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De La Soul and the late great J. Dilla present "Smell The Da.I.S.Y." the mixtape
So yeah I'm a little late posting, but I have 3 kids (4 and under) and like some of you I work for the Overlords (Corporate America - GE specifically). Glad the musooklub is back and glad to be a part to share my "fun" taste in music. So lets get to my choice...
[A little biography of the group - from Wikepedia]
"De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York.[2] The band is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres. The members are Kelvin Mercer (Posdnuos, Mercenary, Plug Wonder Why, Plug One), David Jude Jolicoeur (Trugoy the Dove, Dave, Plug Two) and Vincent Mason (P.A. Pasemaster Mase, Maseo, Plug Three, Baby Huey). The three formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producerPrince Paul with a demo tape of the song "Plug Tunin'". Prince Paul was also sometimes referred to as Plug Four. The Plug names are alleged to come from the numbers that each bandmate's microphone was labeled on the soundboard. Posdnuos was always plugged into plug one, Trugoy was plugged into plug two, and so forth.
With its playful wordplay, innovative sampling, and witty skits, the band's debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, is considered[who?] a hip hop masterpiece. It is also the band's biggest commercial success to date, with their subsequent albums selling progressively less, despite receiving high praise from critics. A measure of 3 Feet High and Rising's cross-over appeal was the fact that it was voted Album of the Year by NME, a title better known for its taste in guitar-based music. De La Soul has influenced numerous other hip hop artists such as Camp Lo, The Black Eyed Peas, and Digable Planets.[3] They were also influential in the early stages of rapper/actor Mos Def's career, and are a core part of the Spitkicker collective. They are the second longest standing Native Tongues Posse group, after the Jungle Brothers.
In 2006, the group won a Grammy for their collaboration with Gorillaz on the single "Feel Good Inc."[4]"
This is a recently released mixtape that I stumbled upon, or it may have been emailed to all the De La Fans :) However, I recently watched a documentary celebrating the life of J. Dilla in which De La Soul performed and spoke about their time together. Hearing some of the old tracks brought me back to listening to 'Me, Myself and I' on the school bus every day. So take a listen and I hope you enjoy!
I really like this a lot. When your only criticism is that it's too short, you know it's good. Down to that last track where they're messing with Marvin. First and only De La show: freshman year of college. And I'm old.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this and I will agree it's a bit short. I was happy to hear some familiar De La Soul tracks and lyrics and yet having a very different sound to it.
ReplyDeleteI'll definitely listen to it again.
Good tunes. Good samples. I have no musical history with De La Soul, so it's not evoking any memories, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. 3.5
ReplyDeleteEnjoyable mix. I'm liking it more with more listens.
ReplyDeleteDidn't take with me. I prefer a bit more music in my music. Undeniably very talented at what they do, but not for me.
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Not my type of music. I have not learned to appreciate it
ReplyDeleteDid you just pick this to annoy Raman because Plug 3's son Tre Mason won the SEC rushing title while helping to ruin Alabama's perfect season? If so I approve.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to grade a mix tape as an album. It's not an album. Nice for a mix tape, with nice allusions to "3 feet" with the song "Goes with the Word" having a heavy allusion to "Potholes in My Lawn" and "No More, No Less" pointing to "The Magic Number." I feel like I a lot of things are going over my head. The "3 feet" is the only De La album I have listened to enough to internalize. On the second listen, I still can't tell J Dilla's voice from some of the other guest, and I don't feel like digging to figure it out. That's been the biggest challenge for me since the mixtape game blew up about 10 years ago. I need liner notes. 2.5
ReplyDeleteDe La Soul is one of those bands that I've always known was critically acclaimed and talented but was not the type of music I normally listened to. It's great to take some time to hear this mix tape. There were some songs on here that I didn't realize I would recognize and were catchy. While I won't listen to this regularly, I'm glad to have it in the library. 3.5
ReplyDeleteAs much trouble as Raman had with halfsies, it gives me great pleasure to see Richard graded this album with a half-halfsy.
ReplyDeleteNot my thing and I didn't find anything that makes me want to hear it twice. I'll give it another listen in a week to see if I missed anything. A 1.5 for me because it didn't annoy me as it played (I didn't find myself wanting to switch it off).
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