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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 label run by Maseo.) De La Soul quickly realized they couldn't go ahead with the plan after signing their AOI label to Sanctuary, so they wrote a new record, The Grind Date. Although it may see them settling into a holding pattern, at least the pattern of 2001's AOI: Bionix is one that any hip-hop fan won't mind hearing repeated. Better yet, it boasts productions from an excellent cast of figures -- partner in crime Supa Dave West, author of the best tracks on their AOI series, J-Dilla, who's stretching out his patented (read: overdone) sound to embrace classic hip-hop, an only slightly commercialized Madlib, and young phenom 9th Wonder. Madlib gets what must be the first lead single of his career, a bright, antimaterialist tale called "Shopping Bags (She Got From You)" that thumps like a club tune, but lurches as only the Beat Conductor could do it. "Verbal Clap" finds J-Dilla allowing some grit into his productions, and Supa Dave only continues floating the most fluidly catchy productions of any rap producer in action. Meanwhile, De La Soul voices Posdnuos and Dave balance their time breezing easy on bumping message tracks with a few old-school shots that show them a bit defensive about the passing of time. (Check out "Come On Down," a Madlib-produced shot with Flava Flav, or "Days of Our Lives" featuring Common.) Without a concept to tout, The Grind Date doesn't gel like AOI: Bionix, but it does show De La Soul keeping everything together more than 15 years after their debut. After all, you certainly wouldn't see MF Doom guesting on a Tone-Loc record.
© John Bush /TiVo
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David Jolicoeur, Composer, Writer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer, Writer - David West, Composer, Writer - De La Soul, Performance, MainArtist - Jermaine Jackson, Composer, Writer - Vincent Mason, Composer, Writer - Eddie Fluellen, Composer, Writer - Hazel Jackson, Composer, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Daisy Age Inc./Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Felix Pappalardi, Composer, Writer - Leslie Weinstein, Composer, Writer - John Ventura, Composer, Writer - Norman Landsberg, Composer, Writer - David Jolicoeur, Composer, Writer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer, Writer - Rick Wakeman, Composer, Writer - De La Soul, Composer, Performance, MainArtist - James Yancey, Composer, Writer - Bernard Fowler, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer, Writer - Daryl Short, Composer - J-Dilla, Composer - Royland Fowler, Composer, Writer - Darryl Short, Composer, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Daisy Age Inc./Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Felix Pappalardi, Composer, Writer - Leslie Weinstein, Composer, Writer - Shuggie Otis, Composer, Writer - John Ventura, Composer, Writer - Norman Landsberg, Composer, Writer - David Jolicoeur, Composer, Writer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer, Writer - SKIP SCARBOROUGH, Composer, Writer - De La Soul, Composer, MainArtist - Yummy, FeaturedArtist - James Yancey, Composer, Writer - Vincent Mason, Composer, Writer - J-Dilla, Composer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Daisy Age Inc./Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
David Jolicoeur, Composer, Writer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer, Writer - De La Soul, Composer, Writer, Performance, MainArtist - Madlib, Composer, Writer - Vincent Mason, Composer, Writer - Otis Lee Jackson, Jr., Composer, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Daisy Age Inc./Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
David Jolicoeur, Composer, Writer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer, Writer - David West, Composer, Writer - Jon Anderson, Composer, Writer - Chris Squire, Composer, Writer - Rick Wakeman, Composer, Writer - Steve Howe, Composer, Writer - Alan White, Composer, Writer - De La Soul, Performance, MainArtist - Vincent Mason, Composer, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Daisy Age Inc./Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Marlon McClain, Composer, Writer - David Jolicoeur, Composer, Writer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer, Writer - Patrick Douthit, Composer, Writer - De La Soul, Performance, MainArtist - Vincent Mason, Composer, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Daisy Age Inc./Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
David Jolicoeur, Composer, Writer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer, Writer - Dave West, Composer - David West, Composer, Writer - Carl Thomas, Composer, FeaturedArtist - De La Soul, Composer, MainArtist - Vincent Mason, Composer, Writer - Carlton Thomas, Composer, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Daisy Age Inc./Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Eugene Record, Composer, Writer - Dennis Coles, Composer, Writer - David Jolicoeur, Composer, Writer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer, Writer - David West, Composer, Writer - De La Soul, MainArtist - Vincent Mason, Composer, Writer - Ghostface, FeaturedArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Daisy Age Inc./Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Leroy Bonner, Composer, Writer - Marshall Jones, Composer, Writer - Ralph Middlebrooks, Composer, Writer - Marvin Pierce, Composer, Writer - David Jolicoeur, Composer, Writer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer, Writer - Clarence Satchell, Composer, Writer - William Beck, Composer, Writer - James Williams, Composer, Writer - De La Soul, Composer, MainArtist - Jacob Dutton, Composer, Writer - Common, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Lonnie Lynn, Composer, Writer - Vincent Mason, Composer, Writer - Jace One, Composer - William Back, Composer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Daisy Age Inc./Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
David Jolicoeur, Composer, Writer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer, Writer - Joseph Wheeler, Composer, Writer - De La Soul, MainArtist - Vincent Mason, Composer, Writer - Flava Flav, FeaturedArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Daisy Age Inc./Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
David Jolicoeur, Composer, Writer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer, Writer - David West, Composer, Writer - Clifton Davis, Composer, Writer - De La Soul, MainArtist - Vincent Mason, Composer, Writer - Butta Verses, FeaturedArtist - John Cullen, Composer, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Daisy Age Inc./Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
David Jolicoeur, Composer, Writer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer, Writer - Daniel Thompson, Composer, Writer - De La Soul, Composer, MainArtist - Jacob Dutton, Composer, Writer - Jake One, Composer - Paul Greedus, Composer, Writer - Roland Romanelli, Composer, Writer - MF Doom, Composer, FeaturedArtist - Vincent Mason, Composer, Writer - Didier Marouani, Composer, Writer - Paul Greedos, Composer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Daisy Age Inc./Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Christopher Frantz, Composer, Writer - Steven Stanley, Composer, Writer - David Jolicoeur, Composer, Writer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer, Writer - Sean Paul Henriques, Composer, Writer - Sean Paul, FeaturedArtist - Adrian Belew, Composer, Writer - Tina Weymouth, Composer, Writer - De La Soul, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer, Writer - James Yancey, Composer, Writer - Vincent Mason, Composer, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Daisy Age Inc./Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Album review
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 label run by Maseo.) De La Soul quickly realized they couldn't go ahead with the plan after signing their AOI label to Sanctuary, so they wrote a new record, The Grind Date. Although it may see them settling into a holding pattern, at least the pattern of 2001's AOI: Bionix is one that any hip-hop fan won't mind hearing repeated. Better yet, it boasts productions from an excellent cast of figures -- partner in crime Supa Dave West, author of the best tracks on their AOI series, J-Dilla, who's stretching out his patented (read: overdone) sound to embrace classic hip-hop, an only slightly commercialized Madlib, and young phenom 9th Wonder. Madlib gets what must be the first lead single of his career, a bright, antimaterialist tale called "Shopping Bags (She Got From You)" that thumps like a club tune, but lurches as only the Beat Conductor could do it. "Verbal Clap" finds J-Dilla allowing some grit into his productions, and Supa Dave only continues floating the most fluidly catchy productions of any rap producer in action. Meanwhile, De La Soul voices Posdnuos and Dave balance their time breezing easy on bumping message tracks with a few old-school shots that show them a bit defensive about the passing of time. (Check out "Come On Down," a Madlib-produced shot with Flava Flav, or "Days of Our Lives" featuring Common.) Without a concept to tout, The Grind Date doesn't gel like AOI: Bionix, but it does show De La Soul keeping everything together more than 15 years after their debut. After all, you certainly wouldn't see MF Doom guesting on a Tone-Loc record.
© John Bush /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:41
- Main artists: De La Soul
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Castle Communications
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 2004 Daisy Age Inc./Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
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