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Biografía de De La Soul
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El trío formado por: Posdnous, Trugoy the Dove y P.A. Pasemaster Mase, formó De La Soul mientras aún se encontraban en el instituto de su ciudad natal, Nueva York.
Su primera demo cayó en manos del productor Prince Paul, que les consiguió un trato con el sello Tommy Boy Records y produjo su primer álbum Three Feet High & Rising(1989).
Su optimismo y buen humor en las letras y su estilo musical relajado ofrecía a finales de los ochenta una contrapartida al tan manido estilo gansta rap de la época.
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En un intento por sacar provecho comercial de este hecho, Tommy Boy les aplicó la etiqueta de los hippies del hip hop, para horror de sus componentes.
A pesar de que el disco funcionó más que bien comercialmente, el grupo se resintió de la etiqueta aplicada y en su siguiente álbum, De La Soul is Dead, los temas se volvieron más ácidos, girando en torno a la industria discográfica y los manejos de abogados y demás burocracias.
Su tercer intento en el mercado, Buhloone Mindstate, les colocó de nuevo, junto a otros colectivos como A Tribe Called Quest, en la mira del hip hop menos tradicional.
Tres años tardaron en sacar su siguiente trabajo, Stakes is High (1996) al que siguió en 2000 Art Oficial Intelligence: Mosaic Thump, Art Official Intelligence: Bionix – Better, Faster, Stronger! (2001) y The Grind Date (2004) .
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Discografía
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DE LA SOUL – 3 Feet High And Rising
Tommy Boy, 1989
DISCO 1:
1. Intro
2. Magic Number, The
3. Change In Speak
4. Cool Breeze On The Rocks
5. Can U Keep A Secret
6. Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin’s Revenge)
7. Ghetto Thang
8. Transmitting Live From Mars
9. Eye Know
10. Take It Off
11. Little Bit Of Soap, A
12. Tread Water
13. Potholes In My Lawn
14. Say No Go
15. Do As De La Does
16. Plug Tunin’ (Last Chance To Comprehend)
17. De La Orgee
18. Buddy – (with Jungle Brothers/Q-Tip)
19. Description
20. Me Myself And I
21. This Is A Recording 4 Living In A Full Time Era (L.I.F.E.)
22. I Can Do Anything (Delacratic)
23. D.A.I.S.Y. Age
24. Plug Tunin’ – (original 12″ version)
DISCO 2: BONUS DISC:
1. Freedom Of Speech (We Got Three Minutes)
2. Strickly Dan Stuckie
3. Jenifa (Taught Me) – (12″ version)
4. Skip To My Loop
5. Potholes In My Lawn – (12″ version)
6. Me Myself And I – (Oblapos Mode version)
7. Ain’t Hip To Be Labeled A Hippie
8. What’s More
9. Brain Washed Follower
10. Say No Go – (New Keys version)
11. Mack Daddy On The Left, The
12. Double Huey Skit
13. Ghetto Thang – (Ghetto Ximer version)
14. Eye Know – (The Know It All mix)
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DE LA SOUL – De La Soul Is Dead
Tommy Boy, 1991
1. Intro
2. Oodles Of O’s
3. Talkin’ Bout Hey Love
4. Pease Porridge
5. Skit 1
6. Johnny’s Dead AKA Vincent Mason (Live From The B.K. Lounge)
7. Roller Skating Jam Named «Saturdays», A
8. WRMS’ Dedication To The Bitty
9. Bitties In The B.K. Lounge
10. Skit 2
11. My Brother’s A Basehead
12. Let, Let Me In
13. Afro Connections At A Hi 5 (In The Eyes Of The Hoodlum)
14. Rap De Rap Show
15. Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa
16. Who Do U Worship – (bonus track)
17. Skit 3
18. Kicked Out The House
19. Pass The Plugs
20. Not Over Till The Fat Lady Plays The Demo
21. Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
22. WRMS: Cat’s In Control
23. Skit 4
24. Shwingalokate
25. Fanatic Of The B Word
26. Keepin’ The Faith
27. Skit 5
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DE LA SOUL – Buhloone Mindstate
Tommy Boy, 1993
1. Intro
2. Eye Patch
3. En Focus
4. Patti Dooke
5. I Be Blowin’
6. Long Island Wildin’
7. Ego Trippin’ (Part Two)
8. Paul’s Revenge
9. 3 Days Later
10. Area
11. I Am I Be
12. In The Woods
13. Breakadawn
14. Dave Has A Problem…Seriously
15. Stone Age
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DE LA SOUL – Stakes Is High
Tommy Boy, 1996
1. Intro
2. Supa Emcees
3. Bizness, The – (featuring Common)
4. Wonce Again Long Island
5. Dinninit
6. Brakes
7. Dog Eat Dog
8. Baby Baby Baby Baby Ooh Baby
9. Long Island Degrees
10. Betta Listen
11. Itzsoweezee (HOT)
12. 4 More – (featuring Zhane)
13. Big Brother Beat – (featuring Mos Def)
14. Down Syndrome
15. Pony Ride – (featuring Truth Enola)
16. Stakes Is High
17. Sunshine
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DE LA SOUL – Mosaic Thump
Tommy Boy, 2000
1. Spitkicker.Com / Say R.
2. U Can Do (Life)
3. My Writes – (featuring Tash/J-Ro)
4. Oooh. – (featuring Redman)
5. Thru Ya City – (featuring D.V. Alias Khrist)
6. I.C. Y’All – (featuring Busta Rhymes)
7. View
8. Set The Mood – (featuring Indeed)
9. All Good? – (featuring Chaka Khan)
10. Declaration
11. Squat! – (featuring Mike D/Ad Rock)
12. Words From The Chief Rocker
13. With Me
14. Copa (Cabanga)
15. Foolin’
16. Art Of Getting Jumped, The
17. U Don’t Wanna B.D.S. – (featuring Freddie Foxxx)
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DE LA SOUL – Bionix – Better, Faster, Stronger!
Tommy Boy, 2001
1. Intro
2. Bionix
3. Baby Phat – (featuring Devin/Elizabeth «Yummy» Bingham)
4. Simply
5. Simply Havin
6. Held Down – (featuring Cee-Lo)
7. Rev. Do Good #1
8. Watch Out
9. Special
10. Rev. Do Good #2
11. Sauce, The – (featuring Philly Black)
12. Am I Worth You? – (featuring Glenn Lewis)
13. Pawn Star – (featuring Shell Council)
14. What We Do (For Love) – (featuring Slick Rick)
15. Rev. Do Good #3
16. Peer Pressure – (featuring B-Real)
17. It’s American
18. Trying People
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DE LA SOUL – The Grind Date
Sanctuary Urban, 2004
1. Future, The
2. Verbal Clap
3. Much More – (with Yummy)
4. Shopping Bags (She Got From You)
5. Grind Date, The
6. Church
7. It’s Like That – (with Carl Thomas)
8. He Comes – (with Ghostface)
9. Days Of Our Lives – (with Common)
10. Come On Down – (with Flava Flav)
11. No – (with Butta Verses)
12. Rock Co. Cane Flow – (with MF Doom)
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