It marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which would become the critical and commercial peak of both parties. The hits, including "Say No Go" and "Me Myself And I," are delightful, but the little sketches and sound-experiments between them make the whole disc flow effortlessly. It marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul and contains the singles, “Me Myself and I”, “The Magic Number,” “Buddy,” and “Eye Know. I thought they had come to an agreement on all the samples but Cool Breeze on The Rocks is not on this album. De La's debut represented a new path for hip-hop, a reaction to conventions that had turned into clichés.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Their positivity meant many observers labeled them a 'hippie' group, based on their declaration of the 'D. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.I'm so happy I got a copy it really does sound amazing to hear this after all these years, what difference in sound. Released amid the 1989 boom in gangsta rap, which gravitated towards hardcore, confrontational, violent lyrics, De La Soul's uniquely positive style made them an oddity beginning with the first single, “Me, Myself and I. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. In the edit page, go to the 'Metadata' tab and add your Juno artist, label or release page for listeners to purchase your release / releases.

I have a tb 1019 pressing from 89 but the runout matrix only reads tb 1019-a on the a side and is empty on the b side. I know Cool Breeze is only a 48 second track, but it showed some excellent sample cutting DJ skills and was a favourite of mine.In early 2015, they announced plans to release a Kickstarter funded upcoming 9th studio album and the Anonymous Nobody.

Classic singles of the era like 'Me Myself and I', 'The Magic Number', and 'Eye Know' were beamed into living rooms across the globe via MTV. Renowned for its uniquely positive spin on hip-hop amid a harsher world of dark, hardball gangster rap, classics such as 'Me, Myself And I' are known the world over, and you'll be hard-pressed to find a soul who doesn't have so much as an inkling as to how it sounds. It is listed on Rolling Stone’s 200 Essential Rock Records as well as their list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers.The pair didn't just use those samples as hooks or drumbreaks -- like most hip-hop producers had in the past -- but as split-second fills and in-jokes that made some tracks sound more like DJ records. The album also features guest appearances from artists such as Damon Albarn, Little Dragon, David Byrne, 2 Chainz and Snoop Dogg. Their positivity meant many observers labeled them a "hippie" group, based on their declaration of the "D. Their positivity meant many observers labeled them a 'hippie' group, based on their declaration of the 'D.