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3 Feet High and Rising was almost universally acclaimed, but De La Soul still felt a bit misunderstood—and even a bit defensive about it. So while the title De La Soul is Dead is just as much a hyperbolic "wouldn't this be a funny title for a second album" gag as it is an actual mission statement, it's also a way of reining in the debut's we-can-do-anything sprawl to focus a bit more on some of the things people didn't necessarily expect of them. De La Soul is Dead refines the known quantities of their style: Pos and Dave are still every bit the kind of MCs who will sound approachably conversational and unpredictably complex in their flows, Maseo and Prince Paul's DJ/production flourishes are still hilariously tongue-in-cheek and filled with inspired post-genre juxtapositions (the first bassline on the album, in "Oodles of O's," comes from an early Tom Waits song), and the humor is still frenetic and idiosyncratic and crammed with elaborate inside jokes. But the mood's soured noticeably, and in ways that add a quickly-earned cynicism to the mix. That's clear from the framing skits where a bunch of teens roast the album for not being "hardcore" enough, the fame-fatigued stories of getting into fistfights on tour ("Pease Porridge") and dealing with people fiending for a co-sign foot in the door ("Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)"), and a handful of highlights that draw on the bleaker moments of their real-world experience—molestation victim revenge story "Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa" chief amongst them. But that these moments are expertly mixed in with some of their most upbeat material—the comedic dozens in "Bitties in the BK Lounge," the euphoric roller-disco nostalgia of "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays,'" a three-song run at the end ("Shwingalokate," "Fanatic of the B Word," and "Keepin' the Faith") which leaves an outwardly bitter album on a glorious high note of funky boom-bap party jams—that leave an unspoken long live De La Soul lingering at the end of that title. De La Soul is Dead might've cast a pall on the day-glo rep burnished by their debut but another facet to the group was revealed that would not only sustain them but gave them even more freedom to be who they wanted. © Nate Patrin/Qobuz
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David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
Lee Oskar, Composer - Sylvester Allen, Composer - David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - JAMES BROWN, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Morris Dewayne Dickerson, Composer - Charles William Miller, Composer - Harold Ray Brown, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Thomas Waits, Composer - Le Roy Lonnie Jordan, Composer - Double B, Producer - HOWARD E SCOTT, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Morris Ervin Broadnax, Composer - Stevie Wonder, Composer - Clarence Paul, Composer - Serge Gainsbourg, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
Scott Miller, Composer - David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - NILE RODGERS, Composer - BERNARD EDWARDS, Composer - Q-Tip, FeaturedArtist - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Vinia Mojica, FeaturedArtist - BARRY ALAN GIBB, Composer - Paul Huston, Composer - Kim Miller, Composer - Kamaal Ibn Fareed, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Raymond Earl, Composer - Rod Mathews, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Joseph Sample, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
O'Kelly Isley, Composer - David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Kenton Nix, Composer - Ronald Isley, Composer - RUDOLPH ISLEY, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Mark Morales, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Darren Robinson, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Clint Ballard Jr, Composer - Damon Yul Wimbley, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Jimmy Mccracklin, Composer - Lowell Fulson, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Double B, Producer - Ewart G Abner Jr, Composer - John C Moore, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - JAMES BROWN, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Lawrence Farrow, Composer - Carolyn Johns, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - George Clinton Jr., Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Grace Cook, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Edna Wright, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Gregory Stephen Perry, Composer - William Marvin Smith, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
Ronald Miller, Composer - Kurtis Walker, Composer - William Waring, Composer - David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Mark Morales, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Serge Gainsbourg, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Damon Yul Wimbley, Composer - Jean-claude Michel Vannier, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Allen Toussaint, Composer - Miguel Drummond, Composer - Nick Thorp, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Julian Godfrey Brookhouse, Composer - Martin Benedict Volpeliere-Pierrot, Composer - Glenn Skinner, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Michael McEvoy, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
William Earl Collins, Composer - David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - George Clinton Jr., Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Kevin Duane Mccord, Composer - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - William Nelson Jr, Composer - G. Bernard Worrell, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Andres Titus, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Busta Cherry Jones, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Dres, FeaturedArtist - Donald Edward Kinsey, Composer - Ralph Edward Kinsey, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - STEVE ARRINGTON, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Harry Palmer, Composer - Bob Marley, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Starleana Young, Composer - Mark Hicks, Composer - Paul Huston, Composer - Daniel Webster, Composer - Raymond Guy Turner, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Rodney Lynn Temperton, Composer - Mark L Adams, Composer - Thomas Henry Lockett, Composer
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Michael Fossenkemper, MasteringEngineer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Scotty Hard, MixingEngineer - Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Co/Daisy Age Music, MusicPublisher - Prinse Pawl Musick Inc (BMI), MusicPublisher
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Michael Fossenkemper, MasteringEngineer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Joseph Sample, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Scotty Hard, MixingEngineer - BMG Rights Management (BMI), MusicPublisher - Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Co/Daisy Age Music, MusicPublisher - Prinse Pawl Musick Inc (BMI), MusicPublisher
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Michael Fossenkemper, MasteringEngineer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Scotty Hard, MixingEngineer - Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Co/Daisy Age Music, MusicPublisher - Prinse Pawl Musick Inc (BMI), MusicPublisher
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
Album review
3 Feet High and Rising was almost universally acclaimed, but De La Soul still felt a bit misunderstood—and even a bit defensive about it. So while the title De La Soul is Dead is just as much a hyperbolic "wouldn't this be a funny title for a second album" gag as it is an actual mission statement, it's also a way of reining in the debut's we-can-do-anything sprawl to focus a bit more on some of the things people didn't necessarily expect of them. De La Soul is Dead refines the known quantities of their style: Pos and Dave are still every bit the kind of MCs who will sound approachably conversational and unpredictably complex in their flows, Maseo and Prince Paul's DJ/production flourishes are still hilariously tongue-in-cheek and filled with inspired post-genre juxtapositions (the first bassline on the album, in "Oodles of O's," comes from an early Tom Waits song), and the humor is still frenetic and idiosyncratic and crammed with elaborate inside jokes. But the mood's soured noticeably, and in ways that add a quickly-earned cynicism to the mix. That's clear from the framing skits where a bunch of teens roast the album for not being "hardcore" enough, the fame-fatigued stories of getting into fistfights on tour ("Pease Porridge") and dealing with people fiending for a co-sign foot in the door ("Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)"), and a handful of highlights that draw on the bleaker moments of their real-world experience—molestation victim revenge story "Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa" chief amongst them. But that these moments are expertly mixed in with some of their most upbeat material—the comedic dozens in "Bitties in the BK Lounge," the euphoric roller-disco nostalgia of "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays,'" a three-song run at the end ("Shwingalokate," "Fanatic of the B Word," and "Keepin' the Faith") which leaves an outwardly bitter album on a glorious high note of funky boom-bap party jams—that leave an unspoken long live De La Soul lingering at the end of that title. De La Soul is Dead might've cast a pall on the day-glo rep burnished by their debut but another facet to the group was revealed that would not only sustain them but gave them even more freedom to be who they wanted. © Nate Patrin/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 27 track(s)
- Total length: 01:13:40
- Main artists: De La Soul
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: AOI Records
- Genre: Hip-Hop/Rap
2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited
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