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Music : De La Soul Is Dead
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De La Soul Is Dead by: De La Soul List Price: £9.99 CD-Charts Price: £8.48 You Save: £1.51 (15%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0016998102923 Label: Tommy Boy Manufacturer: Tommy Boy Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Tommy Boy Release Date: September 08, 2003 Studio: Tommy Boy Sales Rank: 32798 MPN: 81029 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: De La Soul burned out on their own hype fast, and their dark, strange second album is a counter-blast to their image and hip-hop culture: perverse, dissatisfied, sometimes brilliant, sometimes out of control. Occasionally it seems mean-spirited-- the single "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" finds them grousing about getting deluged by demo tapes; and "Kicked Out The House" is a nasty (if very funny) parody of hip- house. But no one else has ever made a rap album that sounds like this. Sickly out- of-tune loops drift in and out; songs derail themselves with loud sneers, or give way to bizarre dialogues; Posdnuos and Trugoy chant together like the words have lost all meaning. The concept that ties the disc together---an imaginary radio station called WRMS--gives it an extra kick. --Douglas Wolk Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - TWO FOR PUSHING BOUNDARIES, BUT NOTHING ELSECriticising De La Soul? Are you crazy? They're groundbreakers. They pushed the envelope and allowed hip-hop to expand as a form of music. True, true, true. Couldn't agree more; they did all that. Unfortunately, in being so experimental and insisting on putting irritating and extended skits between every track - and sometimes between every skit - they produced very inconsistent music whose rhythm is destroyed further by the aforementioned skits. Bought this as I bought 'Three Feet High and Rising' on release and, similarly, was disappointed with it. Again, with the exception of one or two tunes. This being marketed more seriously suggested that the silly, self-indulgent skits would be a thing of the past. ... Read More: Rating:  - An album of great rap tracks about life, rather than rapping about MCingI got this album because I'd heard and loved "Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'" - I wasn't dissapointed. There are so many funky, jazzy and downright catchy tracks. There's maybe one or two that's a bit dull, but that's 1 or 2 out of 20 tracks, fellas. Zoom forward 13 or 14 years and it's still a great play. The lyrics are interesting and funny and most importantly, THEY ARE NOT MCING ABOUT MCING - I find nothing more dull than hearing someone rapping that they are they best mo-fo MC this side of Jersee or something similar. Back to the early 90s, after wearing out my cassette of "De La Soul Is Dead", I then went out and bought "3 feet high and rising" and frankly, I was dissapointed. It's a bit warm and fluffy - ... Read More: Rating: - What happens when you rise higher than 3 feet...Nostalgic music journo's always cite De La Soul's massively successful debut album "3 Feet High & Rising" as a Hip Hop classic, and yet while few would argue with that sentiment, it was their sophomore LP "De La Soul Is Dead" that, in my humble opinion, was the superior release. De La Soul obviously had a problem with their 'Daisy Age' concept that formed the backbone of their artistic direction on their first album. Maybe they were sick of the idea, maybe they were worried about getting pigeon-holed as a novelty rap act. So their 2nd album had a much different concept...kill the 'Daisy Age' off completely so they can get on with doing what they do best, make phat Hip Hop music. Of course, reviews at the time weren't ... Read More: Rating:  - De La is still alive.................but don't kick quite as hard as their first release, or BuhlooneMindstate. For me, this album is too long and has far too many skits. Ifthese skits where removed the album would be alot doper, but after twolistens the record just becomes annoying. There trade mark innovativerhyme schemes and interesting concepts (check out "oodles of o's) are allin check, but the beats don't always match those on Three Feet High. Rating: - Flawed masterpieceFinding it impossible to follow up on their instant classic "3 Feet High and Rising" and sick of the misinterpretations of their "hippie" message De La Soul released this album as a pre-emptive strike on the critics and fanbase they had aquired over the previous 18 months. "De La Soul is dead" is everything that their debut wasn't; cynical("Ring ring ring"),angry(My brother's a basehead")and full of black humour ("Mollie pulled a pistol on Santa").Everything that is, except brilliant and imaginative. One of the few concept albums in rap that bears repeated listening, even the most obnoxious sentiments on the album ("Bitties in the BK Lounge") are laced with that distinctive De La sense of humour, although at times the joke seems to have worn itself ... Read More: |
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