De La Soul - Classic or Dud?

i dunno this kind of hardcore selectivism with rap is whats always bugged me about ilm rock critic dudes... like if youre fucking with 99.999% non-hiphop and only love 11 rap LPs i guess you can afford to treat shit like stakes is high as some mediocrity thats beneath your sorry ass but that shit is classic to me

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I saw them on Landsdowne St when they toured for Stakes Is High. That show was FANTASTIC.

It is stupid and criminal that I don't have all of their albums.

(I've got 3 Feet..., Dead, Stakes and the first AOI disc)

(My brother has Buhloone and I always assumed I'd tape it off him someday)

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LEAVE GABBNEB ALONE

only love 11 rap LPs i guess you can afford to treat shit like stakes is high as some mediocrity thats beneath your sorry ass but that shit is classic to me

yeah, sorry, there's a space between only loving 11 rap lp's and being a completist rap geek

thread taking a turn for the suck

i've always repped for Stakes. the people that push so hard for 3 feet are the same people that think the best hip hop group/production was Public Enemy (ie white dudes who were in college or highschool when they came out)

but yeah cutty otm i haven't even heard the thing

Stakes is fantastic.

skits suck, that's why later albums are better listens start to finish.

CHALLENGING!

I saw them on Landsdowne St when they toured for Stakes Is High. That show was FANTASTIC.

-- HI DERE, Wednesday, April 16, 2008 4:47 PM (41 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

i was there!

stakes is good but its got this really kind of unsatisfying stilted calculating feel - its when they started sounding like uh oh maybe we shouldve gone to college instead of fucking w/this shit

also no prince paul :(

nah for me stakes is when they actually start to feel like real people i know instead of just goofy improv comedy dudes making weird rap

not to diminish how dope the first 3 de la records are but for real stakes is raw

yah and that was sort of the whole idea of it - to bring it down to a human level - but a lot of their brilliance came w/being just out there - regardless of weather or not they were comfortable w/that anymore

one thing that sure suks abt it is common

btw ur completely fucking insane to think beats rhymes life should be even mentioned in the same breath as buhloon

nah for me stakes is when they actually start to feel like real people i know instead of just goofy improv comedy dudes making weird rap

dude, "Bitties in the BK Lounge"!

"Why do people think just because we speak peace
We can't blow no joints?"

Common's verse on stakes is fine!!!
Whip ANYBODY ass at NBA Live

com on tha bizness is tha bizness fuk u if u disagree

someone should go back in time to insure theres never any such thing as common

for everybody who isnt spitting tired-ass recieved CHALLENGING OPINIONS about com sense heres the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyqUlpHs7YE&feature=related

thats not a video

no he's a hippie and likes poetry slams and therefore isn't hard enough for internet thugs

he's middlebrow

he wears stupid hats

ILM: we've solved rap music.

he raps abt his tedious ideas like hes explaining something REAL important to you

also, stakes is high = jay dee

com on tha bizness is tha bizness fuk u if u disagree

-- and what, Wednesday, 16 April 2008 21:52 (26 minutes ago) Link

^^^

I saw De La & Common perform "Tha Bizness" together a few years back. Dope.

you guys were 13 when Tha Bizness came out, I was 13 when Me, Myself and I came out

oh no fuk u guys so there

I never thought I'd see the day BR&L gets praised like this.

jhøshea on a pile of money about Stakes, but can't back this revisionist idea of Common as a devil because of his latter day Badu mindstate/pants.

Resurrection for fucking all time.

I dunno, Stakes was where I got off the De La bus. Sold it back years ago haven't heard it since, maybe I'd like it now. At the time I was very disappointed by the lack of Prince Paul. imho the best of theirs is probably is Dead or BMS for me, too bad the vinyl copy I have of is Dead is the WORST FUCKING RECORD PRESSING I HAVE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE. They songs are actually chopped short!

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its rude to point

is that Ann Coulter?

Exclusive: De La Soul's 2009 project
http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/exclusive-de-la-souls-2009-project

"We are working on a revision of "3 Feet High and Rising," celebrating 20 years of that."

It's been a pretty good decade for these guys!

The Art Official Inteligence albums are good - Mosaic Thump is the better one (nice trick making the skits a showcase for dope freestyles), but Bionix at least has two great tracks, sampling Gainsbourg and Carl Tjader. The Grind Date is way more quality, tho - it's about as fun and exciting as a conscious rap release could get this decade. A lot of really cool beats, great guest spots (Ghostface, Flava Flav)...them doing "Much More" on Dave Chapelle is like one of my all-time fave popcult moments. Even the cover booklet is great (it has this calendar-style gimmick.) They've become pretty good producers, too, and this Supa Dave West guy they've got doing most of the beats on recent albums is a talent.

It's funny, I'm a big fan but I hardly ever listen to what they're rhyming about tbh.

I've only heard 3 and 2, but 3 > 2, so I'm tempted to try 4 next rather than 1.

The Grind Date is one of my favorite albums o fthe decade.

funny ass thread