Classics Discussion: De La Soul

[Zero]

"Turnin' points to get the uppercut like Sonny Liston
But eyes closed episodes
Bring you back to zeroes"


"I got some questions about your life if you so Ready to Die"


Dave killed this album

 

[Big Mel]

Come on Mel, not even Stakes is High?

That's the quintessential "grumpy old man" album quiet as kept...you should love it

Good album. Better than IWW. I missed Prince Paul.

 

[Ashtrey]

3 Ft. and De La Dead are certified classics no questions. Buhloone and Stakes were great albums. I didn't really listen to anything after though.

 

[mobbinfms]

#tpc
#tnt

 

[Zero]

If you haven't heard Grind Date, you're playing yourself

 

[GPBear]

I voted no for all of them. Always felt this group was overrated and a beneficiary of their Native Tongues affiliation and pro-NY bias.

Ooh is the best thing they ever did.

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

1-5

I'm the only breh that thinks Stakes is High is classic!!?!



^Tracks 2 &3 c'mon!

Stakes is high is definitely a classic!

I think you had to be around in 96 to really get it because that album really set off the backlash against mainstream hip hop which would then continue on into the underground.


Posdnous showed us what the mad rapper looked like on this joint and he had pac and treach heated.

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Come on Mel, not even Stakes is High?

That's the quintessential "grumpy old man" album quiet as kept...you should love it

It's true though

 

[Zero]

From the top of the key for 3 -- Villain!
Been on in the game as long as he can wheelie a Schwinn
Turn the corner spinning, bust that ass and get up
Dust off the mask, whoever laugh give him a head up
He got jumped, it pumped his adrenaline
He said it made him tougher than a bump of raw medicine
To write all night long, the hourglass is still slow
Flow from Hellborn to free power like LILCo
And still owe bills, pay dues forever
Slay youths when it comes to who's more cleverer



He eat rappers like part of a complete breakfast
Their rhymes ain't worth the weight of they cheap necklace



You go lights, camera, action with no makeup
We De La to the death, or at least until we break up
Here's a couple of nice guys who finished first
So nice try, but the prize is ours dispersed
They say the good die young, so I added some
Bad-ass to my flavor to prolong my life over the drum
Everyone cools off from being hot
It's about if you can handle being cold or not
And we was told to hop on no one's dikk by Prince Paul
We stayed original ever since y'all
First to do a lot of things in the game but the last to say it
No need to place it on a scale to weigh it
And don't do it for the plays or to raise the bar
Yet it's raised anyway, it's so amazing, are
The three L.I. brothers from the other way of thinking
Hey your lady's winking, I think you need to control that
Or I'll have to hold that



The elements are airborne, I smell the success
(Yo let's cookie cut the shyt and get the gingerbread, man)
Sacrifice mics and push drugs to these rappers
Puff ponies 'til I turn blue in the lips
Sipping broads like 7-Up (ahh) so refreshing
I finger pop these verses like first dates
The birthdate's September 2-1, 1-9, 6-8
Too old to rhyme, too bad, too late




CLASSIC

 

[arel]

Gave it to the first 4.

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

I still havent heard del la soul is dead

 

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

1-5

I'm the only breh that thinks Stakes is High is classic!!?!



^Tracks 2 &3 c'mon!

This. It is a classic in my eyes

 

[StraightUpMenace]

Voted yes for 3 Feet High And Rising. I haven't heard any other of their albums.

 

[SunZoo]

I'ma wait to make all the votes but I'll say that personally Bionix is my favorite De La album, so fukking dope and no one ever talks about it.

 

[FukyourFort]

stakes is high is a classic