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3 Feet High and Rising
(1989)
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The most inventive, assured, and playful debut in hip-hop history, 3 Feet High and Rising not only proved that rappers didn't have to talk about the streets to succeed, but also expanded the palette of sampling material with a kaleidoscope of sounds and references culled from pop, soul, disco, and even country music. Weaving clever wordplay and ...
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New Millennium Hip-Hop Party
(2000)
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Various Artists
The sequel to Rhino's terrifically entertaining Millennium Hip-Hop Party compilation, New Millennium Hip-Hop Party features more of rap's best crossover pop hits, dipping a little later into the mid-'90s than its predecessor (cuts from Coolio, the Notorious B.I.G., and the Wu-Tang Clan, which demonstrate the infiltration of gangsta themes into a ...
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De La Soul Is Dead
(1991)
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On their notorious second album, De La Soul went to great lengths to debunk the daisy-age hippie image they'd been pigeonholed with, titling the record De La Soul Is Dead and putting a picture of wilting daisies in a broken flowerpot on the cover. Critics and fans alike were puzzled as to why the group was seemingly rejecting what had been hailed ...
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Judgment Night
(1993)
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Original Soundtrack
Music genres separated along racial divides, like rock and rap, have always borrowed from each other, even if it's bands on the edges of either camp. The soundtrack to the film Judgment Night takes the racial themes of the movie to the soundtrack, pulling together some of the best acts in both genres. Rather than cover existing songs, the bands ...
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The Grind Date
(2004)
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De La Soul
De La Soul were interrupted just before they could deliver the third volume in their AOI series -- projected to be a DJ album -- to Tommy Boy. (The label perhaps bailed out from a 15-year relationship precisely because the group was going to release such a commercially bankrupt title, one that was planned instead to appear on an independent ...
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Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
(2000)
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De La Soul
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AOI: Bionix
(2001)
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De La Soul
Ever since their 1989 debut with 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul have puzzled fans by continually resisting the laid-back grooves and intelligent message tracks of hip-hop's best first album ever. From their sophomore rebuke, De La Soul Is Dead, to the harder-than-thou Mosaic Thump, the trio has often sacrificed happiness for hardcore, even ...
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Stakes Is High
(1996)
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De La Soul
Stakes Is High is often overshadowed by its predecessors in the De La Soul discography and, upon its release, it was lost in a summer of great import and consequence. Released on the same day as Nas' alter-ego epic It Was Written and sandwiched between albums like Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt and OutKast's ATLiens, it's very possible that Stakes Is ...
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Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
(1991)
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De La Soul
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Timeless: The Singles Collection
(2003)
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De La Soul
A singles collection from the authors of hip-hop's greatest full-length? True, De La Soul may not be as desperate for this type of compilation as a notoriously album-weak rapper like Busta Rhymes, but Rhino's Timeless: The Singles Collection is an excellent alternate look at one of alternative rap's finest crews. As with nearly every other Rhino ...
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Buhloone Mindstate
(1993)
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De La Soul
The last album of De La Soul's creative prime, Buhloone Mindstate was also their last with producer Prince Paul. After the claustrophobic De La Soul Is Dead, Mindstate is a partial return to the upbeat positivity of 3 Feet High and Rising, though not its wildly colorful invention. Instead, Buhloone Mindstate takes a calmer, more laid-back approach ...
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Non Stop Hip Hop
(2001)
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Various Artists
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The Impossible Mission: TV Series, Pt. 1
(2006)
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De La Soul
"No longer backed by record companies but back by popular demand" raps Posdnuos in "Freedom Train," the penultimate song on De La Soul's label-less mixtape Impossible Mission: TV Series, Pt. 1, a collection of older previously unreleased tracks, as well as new material, all of which helps to firmly establish the group as one of hip-hop's legends. ...
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Tibetan Freedom Concert
(1997)
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Various Artists
The Tibetan Freedom Concert was the largest rock charity event of 1997, a two-day event held in June that featured many of the biggest names in rock and rap. Appropriately, it was filmed and recorded with the intention of being released later in the year as a charity record. The triple-disc set The Tibetan Freedom Concert is the extraordinary ...
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Yo! MTV Raps!, Vol. 1
(1989)
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Various Artists
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Lyricist Lounge, Vol. 1
(1998)
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Various Artists
Lyricist Lounge, Vol. 1 is an excellent showcase of underground and alternative rappers, including Kool Keith, De La Soul, 88 Keys, Natural Elements, Talib Kweli, Bahamadia, Q-Tip, and Jurassic 5, among many, many others. It's a great way to hear a number of the most talented and underappreciated rappers of the late '90s. Leo Stanley, All Music ...
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Kool DJ Red Alert: Let's Make It Happen: Pt. 3
(1990)
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Tommy Boy's Greatest Beats 1981-1996 [Box Set]
(1998)
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Various Artists
Only one label, Tommy Boy, spans hip-hop's entire recorded history with no loss of hits or perfect beats over the course of those ten years. The five-disc box released to commemorate the label's 15th anniversary includes a wealth of hip-hop classics, everything from "Planet Rock" to "Plug Tunin" to "Humpty Dance" to "Jump Around" to "Play at Your ...
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America is Dying Slowly
(1996)
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Various Artists
An installment in the Red Hot Organization's series of multi-artists compilations where all the proceeds are directed to the fight against AIDS, America Is Dying Slowly features several of the hottest hip-hop stars of the mid-'90s, including the Wu-Tang Clan, Coolio, Pete Rock, Mobb Deep, the Lost Boyz, Eightball & MJG, and Goodie Mob. Although ...
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Me Myself & I [Tommy Boy]
(1989)
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De La Soul
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Rap Declares War
(1992)
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Various Artists
Conceptually, this is very strong. With the imprimatur of the remaining members of War and their longtime manager Jerry Goldstein, the group's tracks are used as samples and/or backing for some well-known and not-so-well-known rappers to pay homage to. For the most part it works, because the talent (e.g., The Beasties, Ice-T, 2Pac, De La Soul) is ...
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Rap's Biggest Hits
(1990)
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Various Artists
A strong collection of some of hip-hop's biggest and most important singles from 1986-1989, including Tone Loc, Public Enemy, Run D.M.C., and Rob Base & D.J. E-Z Rock. A good introduction to hip-hop. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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MTV Party to Go (Remixed)
(2001)
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Bust It, Vol. 2
(1994)
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Wide Angles
(1999)
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Various Artists
Wide Angles is an excellent collection of mostly cerebral underground/alternative rap, showcasing a number of established and (predominantly) up-and-coming hip-hoppers who have obviously spent time honing and woodshedding their lyrical skills. De La Soul appears with Truth Enola, and there's a contribution from heavyweights Mos Def and Talib Kweli ...
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