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Topic subjectTOTD...De La Soul...
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3052547, TOTD...De La Soul...
Posted by spidey, Fri Jul-31-26 12:56 PM
"Cabin In The Sky"...What a track...Peace??!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YeWMYdoGQs&list=RD7YeWMYdoGQs&start_radio=1
3052552, *crocker* *crocker* *crocker*
Posted by kelvinmercerlookalike, Sat Aug-01-26 12:21 AM
This song really hits deep perhaps because of where I am in
life now and so much death was surrounding me when this came out late
last year. Posdnous' verses and the hook are so heartfelt.
On many occasions while listening to this, I definitely shed many tears of joy, pain and sorrow.


*CROCKER*

word booty.

HSUBAKCITS




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3052558, ^^ you can hear the pain in his voice. It's really well done.
Posted by Brew, Mon Aug-03-26 09:26 AM
>Posdnous' verses and the hook are so heartfelt.

This whole album is really fucking beautiful.
3052608, nice to hear Maseo on the mic as well on this album
Posted by kelvinmercerlookalike, Wed Aug-12-26 02:08 PM
>>Posdnous' verses and the hook are so heartfelt.
>
>This whole album is really fucking beautiful.

Yes indeed! It really hasn't left the rotation.
Maybe the most grown man hip hop LP ever?
Only time will tell...


*CROCKER*

word booty.

HSUBAKCITS




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3052553, i never really stopped playing this record
Posted by thebigfunk, Sat Aug-01-26 08:24 AM
but the last few weeks it's come into rotation heavily again

I like it even more now than I did at the start. There are a few cuts I'd drop, but the highs are so high I don't care. Feels nearly perfect.

This track IS perfect. I'd love to hear them talk about how they put it together. It feels like the sort of thing they could have labored over for ages, but it also feels very quick and release-the-floodgates.

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~
3052554, I just played it the other day for the first time in months
Posted by DJR, Sat Aug-01-26 12:43 PM
Great, great album. The title track is definitely a highlight. And “Yours” is one of my favorite songs of recent times.
3052561, Same, weirdly.
Posted by Brew, Mon Aug-03-26 09:28 AM
>RE: i never really stopped playing this record
>but the last few weeks it's come into rotation heavily again

^^


>There are a
>few cuts I'd drop

Which ? I wouldn't drop a thing. There are a couple of "lesser" songs but similar to Miles by Blu & Exile, it's one of those records that feels "long" but when I do the exercise of trying to find songs that I'd have left on the cutting room floor, I can't decide on any.
3052562, My two cents...
Posted by spidey, Mon Aug-03-26 10:32 AM
Not a song, but skit talking the women being mad at men, didn't like it...unneeded cheese, like pizza hut stuffed crust.
3052563, Oh yea agreed - that was corny.
Posted by Brew, Mon Aug-03-26 10:35 AM
Too bad too cuz the song it leads into is fire IMO. Love the hook.
3052565, possible drops
Posted by thebigfunk, Mon Aug-03-26 12:57 PM

I almost always skip:

Patty Cake

Silent Life


And I often skip:

Yours --- love the beat but the overall song falls flat

Believe in Him --- don't mind this it just feels a bit more novelty

None of these are clunkers, they're just not for me.

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~
3052569, RE: possible drops
Posted by spidey, Mon Aug-03-26 04:50 PM
Patty Cake? Damn, to me, that's one of the dopest cuts on a great LP...vibes/beat...love it.
3052571, i totally get why folks might like it
Posted by thebigfunk, Mon Aug-03-26 06:01 PM
but after one or two listens it lost its charm for me

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~
3052573, Same.
Posted by Brew, Tue Aug-04-26 08:31 AM
3052566, track just featured on llcoolj/z-trip's #salutethesample
Posted by Robert, Mon Aug-03-26 02:58 PM
the boston "more than a feeling" sample! supa dave west = genius

and then the other sample was from an album that was given out by a mattress store when it came out in 1976?? kinda wild
3052567, THANK YOU
Posted by thebigfunk, Mon Aug-03-26 03:46 PM
this is great -- how did i not figure out that was "more than a feeling"?

and that giveaway joint? crazy.

I haven't looked closely at the credits, intentionally -- kind of like just learning about the samples here and there. this was nice.

-thebigfunk

~ i could still snort you under the table ~
3052576, dude..
Posted by Robert, Tue Aug-04-26 10:40 AM
>this is great -- how did i not figure out that was "more than
>a feeling"?
>


i didnt get it (and i usually have a good ear for that stuff) until he cued back to the "slipped awaaaaay" the 2nd time (z-trip plays the song from the beginning, and im thinking "is it the drums when they come in? a tone from that guitar riff right before the chorus powerchords?")...then it was weebaying/goosebumps. i hope boston's grandkids have played it for them

3052570, RE: track just featured on llcoolj/z-trip's #salutethesample
Posted by Robert, Mon Aug-03-26 04:50 PM
https://youtu.be/XnDwapDJOP8?si=RZ0ZO0NW6CHExJYZ
3052574, I love hip-hop so fucking much lol.
Posted by Brew, Tue Aug-04-26 08:39 AM
This is amazing. What a sample pull. Major props to Dave West & De La for this one.
3052575, RE: track just featured on llcoolj/z-trip's #salutethesample
Posted by spidey, Tue Aug-04-26 10:38 AM
Great listen, appreciated...
3052577, Salute the Sample is so much fun to watch
Posted by DJR, Tue Aug-04-26 09:10 PM
ODB - Shimmy Shimmy Ya was crazy to me.

7:50 mark of this episode.

https://youtu.be/Atekzd5ayuQ?is=BoQqRV-VGmv6FAYd
3052579, yesyesyes
Posted by Robert, Wed Aug-05-26 07:59 AM
>ODB - Shimmy Shimmy Ya was crazy to me.
>
>7:50 mark of this episode.
>
>https://youtu.be/Atekzd5ayuQ?is=BoQqRV-VGmv6FAYd


did not know that one either.."like a comma"

the first part of "i like it" (at 0:20) also sounds like used in the track "large professor"? (main source 'breaking atoms' -- i didnt look it up, but sounds like it?)
3052578, very cool, thanks for posting
Posted by DJR, Tue Aug-04-26 09:19 PM
3052581, Saw Supa Dave week before last in ATL
Posted by Lach, Wed Aug-05-26 05:05 PM
Was chopping it up with him at the Listening Room and just had to express how impressive that beat is. And the song itself just hit me so hard cuz my pops died the month before De La's album dropped last year. My favorite track off the album. He said he had Dave completely in mind all through the creation process and when he let Pos hear it, he was like "THIS IS IT!"