Poll Legends or Vets: De La Soul
- Thread starter Goldie
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Never really was into these guys but they're vets
What did The Native Tongues do to you?
Dead La Soul is dead second album is a classic... came out in 91... they are legends
Lou Cypher
The Tokin' White Guy
Legends. Saw De La Soul in concert back in 2012. Shit was one of the best shows ive ever seen. Listening to their music you wouldnt think they were super hype, but they had the entire venue amped af and everyone was crammed in like sardines. Performed for well over an hour too.
Music wise though they rarely disappoint me. Even they're newer shit is dope and they are one of the few hip hop groups to stay together and not break up. I'd say they're impact was pretty significant too in the 90's and they were a key component to that Native Tongues clique.
Music wise though they rarely disappoint me. Even they're newer shit is dope and they are one of the few hip hop groups to stay together and not break up. I'd say they're impact was pretty significant too in the 90's and they were a key component to that Native Tongues clique.
Native Tongues movement was strong until 92... After that alleged secret meeting between the elites record labels in 91... change Hip Hop forever... and help put Gangsta Rap to the Forefront
De La Soul are pioneers and legends.
Three Feet High and Rising, It Takes a Nation of Millions... and Paul's Boutique all took sampling to a new level. They didn't just sample a record and rap over it, they layered samples on top of each other with different samples from every source you could imagine.
Those 3 albums (along with Fear of a Black Planet, Straight Out Of Compton, Amerikkkas Most Wanted and Niggaz4life) couldn't be made after the Gilbert O'Sullivan case because it would be impossible to clear that many samples
Nowadays rap producers just sample one song and rap over it. But in the late 80s it was common for a rap song to have 4 or 5 samples.
Three Feet High and Rising, It Takes a Nation of Millions... and Paul's Boutique all took sampling to a new level. They didn't just sample a record and rap over it, they layered samples on top of each other with different samples from every source you could imagine.
Those 3 albums (along with Fear of a Black Planet, Straight Out Of Compton, Amerikkkas Most Wanted and Niggaz4life) couldn't be made after the Gilbert O'Sullivan case because it would be impossible to clear that many samples
Nowadays rap producers just sample one song and rap over it. But in the late 80s it was common for a rap song to have 4 or 5 samples.
konceptjones
The one between three and three.
De La some legends. One of the few acts from the 80's that's still droppin consistently good albums. Out of 8 studio albums they released only two didn't crack the Billboard Top 40.
PLUS they did this:
Which they got a Grammy for. These dudes dropped an album after 12 years off and barely missed the Billboard top 10 (came in at #12).
PLUS they did this:
Which they got a Grammy for. These dudes dropped an album after 12 years off and barely missed the Billboard top 10 (came in at #12).
lol classic?
Actually, De La Soul Is Dead is a flawless album. It got 5 mics in The Source when it dropped. The only problem was that it came out the same summer as Niggaz4life which reflected what was going on at the time more than De La.
Theres not one wack song on De La Soul Is Dead, it was just a little too bohemian.
lol classic?
Nigga you was not alive then... it came out May of 91... that album lead to ATCQ The Low End Theory Album....It's has one of best rap album cover of all time...The cover meant was dig at Arsenio Hall calling them a Hippy group...
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You prove my point... You never listen to the album or you was not alive to remember the impact it had back then... HipHop back then was not conform to Pop Culture as it today bruh... back then even black people was was critical and shady to artists like De la Soul...Arsenio Hall was one of the them
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