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2971990, De La Soul "and the Anonymous Nobody" album post
Posted by Garhart Poppwell, Sun Aug-28-16 07:55 AM
1. “Genesis” (Intro) (Feat. Jill Scott)
2. “Royalty Capes”
3. “Pain” (Feat. Snoop Dogg)
4. “Property of Spitkicker.com” (Feat. Roc Marciano)
5. “Memory Of…(US)
6. “Cbgbs”
7. “Lord Intended” (Feat. Justin Hawkins)
8. “Snoopies” (Feat. David Byrne)
9. “Greyhounds” (Feat. Usher)
10. “Sexy Bitch”
11. “Trainwreck”
12. “Drawn” (Feat. Little Dragon)
13. “Whoodeeni” (Feat. 2 Chainz)
14. “Nosed Up”
15. “You Go Dave” (A Goldblatt Presentation)
16. “Here In After” (Feat. Damon Albarn)
17. “Exodus” (Outro)


I've listened to it twice already, all the way through, and it's an amazing record. It's interesting to me how the album is mostly mid tempo with faster and slower paces moved around the album instead of mandated typical album stylings as far as that goes.

The best thing about it is the feeling of the album. It feels like younger Da La, tempered with the wisdom they showed on their later records. The experimentation and conventional abandon of their first three albums is combined with the sage observations they showed starting with Stakes, in a very capable and aware manner.

I could do without all of the guests, as I generally prefer albums without them, but De La Soul has a way of using guests as instruments, if that makes sense. They don't sound like a group with 3o years in, but they sound like a group with 3o years in.