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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 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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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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De La Soul (Ft. USHER) – Greyhounds
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On “Greyhounds,” Posdnuos and Dave each rap a verse where they recount a tale about somebody attempting to discover their way throughout everyday life and taking a greyhound bus to
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De La Soul (Ft. Philly Black) – The Sauce
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[Intro: Philly Black] / Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah / Hold that, hold that, hold that / Yo all that, all that Trying / Y'all, I told y'all about Trying / Trying is later on man
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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 – 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 (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 – 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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Steely Dan – Peg Samples
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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 (Ft. Little Dragon) – Drawn
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From Update #49 sent to Kickstarter backers;
Yukimi Nagano from Little Dragon describes “Drawn” as “a dreamy journey about not taking anything for granted in life. About love and
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De La Soul – O' Shut Up
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Noting this song’s name “O' Shut Up”, these verses were originally from De La’s track “Oodles of O’s” off their 1991 album De La Soul Is Dead.
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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 – 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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Mint Royale (Ft. Posdnuos) – Show Me (feat. Pos from De La Soul)
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[Intro: Posdunos] / Na Man / De La y'all / Your sight / Blood type / [Verse 1: Posdunos] / Here comes my boys, Plug 3 and 2 / My name's Plug 1, I'm here to do / The job that you
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