Styles: Hip-Hop, Alternative Rap, East Coast Rap, Golden Age
At the time of its 1989 release, De La Soul's debut album,
3 Feet High and Rising, was hailed as the future of
hip-hop. With its colorful, neo-psychedelic collage of
samples and styles, plus the Long Island trio's low-key,
clever rhymes and goofy humor, the album sounded like
nothing else in hip-hop. Where most of their contemporaries
drew directly from old-school rap, funk, or Public Enemy's
dense sonic barrage, De La Soul were gentler and more
eclectic, taking in not only funk and soul, but also pop,
jazz, reggae, and psychedelia. Though their style initially
earned both critical raves and strong sales, De La Soul
found it hard to sustain their commercial momentum in th More...
Review about De La Soul Correction? | Reviewer: Anonymous
------ About the song En Focus performed by De La Soul
These guys might be the most under-rated rhymers out there. I love this album, even 12 years later.
I think the first line might not be "Ya go beats, meats, son Sheep," but rather, "Ya go ichi, ni, san, shi." That's Japanese for "1, 2, 3, 4." They might have picked that up from the two sick Nihonjin MC's they spotlight on "Long Island Wildin'" a few tracks later.
stakes is high | Reviewer: sackney
------ About the song Stakes is High performed by De La Soul
And how you gettin' in, and who the man holding
you missed the 'heat' at the end of the sentence.
And how you gettin' in, and who the man holding (heat)
(And if you) take offense, fuck it, got to be that way
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