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| 1 | Intro | Huston/Posdnuos/Tru | 2:14 |
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| 2 | Oodles of O's | Huston/Waits/Mason/ | 3:31 |
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| 3 | Talkin' Bout Hey Love | Mason/Huston/Wonder | 2:27 |
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| 4 | Pease Porridge | Posdnuos/Magidson/H | 5:02 |
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| 5 | Skit 1 | Mason/Posdnuos/Hust | :25 |
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| 6 | Johnny's Dead AKA Vincent Mason (Live from the BK Lounge) [Live] | Trugoy the Dove/Hus | 1:57 |
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| 7 | A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays" | Huston/Trugoy the D | 4:02 |
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| 8 | WRMS' Dedication to the Bitty | Sample/Huston/Trugo | :46 |
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| 9 | Bitties in the BK Lounge | Isley/Nix/Huston/Tr | 5:40 |
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| 10 | Skit 2 | Mason/Posdnuos/Hust | :31 |
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| 11 | My Brother's a Basehead | Krieger/Huston/Posd | 4:02 |
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| 12 | Let, Let Me In | Posdnuos/Huston/Bir | 3:25 |
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| 13 | Afro Connections at a Hi 5 (In the Eyes of the Hoodlum) | Trugoy the Dove/Hus | 4:02 |
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| 14 | Rap de Rap Show | Trugoy the Dove/Mas | 2:19 |
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| 15 | Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa | Clinton/Huston/Trug | 4:10 |
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| 16 | Who Do U Worship? [*] | Posdnuos/Trugoy the | 1:59 |
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| 17 | Skit 3 | Posdnuos/Trugoy the | :31 |
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| 18 | Kicked Out of the House | Posdnuos/Trugoy the | 1:56 |
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| 19 | Pass the Plugs | Posdnuos/Huston/Per | 3:30 |
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| 20 | Not Over Till the Fat Lady Plays the Demo | Posdnuos/Vannier/Ma | 1:29 |
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| 21 | Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey) | Pasemaster Mase/Pri | 5:06 |
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| 22 | WRMS: Cat's in Control | Huston/Posdnuos/Sam | :34 |
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| 23 | Skit 4 | Mason/Trugoy the Do | :12 |
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| 24 | Shwingalokate | Huston/McCord/Clint | 4:14 |
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| 25 | Fanatic of the B Word | Jones/Kinsey/Titus/ | 4:09 |
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| 26 | Keepin' the Faith | Mason/Arr/Adams/Pos | 4:45 |
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| 27 | Skit 5 | Huston/Posdnuos/Tru | :32 |
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Editorial Reviews
De La Soul Is Dead
Long Play Record
Label: 4 Men With Beards
Style: Alternative Rap
De La Soul Is Dead
UPC: 646315190212
Release Date: 11/18/2008
Original Release Date: 11/18/2008
- De La Soul
Main Performer
Steve Huey
On their notorious second album, De La Soul went to great lengths to debunk the daisy-age hippie image they'd been pigeonholed with, titling the record De La Soul Is Dead and putting a picture of wilting daisies in a broken flowerpot on the cover. Critics and fans alike were puzzled as to why the group was seemingly rejecting what had been hailed as the future of hip-hop, and neither the reviews nor the charts were kind to the album. It isn't that De La try to remake their sound here -- Dead keeps the skit-heavy structure of the debut, and the surreal tone and inventive sampling techniques are still very much in evidence. But, despite a few lighthearted moments ("Bitties in the BK Lounge," the disco-flavored "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'"), a distinct note of bitterness has crept into De La's once-sunny outlook. On the one hand, they're willing to take on more serious subject matter; two of the album's most powerful moments are the unsettling incest tale "Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa" and Posdnuos' drug-addiction chronicle "My Brother's a Basehead," both true-life occurrences. Yet other tracks betray a brittle, insular state of mind; one running skit features a group of street thugs who ultimately throw the album in the trash for not having enough pimps, guns, or curse words. There are vicious parodies of hip-house and hardcore rap, and the single "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" complains about being harassed into listening to lousy demo tapes. Plus, the negativity of the bizarre, half-sung "Johnny's Dead" and the hostile narrator on "Who Do U Worship?" seemingly comes out of nowhere. Dead is clearly the product of a group staggering under the weight of expectations, yet even if it's less cohesive and engaging, it's still often fascinating in spite of its flaws. ~ Steve Huey, Rovi
