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De La Soul (Ft. Otis Redding) – Eye Know
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“Eye Know” is the fifth single from De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising. It was not released as a single in the US, but made the top 30 in several countries overseas, including a #
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De La Soul – Eye Know (The Know It All Mix)
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Posdnuos and Dove’s respective verses include extended metaphors of their love for a woman and music.
It is a remix of the single “Eye Know”: found on its B-side and track 14 on
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De La Soul – Eye Know Samples
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De La Soul – Eye Know (The Know It All Mix) Samples
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De La Soul – Marvin Jaye
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Playing off the similarity between Marvin Gaye and Jay Dee’s name, De La blended Pos' first verse from “Eye Know” with Marvin’s classic “Sexual Healing.”
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De La Soul – Marvin Jaye Samples
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Steely Dan – Peg Samples
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Otis Redding – (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay Samples
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Albert Hammond – I’m a Train Samples
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De La Soul – Eye Patch
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[Intro: Pete Rodriguez] / Thank you, thank you / And for my latest basket of cheers, here it goes, baby! / [Refrain: Posdnuos & Dove] / Mess up my mind, mess up my mind / Mess up
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Big Daddy Kane – Raw (Remix) Samples
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Big Daddy Kane – Raw (Remix) Samples
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De La Soul – Afro Connections at a Hi 5 (In the Eyes of the Hoodlum)
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“Afro Connection” features samples from:
“And That’s Saying A Lot” by Chuck Jackson
“Bust That Groove” by Stetsasonic
“For Goodness Sakes, Look at Those Cakes” by James Brown
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De La Soul (Ft. MF DOOM) – Rock Co.Kane Flow
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On The Grind Date’s closing track, Posdnous, Dave and MF DOOM each spit their own raw and uncut dope rhymes back to back to back. The first live TV performance of the track
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De La Soul – Potholes in My Lawn
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The first single from De La Soul, and consequently the first single from their debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising. The single, which dropped in 1988, also features the songs “
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Donell Jones (Ft. Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes) – U Know What's Up (Remix)
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This is the remixed version of the classic R&B/Hip-Hop collaboration between Donell Jones and the late Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes of girl group TLC. The original and the remixed version
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De La Soul – Eye Patch Samples
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Sly and the Family Stone – Sing a Simple Song Samples
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De La Soul (Ft. Chi-Ali) – The Mack Daddy on the Left
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Jeff, who was introduced in the track “Brain Washed Follower” from the “C” side of “Me Myself and I,” takes control of the mic for this song.
This track made appearances as a B-
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De La Soul (Ft. Truth Enola & Yasiin Bey) – Stakes is High (Remix)
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[Intro: Trugoy] / (Vibes, vibrations) / Yeah ... check the vibe y'all, vibe y'all / (Vibes, vibrations) / [Verse 1: Trugoy] / Dirty, rotten tooth / Select from the sound booth
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Collective Soul – The World I Know
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This song is about someone being so close to stepping over the edge or killing himself, in the video the man is about to kill himself and realizes he cant just throw away the only
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De La Soul (Ft. Butta Verses) – You Got It
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{"You got it" - *4X*, "I know you got.."} / [Posdnuos] / The right to remain silent / Anything you say can be used / Chopped up, stretched and fused, with other shit to get / The
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Pitchfork – The 200 Best Songs of the 1980s
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1. Prince and the Revolution – "Purple Rain" / 2. Michael Jackson – "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" / 3. N.W.A – "Straight Outta Compton" / 4. New Order – "Blue Monday" / 5. Public
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De La Soul – Let, Let Me In
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[Intro: Sample] / "Ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah, ooh ah" / "Ooh weee, sho' lookin' fine" / "Ooh weee, sho' lookin' fine" / "Let, let me in" / [Verse 1: Trugoy the Dove] / I got good news
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Prince Paul (Ft. Breeze Brewin & De La Soul) – More Than U Know
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From the brilliant concept album Prince Paul’s “A Prince Among Thieves,” De La Soul’s track is an expansive metaphor for crack addiction. Pos' verse describes crack use like
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De La Soul – Breakadawn
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[Chorus: Posdnuos + Smokey Robinson] / Ah one two, ah one two / Ah one two, ah one two / Breakadawn, breakadawn (ah one two, ah one two) / Breakadawn, breakadawn (ah one two, ah
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De La Soul – Me Myself and I / Say No Go (The Unity Mix)
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["Say No Go"] / Now let's get right on down to the skit / A baby is brought into a world of pits / And if it could've talked that soon in the delivery room / It would've asked the
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De La Soul (Ft. Jungle Brothers & Q-Tip) – Buddy
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“Buddy” is the fourth single off of De La Soul’s debut album 3 Feet High and Rising, reaching #2 on the US Rap Chart in early 1990. The song features the Jungle Brothers and Q-Tip
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De La Soul – Do As De La Does
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(Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Uh-huh! All right now! Oh yeah! Yo! Word! Oh! Yeah! / Uh-huh!) / MASE: / Yo yo yo yo! We got De La Soul in the house, the producer Prince Paul / P.A. Mase, and I
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De La Soul – The Grind Date (Inhumanz mash-up)
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If the meek shall inherit the earth / And not the weak / Let me inherit the street, fuck it / You know what I mean? / I mean I love life man, you know what I mean / Life is
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