I'm not too familiar with their post 2000 stuff, except for a few songs here and there. Anyway, the Picnic got me to thinking about De La, I'm sure this has been done before in the lesson, but give us your favorite albums in order.
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1. "1. 3ft high and rising" In response to Reply # 0
2. buhloone mind state 3. de la soul is dead 4. stakes is high i was confused about the names of the last few de la lps grind date is one, but what about all those ones with them dressed like astronauts on the cover? like aoi 1, 2, 3?
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>*i know ill catch heat for this, but i cant really listen to 3 >feet any more. it sounds way too dated>
I agree (except for pot holes lol) the lp is seriously dated and way to quirky for my tastes now but it doesnt diminish its place in history IMO
that being said the best lp is De la soul is dead. from the lp cover imagery, to what De la faced as a result of the soft,hippie image. This lp knocked hip hop out the box and was every bit as creative and funny as 3 feet but it wasnt as silly
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5. "1. De La Soul Is Dead" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Mar-21-12 10:00 AM by DVS
2. 3 Feet High 3. Buhloone Mindstate 4. Stakes Is High 5. AOI: Bionix 6. The Grind Date 7. AOI: Mosaic Thump 8. The Impossible Mixtape 9. The Nike "Are You Fit" Mixtape
and ain't ONE of those albums lower than 3.5 stars
34. "Oh of course there are." In response to Reply # 15
Again, they have no *bad* albums. It's just I felt like (even for a group who had albums with 25+ songs) the AOIs had too many tracks/too much filler. Get both them down to like, 12-14 tracks and they might move up that list.
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41. "RE: you rap nerds would say Buhloone Mind State" In response to Reply # 20
>>I was a little surprised people had it as one of their best >>efforts. There's like 3 and a half good songs on BMS. >> > >Guess we didn't listen to the same album. What are the 3 1/2 >good songs in your opinion?
I Am I Be Breakadawn Ego Trippin
In the Woods is my .5
Shit just didn't do it for me after hearing De La is Dead.
21. "Granted, I've only heard through The Grind Date" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Mar-21-12 03:08 PM by Dr Claw
so this is how I rank 'em:
1. De La Soul Is Dead 2. 3 Ft High and Rising 3. Stakes Is High 4. Buhloone Mind State 5. The Grind Date 6. AOI: Mosaic Thump 7. AOI: Bionix
none of those are bad albums to me, and I'm tempted to move Grind Date to the 4-slot.
Buhloone was a disappointment to me the same way BR&L is to a lot of people who liked Tribe, but weren't Tribe loyalists. Shit kinda sounded like "college student" music compared to the epic assholia and beats that was De La Soul Is Dead. I loved "Breakadawn" but the rhymes on that album were hard to follow. They were super esoteric on that one, IMO. and that whole interlude with the Japanese rapper? What was that shit about? I wasn't in college when that tape dropped but I felt like I had done my rounds through lecture rooms and the dorms when I heard it.
Let me say that Bionix was not a bad album at all. "Pawn Star" is a bad song... and unfortunately it colored the opinion of that album a little too darkly.
>Buhloone was a disappointment to me the same way BR&L is to a >lot of people who liked Tribe, but weren't Tribe loyalists. >Shit kinda sounded like "college student" music compared to >the epic assholia and beats that was De La Soul Is Dead. I >loved "Breakadawn" but the rhymes on that album were hard to >follow. They were super esoteric on that one, IMO. and that >whole interlude with the Japanese rapper? What was that shit >about? I wasn't in college when that tape dropped but I felt >like I had done my rounds through lecture rooms and the dorms >when I heard it.
This is exactly how I feel...
Buhloone Mindstate felt like an album where there went to the abstract well one too many times. To me, it sounded like the last album on a 3 album deal. De La went extra left field with that album and it sounded like the were giving a middle finger to the label, Prince Paul, the listener or all 3. It had a "we can say anything and make it sound fresh" vibe to it.
The Stakes is High Intro put an end to that crazy word play.
29. "1. Buhloone all day and all night..." In response to Reply # 0
2. Dead (most creative, but imo, the skits hold about as much weight as the songs). 3. Stakes (particularly the second half of the album). 4. 3 Ft (sorry...more creative and "fun" than the later albums, but lacking in the sense of beats and rhymes imo). 5. Grind. 6. Impossible. 7. Mosaic. 8. Bionix (Even though "Trying People" is one of their best joints...honorable mention to "Held Down")
35. "This dude just straight up doesn't even mention BMS..." In response to Reply # 29
but I'm glad you brought up Held Down. That joint still gives me chills to this day. I was always surprised that this track was never a "HOLY SHIT" track among more De La fans. Always thought it was amazing, but heard very little noise about it.
32. "These dudes don't really have anything wack in their catalog." In response to Reply # 0
1. De La is Dead 2. Three Feet High 3. Buhloone Mindstate 4. Stakes Is High 5. The Grind Date 6. that Nike joint 7. Mission Impossible 8. both AOIs are interchangeable
33. "RE: De La Soul albums rank em" In response to Reply # 0
Stakes is High Stakes is High BMS Mosaic Thump Stakes is High
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47. "De La is my favorite group yo!" In response to Reply # 46
here goes 1. Buhloone Mindstate (which i recently had a post about explaining how this if my favorite Hip Hop album of all time) 2.Grind Date 3.De La Soul Is Dead 4.Stakes is High 5.3ft High & Rising 6.AOI: Mosaic Thump 7.AOI: Bionix
(take note folks i wasn't even alive when 3ft high and rising was being made so my list may seem 'out of order' to some of y'all lol)
I'm wondering how many people were listening to hip hop when 3ft High dropped.
I can't see how anyone could put Mindstate ahead of their first 2 joints unless it was the first De La album they heard.
I have all their albums and I've tried to listen to Mindstate straight through tons of times and I can't... I have to skip a few songs and put on a different De La album. Something about that album rubs me the wrong way.
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