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De La Soul Is Dead by: De La Soul List Price: $13.98 CD-Charts Price: $12.99 You Save: $0.99 ( 7%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0016998102923 Label: Rhino / Ada Manufacturer: Rhino / Ada Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Rhino / Ada Release Date: May 13, 1991 Studio: Rhino / Ada Sales Rank: 10924 MPN: 81029 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: 180 Gram Vinyl pressing. De La Soul's second album, orginally released in 1991. Amazon.com essential recording: 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's 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:  - classic de la souli had this on cassette years ago and just recently ordered it from amazon. i forgot how much fun this album was. my favorite track is Bitties in the BK Lounge. the skits are a cute touch as well. Rating:  - Buy this album...This album is De La Soul's "White Album" to the "Sgt. Pepper's" vibe of 3 Feet High and Rising. This album is like the hangover from the party that was first album. One of the most rewarding rap listens out there. Smart, funky, and all over the place. They do everything from speaking out about child abuse to making biting fun of house music. It's a wild ride- sometimes making you think and sometimes making you laugh. A hidden gem that deserves a few listens to grow on you. Rating: - More De La Fun For 1991 (Rating: 10 out of 10- -5.0 stars)I guess talking about this album would be like beating on a dead horse, but I'm going to do it anyway. Anyway, De La Soul has been one of the most consistant rap groups of all time. Comming off one of their strong albums 3 Feet High and Rising back in 1989, the hit us witht their sophomore album De La Soul Is Dead, which was one of the best back in 91, and received 5 mics in The Source Magazine (they were smashed records back then instead of mics), as well as high ratings from many other magazines. As the obvious on this LP, their intention was to kill the preception everyone has that they are hippies. And they do a damn good job as well, but at the same time, having fun making great songs. One of my favorites is "A Roller Skating ... Read More: Rating: - Hip Hops Only Schizophrenic Self-Diss Concept AlbumBack in 1989, a new tidal wave of music was cascading along the shores. The sounds of the Native Tongues were staking their claim as alternative rap pioneers. The world of hip hop would never be the same after "3 Feet High and Rising" which is considered by many as the greatest hip hop album to ever drop. However, being taunted by people as the hippies of hip hop, De La did something artisticly bold. Plagued by labels, due to their visual of flowers on "3 Feet High's" cover art, De La Soul killed their 'pyschadelic image' by illustrating a pot of dead daisies on their sophomore effort. Suddenly, "De La Soul Is Dead" showed a edgier dark side that flew over heads of the buying public and disallowed critics to really put a finger on it. Read More: Rating: - Love this album, twenty years laterI bought this album thinking it was Soul To Soul, and was totally glad I had made that mistake. I played this cassette over and over- I loved so much of it that I couldn't even tell you what my favorite was, although Bitties In The BK Lounge is in it, certainly. And long after it disintegrated, I would find myself humming or singing a snatch of something from this album. So, for my 39th birthday last week, I bought it again. This time on CD, but I have no doubt that I'll feel exactly the same way I felt the first time I heard it. |
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