Genius Meanings
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De La Soul – The Magic Number
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The song is built on the drum beat from Double Dee and Steinski’s “Lesson 3” – which itself is a sample of Led Zeppelin’s “The Crunge,” making Pos’s claim of “no rock and roll
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De La Soul – No More No Less
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A reworked version of De La’s classic “The Magic Number.” With some modified lyrics this track is featured on the De La Soul mixtape Smell the DA.I.S.Y, a tribute album to the late
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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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Schoolhouse Rock (Ft. Bob Dorough) – Three is a Magic Number
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[Intro: Bob Dorough] / Three is a magic number / Yes, it is, it's a magic number / [Verse: Bob Dorough] / Somewhere in the ancient mystic trinity / You get three as a magic number
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De La Soul – Me Myself and I
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Released in 1989, De La Soul’s third single “Me Myself and I” established the group’s characteristic style of combining hip hop with humor and social commentary. The group’s
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Schoolhouse Rock – Three is a Magic Number Samples
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See all of “Three is a Magic Number” by Schoolhouse Rock’s samples, covers, remixes, interpolations and live versions
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De La Soul – Skip 2 My Loop
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[Spoken Word: Trugoy the Dove and Posdnuos] / STOP! / Hello, you have now stopped on the third floor / Three feet high and rising / And now, skip to my loop / Skip to my loop, skip
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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 – Strickly Dan Stuckie
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Track 2 on the second disc on the 2001 reissue of the album. Found on the B-side of the original “Plug Tunin'”.
‘Dan Stuckie’ is referenced throughout the album in songs like “Me
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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 – 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 – 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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De La Soul – Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
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“Ring Ring Ring” was the lead single of De La Soul’s sophomore album De La Soul Is Dead. It was an international smash hit in the spring of 1991. In the US, it did not appear on
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De La Soul – Plug Tunin (Last Chance to Comprehend)
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This is the remix of the song on De La’s demo that caught the attention of their long time collaborator and producer Prince Paul.
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Matt and Kim (Ft. De La Soul) – Daylight (Troublemaker Remix)
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[Hook: Matt & Kim] / 'Cause in the daylight I don't pick up my phone / 'Cause in the daylight I don't pick up my phone / 'Cause in the daylight I don't pick up my phone / 'Cause in
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De La Soul – Ain't Hip to Be Labelled a Hippie
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Track 7 on the second disc on the 2001 reissue of the album. Found on the B-side of the Me Myself and I single.
Posdnous addresses what ‘DAISY’ means, and whether he’s a hippy.
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De La Soul – Intro
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Posdnuos: The game show concept was one of the last things we did, during the mixing phase. I think Paul might have come up with the idea. [Game show announcer] Al Watts was just
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De La Soul (Ft. Camp Lo) – So Good
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[Hook: Trugoy] / The girls look so good / But their brains aren't ready / I don't know / I'd rather talk to a woman / And keep this money comin' heavy / So here we go / You see the
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De La Soul – Change in Speak
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The main samples comes from
“No Strings Attached” by the Mad Lads…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9KXydf0e6k
…and “Bra” by Cymande.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuLnxjVo6bk
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De La Soul (Ft. Prince Paul) – Freedom of Speak (We Got Three Minutes)
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Track 1 on the second disc on the 2001 reissue of the album. Found on the B-side of the original “Plug Tunin'”.
Plug 1 and 2 (for the most part) focus on one rhyme throughout
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Johnny Cash – Five Feet High and Rising
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In this song, Cash portrays a natural disaster through the eyes of a child.
It turns out he also created a way for kids to learn about counting and measuring, as he demonstrated
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De La Soul – I Can Do Anything (Delacratic)
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The last skit on De La Soul’s iconic album 3 Feet High and Rising (1989.) The skit mocks the idea of democracy defending absurd negative actions by equating insults to actions
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Blind Melon – Three Is A Magic Number
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Three, oh, it's the magic number / Yeah it is, it's the magic number / Somewhere in that ancient mystic trinity / You get three / It's the magic number / With the past and the
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De La Soul – Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)
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[Verse 1: Dove] / Access to her code / Lovestruck was my mode / Took a look, dropped my textbook / Jenifa... (oh!) / Breakfast, broke it fast / She was in my English class / Asked
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De La Soul – A Little Bit of Soap
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How do you tell a friend that they smell? Try using this track.
Samples “Stand By Me” by Ben E. King.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwZNL7QVJjE
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De La Soul – Cool Breeze on the Rocks
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Before returning to the “game show” from earlier, Posdnuos lets Maseo scratch some records in this extremely sample-filled interlude that consists of ROCKIN’ IT!
The 2023 re-
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De La Soul – Potholes in My Lawn (12" Version)
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[Intro] / Yo, something's wrong here. No, not again! / Get the daisies for the (Potholes in my lawn) / (Potholes in my lawn, potholes in my lawn) / [Verse 1: Trugoy the Dove
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De La Soul – Can U Keep a Secret
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Ahh yeah, ah ah ah / Prince Paul likes Buddy / Posdnuos likes Buddy / Trugoy likes Buddy / Mase likes Buddy / Wouldn't you like Buddy, too? Ooh / Prince Paul needs a haircut / Mase
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De La Soul – Tread Water
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De La uses talking animals to express a rhetoric about doing things that scare you like trying new things or getting involved in your community
This song was used in the film “
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De La Soul – De La Orgee
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DOVE: / This is De La Orgee... / (Barry White on in the background, various male and female grunting, panting and screaming sounds / Including...) / (It's in there.) / (Say you
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Double Dee & Steinski – Lesson 3 (History Of Hip Hop Mix)
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We gonna do a song that you never heard before / The torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans / Lesson Three / Got to have soul! / Got-got-got to have / Got to have
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De La Soul (Ft. Prince Paul & Q-Tip) – Description
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This track involves every member of De La Soul presents themselves in limerick form
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De La Soul (Ft. Chi-Ali) – Brain Washed Follower
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Jeff, a brainwashed follower, runs into De La Soul and asks them why they don’t act like the more prominent gangster rappers in hip-hop. This track provides a bit of context to the
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De La Soul – Say No Go
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The sixth single off of De La Soul’s debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising. The three MCs detail the dangers of drug abuse (in particular, the crack epidemic sweeping urban America
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De La Soul – Transmitting Live from Mars
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The song samples A-LM (Audio-Lingual Materials) French 7 Practice Record Set. The french is very very basic.
The instrumentation features elements from The Turtles' “You Showed Me
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De La Soul (Ft. Da Beatminerz) – The Hustle
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[Intro] / Everybody do the hustle / Check it out, do the hustle / [Verse 1: Posdnuos] / Ayo, get the hell off dat, non-personnel / Only MCs allowed is those who can rock well
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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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