and all of the guest spots are fantastic
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:30 (five years ago) link
It IS their best album.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
but DLSID exist
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:54 (five years ago) link
im sure this was debated upthread but i am still on the fence myself
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 16:56 (five years ago) link
Nah, Dead is easily their most creative album. 3 Feet is more accessible, Buhloone is more abstract. They're all three absolutely brilliant and I could get on board with any well-articulated reasons why any of them are their overall best album.
Personally, my pick is Dead.👌
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Wednesday, 19 December 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link
I love these dudes so much. I ranked them.
― Your sweetie-pie-coo-coo I love ya (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 3 February 2019 03:53 (five years ago) link
Never saw em live back in the day but just saw them do a free show outdoors outside the Kennedy Center. Recognized Potholes in my Lawn, Me, Myself & I, and one other one. not the rest , but it was all still fun with lots of calls to wave your arms in the air.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 17 September 2019 05:58 (four years ago) link
lol at "one other one"
― brigadier pudding (DJP), Tuesday, 17 September 2019 16:48 (four years ago) link
it might blow up but it won't go pop
― na (NA), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 02:37 (four years ago) link
THE BEST...THE BEST?...THE BEST! OOH WEEE!
― ABSOLUTELY NO SCRUBS WHATSOEVER, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 06:15 (four years ago) link
sometimes I think it's their best album - not as left-field startling as the debut, but more concise, no filler
it is indeed
― SHANTY the golden fish portion (stevie), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 11:37 (four years ago) link
man Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump is so damn tight. Only the attempts at Puff-era crossover go splat.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 April 2020 12:50 (four years ago) link
Every mixtape should contain one of the following songs:
Oodles of OsMillie Pulled A Pistol On SantaEgo Trippin' (Part 2)Rock Co.Kane Flow
― DJP, Thursday, 23 April 2020 14:09 (four years ago) link
sadly no streaming playlists can.
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Thursday, 23 April 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
You can include "Rock Co.Kane Flow" on Spotify
― DJP, Thursday, 23 April 2020 15:36 (four years ago) link
ah fair, missed that one
― husked, tonal wails (irrational), Thursday, 23 April 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
i love mosaic thump. but which songs are the crossover grabs you speak of?
― Spottie, Thursday, 23 April 2020 16:05 (four years ago) link
"The Art of Getting Jumped" and "U Can Do (Life)."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 23 April 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
The art of Getting Jumped, really? I’d say the pop stabs are Oooh, IC Y’all and All Good. Oooh is excellent and the other 2 are good. Whole album is worthwhile and I’d say Bionix had more crossover attempts though it’s awesome, too.
― This Guy Fawkes (Yelploaf), Thursday, 23 April 2020 16:15 (four years ago) link
someone on twitter posted this live version of rock co kane flow with doom, fun clip.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd5LKWqGCSk
― edgard varese-type beat (voodoo chili), Thursday, 23 April 2020 16:17 (four years ago) link
maybe they were just really bad at trying to crossover cos i dont really get that from those.
― Spottie, Thursday, 23 April 2020 16:20 (four years ago) link
bionix tried a lot harder i think. i love that one too tho.
― Spottie, Thursday, 23 April 2020 16:23 (four years ago) link
oh hey a new De La album!without trugoy.produced by DJ Khalid.wtf is going on here.
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 November 2020 05:33 (three years ago) link
oh wait this is not that dj khalid and it is eight years oldhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug_1_%26_Plug_2_Present..._First_Serve
― Four Seasons Total Manscaping (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 14 November 2020 05:34 (three years ago) link
also that is Trugoy, he just started going officially by the ludicrous alias "Dave" over two decades ago
― @oneposter (⛰️) (sic), Saturday, 14 November 2020 05:51 (three years ago) link
Did and maybe do still love these guys but after revisiting their old albums, have concluded that they have quite boring voices. In a way that's their legacy, making it ok to be a rapper with a boring voice.
― candyman, Monday, 15 February 2021 15:46 (three years ago) link
They def had some late career highlights, grind date being the one yet sticks out, but I think what prince Paul did was balance out the boring voices with a lot of colourful distractions so you forgot that.
― candyman, Monday, 15 February 2021 15:47 (three years ago) link
*the one that sticks out
― candyman, Monday, 15 February 2021 15:48 (three years ago) link
you have some very challenging opinions
― na (NA), Monday, 15 February 2021 15:52 (three years ago) link
these are opinions, all right
― meticulously crafted, socially responsible, morally upsta (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 15 February 2021 15:55 (three years ago) link
You can see their post Paul career as a way of fully embracing the regular guy shtick their voices previously only suggested. Eg - trying people. The humour also became less zany and quirky and more regular. In fairness, the first serve album did try to address the decline in clever humour a little bit.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug_1_%26_Plug_2_Present..._First_Serve
I need to check out their 2016 album. Totally passed me by.
― candyman, Monday, 15 February 2021 16:02 (three years ago) link
"Trugoy, he just started going officially by the ludicrous alias "Dave" "
This was a tragic turning point. Though maybe influenced London rapper Dave.
― candyman, Monday, 15 February 2021 16:08 (three years ago) link
candyman, I agree, they're not much in the way of stylists. No less great for it, mind.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 15 February 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
Someone once said that De La Soul were the first rappers whose beats were more important than their words and voices. Is this a controversial take?
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 15 February 2021 17:15 (three years ago) link
i regularly listen to and enjoy most of the music from hip hop group De La Soul
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 15 February 2021 17:18 (three years ago) link
Classic
― brimstead, Monday, 15 February 2021 18:09 (three years ago) link
"Someone once said that De La Soul were the first rappers whose beats were more important than their words and voices. Is this a controversial take?"
That seems a bit off? But idk, I kinda lost some interest when they split from Paul. Stakes is high had some truly boring beats.
I think mc tee was the first though.
― candyman, Monday, 15 February 2021 18:23 (three years ago) link
I mean, you could go back to Planet Rock
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 15 February 2021 18:45 (three years ago) link
also I reject the entire premise of this revive except brimstead saying classic
absolute classic
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Monday, 15 February 2021 18:48 (three years ago) link
I kinda lost some interest when they split from Paul. Stakes is high had some truly boring beats.
this is like the hiphop fan version of "my best friend is black!!"
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 15 February 2021 18:48 (three years ago) link
it could be, if i wasnt listening to a ton of other rap in the 90s, if rap wasnt the main genre i listened to. but then you would prob say thats like 'but my favourite genre is black!'
― candyman, Monday, 15 February 2021 19:08 (three years ago) link
actually no, i still dont get your analogy.
― candyman, Monday, 15 February 2021 19:11 (three years ago) link
what? both of you stop
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 15 February 2021 19:12 (three years ago) link
i mean, stakes is high the title track had an amazing beat (also just the best song on there IIRC). the rest though, it was a bit weak.
― candyman, Monday, 15 February 2021 19:16 (three years ago) link
the internet made a man out of pussies from around my way who usually wouldn't have a fucking thing to say.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Monday, 15 February 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
classic, obvs.
stakes is high is one of my favorite albums by the beloved hip hop band de la soulthey are rappers
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 15 February 2021 19:41 (three years ago) link
i forgot about 4more and big brother beat.
― candyman, Monday, 15 February 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
'This is like the hiphop fan version of "my best friend is black!!"'
The other reason this is wrong is that buhloone mind state is totally unlike the first two albums. It's much more sober, less chaotic, and has none of the earlier playfulness.
― candyman, Monday, 15 February 2021 19:56 (three years ago) link