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June 3, 2009

"3 Feet High and Rising": De La Soul's Track by Track Guide to Groundbreaking 1989 LP

Mase, Posdnous and Trugoy on the album that introduced a funkier, sunnier hip-hop

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The Grind Date

The magical collaboration between De La Soul and producer Prince Paul bore three classic hip-hop LPs, but since 1993's Buhloone Mindstate, the trio's work without Paul has felt merely accomplished. The Grind Date is stock De La; there's little personality and no surprises here, from Flavor Flav's...

2004 RS: 2of 5 Stars

Live At Tramps NYC 1996

2004

Timeless: The Singles Collection

2003

AOI: Bionix

2001

Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump

2000

Stakes Is High

1996

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De La Soul made rap history as one of the first groups to go against the hip-hop grain of macho braggadocio, hectoring social comment and mammoth beats, all while winning respect and acclaim from inside and outside of the hip-hop community. With its middle-class suburban Long Island roots, light rhythms, laid-back raps, thoughtfully irreverent lyrics, esoteric sampling, and quasi-hippie attitude, ...

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