All De La Soul Albums Now on Streaming!

[lvrker]

Looks like they took the explicit version of Stakes Is High off of Spotify… smh.

 

[Deltron]

I envy some of ya'll who are just getting into De la, haha.

It's like discovering something special for the first time

 

[L. Deezy]

3 ft High.. dope but had way too many skits..

 

[TheLostOnes]

I'm just happy to see other people be able to listen to them. I already have most of their stuff on my phone.

3 ft High.. dope but had way too many skits..

I think that's what makes the album so good. It makes it feel like you're listening to a show. They are honestly one of the very FEW groups that can do skits well. All of their skits have aged well



Fred

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[FunkDoc1112]

We've really lost something in rap in terms of albums being bodies of work that differed from each other. Each De La album has themes or vibes that are shared but sonically each sounds different. Each Kanye album sounds different. More recently, each Danny Brown and Kendrick album sounds different, and there are others too but overall most shyt is just trends or following the same blueprint over and over. We've lost the idea of "eras." IE an artist was on this vibe and then a few later discovered something else.

It's another function of increased corporate homogenization. Playing it safe and just doubling down on the same formula instead of going for a different feel every album.

Tribe was the same thing too. People's Insnctive Travel was soulful hippy stuff, then Low End Theory was muddy Jazz rap, then Midnight Marauders is hype boom bap on steroids with a touch off the jazz stuff, but the vibe is consistent across all three.

 

[Rollie Forbes]

 

[FukkaPaidEmail]

3 ft High.. dope but had way too many skits..

I love the skits .

 

[Bondye Vodou]

The Apple mix on the 3 feet album is so good

 

[pete clemenza]

Thats bold..

Ego Trippin my joint off Buhloon..

But, I gotta run this album back.

I dont ever remember thinking it was better than De LA IS Dead tho..

Buhloon is a dope album but nowhere close in the realm of De La Soul Is Dead

Beautiful day that their catalog is available to stream and buy all over again finally

 

[PIFF101]

A Roller Skating Jam Named “Saturdays” hits different on Apple Music

 

[Awesome Wells]

Changed my mind. Buhloon Mindstate is their best album.



For the OG’s is there a reason why Buhloon Mindstate didn’t fair as well as their past albums? I read an interview where the group said BM didn’t sell well and thats why they called the 4th album Stakes Is High because Lyor Cohen told them of it didn’t sell they might be done

The thing about Buhloone Mindstate, was that before it even dropped, The Source gave it 4 1/2 mics, and everyone was mad hype to cop it. I was one of the kids who bought it the first day, just because it was De La. But even though it was getting great reviews, at that time, people wanted them to stick to the sound that they had on the first two joints, where you could party to their singles and some of the album cuts. Prince Paul said they decided to change direction on this one, and the group wasn't really getting along with him at the time too. So I think the lighthearted feel of their work before this, was missing because of that. This is when they stopped being as accessible for their OG fans.

I still think they lost some direction and vision after Stakes Is High. It wasn't the same after that. But they had already dropped 4 classics in a row, so they blessed us enough by '96. Paul actually started working on Stakes Is High with them but then left, but once he was gone, and after that album, they lost a little something. Buhloone still feels very much like Paul's creation and like he was doing the driving. I still think 3 Feet High and Rising and Stakes Is High are much better albums. De La Soul Is Dead got a 5/5 in The Source, and I could always see why. That seemed to be the last time the group sounded like they were just having fun for the whole album.

I'm sure trying to navigate Hip Hop and where it was going from '91-'96 was tough for them. So the fact that they were able to drop 4 classics in a row, and still just stay true to their art, is amazing, when you think about how many people tried to switch up just to fit in back then.

 

[Tribal Outkast]

Looks like they took the explicit version of Stakes Is High off of Spotify… smh.

It was on Apple last night

 

[JMurder]

RIP Dave

Smh imma have to stream Stakes Is High all night tonight

 

[Soymuscle Mike]

Have been bumping the first three albums nonstop. Might be the only person on the planet who thinks Stakes is High (and everything after) is dope but not on the level of the Paul albums