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Track Listing
1. Intro
2. Oodles of O's
3. Talkin' Bout Hey Love
4. Pease Porridge
5. Skit 1
6. Johnny's Dead A.K.A. Vincent Mason (Live From the B.K. Lounge)
7. Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays", A
8. Wrms' Dedication to the Bitty
9. Bitties in the B.K. Lounge
10. Skit 2
11. My Brother's a Basehead
12. Let, Let Me In
13. Afro Connections at a Hi 5 (In the Eyes of the Hoodlum)
14. Rap de Rap Show
15. Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa
16. Who Do U Worship - (bonus track)
17. Skit 3
18. Kicked Out the House
19. Pass the Plugs
20. Not Over till the Fat Lady Plays the Demo
21. Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
22. Wrms: Cat's in Control
23. Skit 4
24. Shwingalokate
25. Fanatic of the B Word
26. Keepin' the Faith
27. Skit 5
Album Notes
De La Soul: Posdnuos, Trugoy, Mase.
Additional personnel: Q-Tip, Black Sheep, Jungle Brothers.
After the peaceful, loving vibes of De La Soul's first album, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING, nobody expected the harder-edged sound of DE LA SOUL IS DEAD, a paranoid, bitter critique of fans, detractors, and the state of the world.
DE LA SOUL IS DEAD deals with the great and small issues in life. On "Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa," De La tells the story of the daughter of a successful social worker who is molesting her. They take on fast food customer service in "Bitties in the BK Lounge": "Young girl, won't you take my order? àcould be pissed 'cause she's clockin' $2.45 an hour." On the hit "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)," De La tells of being overwhelmed by people trying to use the group to get in the business: "She was screamin' and screamin' and she had the tape in her hand and I knew what she wantedà" The good times aren't totally ignored--the party anthem "A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays" delivers the good old fashioned De La fun. With DE LA SOUL IS DEAD, the trio graduates from the happy days of the D.A.I.S.Y. age to the harsh truths of reality.
Industry Reviews
Ranked #74 in Spin Magazine's 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s.
Spin (09/01/1999)
...DEAD's streetwise veneer and abstract sense of humor may have thrown off many of the pop kids...but those who got it gave the crew utmost respect from that day on....No other hip-hop album has been able to touch this one for more than a decade...
CMJ (03/01/1999)
Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century
Vibe (12/01/1999)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...No hip-hop album since perhaps L.L. Cool J's Mama Said Knock You Out or De La Soul's first outing has arrived so sonically crafted by personality and musicianship as De la Soul Is Dead...`De La Soul Is Dead' confirms first that `3 Feet High and Rising' was no fluke and second that these guys are true hip-hop scholars...
Rolling Stone (05/30/1991)
Ranked #17 in Spin's list of the 20 Best Albums Of 1991.
Spin (01/01/1991)
Another band deconstructing their own mythology....De La hit back at the black hippy jibes with a fresh agenda...
Mojo (06/01/2000)
...[With] wild humour, social conscience and ragged invention. It's 3 FEET HIGH's forgotten cousin, bitter but still bright...
Uncut (06/01/2003)
Ranked #8 in Vibe's Top 10 rap albums - ...One of the most progressive, complex and boldly experimental albums hip hop has ever seen...
Vibe (06/01/2002)
4 stars out of 5 - ...Addictively bitter and caustic...
Q (12/01/2003)
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