favourites are "Me Myself and i" and "The Magic Number.
The Bottom line is this is a fresh, funky and farout album a must for old skool rap fans and rap fans alike.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is one of those records that quite literally wrote rules. It's built around a concept that repeats through the album yet applies to none of it - a feature which has become common place in hip-hop - but that's a mere scratching of the surface. When it arrived it sounded like a spaced out gentler vision of a genre about to surrender to the harsh sounds of gangsta. In a parallel universe the people who took the De La Soul line probably reign and the gangsta groove is thought of pretty much the way the Native Tongues movement is - as an interesting side street in the world of hip-hop.
Musically this is a woozy brilliant commercial sounding masterpiece. It is the kind of rap record that people who don't really like rap can listen to. It's as crammed full of samples as "Paul's Boutique" and does pack quite a punch on the likes of "Daisy Age" and "Ghetto Thang". Oh, and it contains hits too which means it was never terribly undergrond - which isn't always such a bad thing either.
I purchased this shortly after it's release and still (after buying more music than I want to think about) return to this even now. A record thoroughly deserving it's status as a classic.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Aah De La Soul, you've just gotta love these guys. This was their debut album, and at the time the level of Rap and Hip Hop was pretty much like it is now...full of macho male bravado.
These performers were full of Hip hop culture, but wanted FUN. There is an infectious quality to these tunes which forces you to smile. They lauded the coming of The Daisy Age, short lived but enjoyable paving the way for Arrested Development etc. but nobody topped this joint.
Producing a few golden moments: Eye Know (with Steely Dan sample and Dock of The Bay whistle), The Magic Number (Three!), Me Myself and I, Jenifa Taught Me (Jenifa, oh Jenny). Tunes that you carry round all day in your head. Wonderful, lovable, irrepressible music.
These performers were full of Hip hop culture, but wanted FUN. There is an infectious quality to these tunes which forces you to smile. They lauded the coming of The Daisy Age, short lived but enjoyable paving the way for Arrested Development etc. but nobody topped this joint.
Producing a few golden moments: Eye Know (with Steely Dan sample and Dock of The Bay whistle), The Magic Number (Three!), Me Myself and I, Jenifa Taught Me (Jenifa, oh Jenny). Tunes that you carry round all day in your head. Wonderful, lovable, irrepressible music.
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De La Fun
First heard this in the late 1980's and bought it on vinyl (long vanished), complete with superimposed scratches which didn't impress me. Read more
Published 16 days ago by Kaz
Can't wait to play it!
I loved reading through everyone else's review of this. Came across the album quite by accident a few days ago and thought it must be a new compilation. Read more
Published 3 months ago by radiojock
Excelllent
This is an excellent CD. TO those who bought it originally, you will know the album suffers from too many skits: there seem to be more skits than songs. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Anwar.
Don't make em like they used to
This is really good, all the tracks are fun and it's still fun to listen to even after all these years. This fully warrants its status as a classic. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Ciaran H
A Gem From the Golden Age
The most unique hip hop album you will ever listen to, while N.W.A. were making ultra-violent gangsta rap and Public Enemy were making politically charged attacks on the man De La... Read more
Published on 30 Dec 2009 by Ocean Size
Great
Listening to this album for the first time as I write this review. Tis album is great. Buy it!!
I don't care if these guys are commercial because wvwn the most... Read more
I don't care if these guys are commercial because wvwn the most... Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2008 by Mr. Ms. Phillips
Memorable & fun...
Don't get me wrong-I'm predominantly New Wave/Indie but I remember De La Soul for making infectious,catchy tunes and there are many on this album. Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2008 by bish
Still stands out like a big redwood!
This album will always live in the memory because of how original it was and still is.
Yes this has something to do with the very unoriginal hip hop nowadays but it's... Read more
Yes this has something to do with the very unoriginal hip hop nowadays but it's... Read more
Published on 5 April 2007 by Quemeelsol
Rap at Its Best
Says it all - never to be taken too seriously but never too lightly, De La Soul's greatest album to date - the extended version is worth it for the completist in anyone - and for... Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2006 by Rick H
De La Soul's Masterpiece
Quite simply..one of the best albums of all time..It changed the face of muisc and hip hop. Something that will influence the direction of music the way Sgt.Peppers Did .
Published on 16 Sep 2001
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