"Stop It! Stop It! I can't take it anymore""C'mon man chill, chill, just hear the rest of the shit!"
― Anton Levain (jdchurchill), Friday, 5 February 2010 20:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
"That's it? That's all? VanDamme! What happened? What happened to the pimps? What happened to the guns? What happened to the curse words? That's what rap music is all about right?""Right.""That little bastard Jeff found this crocka in the right place . . .""GARBAGE!""De La Soul is dead! Let's be out. Yeah, let's get the crocka outta here!""Word, let's go play Hammer!"
― Anton Levain (jdchurchill), Friday, 12 February 2010 22:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
I voted for Roller Skating Jam Called "Saturdays" I just got hold of Instant Funk's self titled album. The other day I was listening through for the first time and got a great surprise when the first track started, it took me like 20 seconds to realise it was the Roller Skating Jam intro sample.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 12 February 2010 23:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Saturday, 20 February 2010 00:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
And Instant Funk's trumpet player (Larry Davis) produced L'Trimm's "Cars that Go Boom"
― fat ass idiot butt munch (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 20 February 2010 01:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Sunday, 21 February 2010 00:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
i voted for hey love but rollerskating jam is every bit as good
― on in the b.g. while you're grouting (stevie), Sunday, 21 February 2010 00:11 (3 years ago) Permalink
so is Kicked Out the House just a straight/diss parody of the Jungle Bros or what
― mark roflr (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 1 March 2010 20:00 (3 years ago) Permalink
yes
― Bunsen burner, bubbles, IT'S ALIVE! whaaaaa-? (HI DERE), Monday, 1 March 2010 20:01 (3 years ago) Permalink
reappreciating this atm
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Youth's 'Disco Fever' mix of Saturdays = still one of my favourite records ever.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Was this album ever re-released in a deluxe package? I'd love to hear a thoughtful remaster of it; always felt the original CD mix was a little flat
― Evan R, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
A deluxe package would be awesome since there were so many b-sides and remixes from this, but WMG owns those masters now and it's hard to imagine they'd put money behind something like that.
― Jean-Luc Poncey (lpz), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 17:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's sad, this (and every De La album except Grind Date) isn't on Spotify
― some dude, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 18:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think that's also down to WMG. They don't really want to fuck with any albums with which there may be unresolved sampling issues. If any of those albums were made available on Spotify, they'd be opening themselves up to legal action.
― Jean-Luc Poncey (lpz), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 18:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
I listened to all of 3 Feet High & Rising on Grooveshark last week. Just sayin'.
― pplains, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 18:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp ugh, that's terrible. I just realized this isn't even available on iTunes. This album means the world to me; kind of sad to realize how many people will never hear it b/c it's only available in a really un-enticing, outdated CD package
― Evan R, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 19:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
i still own the weird cassette version with a few songs missing and a weird saxophone remix of "Ring Ring Ring" tacked on at the end
― some dude, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 19:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kind easy to forget how damn long this album must have seemed at the time; this was essentially a double album by the standards of 1991. Can only imagine hearing it on cassette
― Evan R, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 19:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
mm a long album with skits taking the piss out of you all the way through. that you could *read along with*.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 19:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
3 Feet High & Rising was on in Starbucks the other day and I marveled at how long it's been since I listened to it. Must have been one of the albums I listened to most in college.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 20:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
mm a long album with skits taking the piss out of you all the way through.
I disagree with this, of course. The skits weren't insulting the listener. But neither were they patting the listener on the back for being smart/tasteful enough to "get it," the way so many other '90s alt-rap albums did (or the way, say, a Community episode does). It was a generally angry album, but there was nothing condescending or calculated about that anger; it was just a spleen vent
― Evan R, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 21:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
the way so many other '90s alt-rap albums did
exactly what albums are you referring to?
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 22:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jurassic 5, early Black Eyed Peas, any of those acts that patted their own listeners on the back for listening to "real hip-hop"
― Evan R, Thursday, 10 May 2012 00:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
― some dude, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 3:16 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
last tape i bought before i got my first cd player
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 May 2012 00:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Evan R, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:10 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it is however available in the comments section of the first search result for:
phish "de la soul is dead"
― i will show you fear in a handful of nuts (how's life), Thursday, 10 May 2012 00:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
These guys have never made a bad record. I rocked The Grind Date two weeks ago and still marveled.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 May 2012 00:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
agreed, alfred. though i think buhloone mindstate might be my favourite.
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
having just picked up a copy i agree w/ the buhloone consensus
― the late great, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 05:13 (3 weeks ago) Permalink