De La Soul Come On Down On The Days Of Our Lives
New De La Soul Audio Beef Today. De La and Flavor Flav check if the price is right, while Common and De La are like sands in the hourglass.
'Days of Our Lives' by De La Soul featuring Common
'Come on Down' by De La Soul featuring Flavor Flav
Both tracks are from the forthcoming Grind Date, scheduled for release on October 5, 2004 on Sanctuary Records. I suggest that you reserve a copy by clicking that link.
(Note that this is the first De La Soul album on Sanctuary. as they have ended their wack contract with Tommy Boy Records. Note also that Tommy Boy records doesn't get a link. Welcome to the Internet, assholes guys!)
You've probably deduced by now that there's a new De La Soul album coming out soon. Here's two standout tracks from it! De La is still coming nice with over a decade up in the game.
The Common track is similar to his "Gaining One's Definition" (featuring Cee-Lo). Mellow, reflective and personal. I've always felt that Common and De La are a perfect fit; if there was ever a Plug Five I think he'd be a good choice.
(He showcases his strength here... and oddly enough it's not trying to be Al Green like his last album.)
Choice Beef Quote (Posdnous) :My Moms died from second hand smoke /
I wish yo ass would die from those second hand rhymes you wrote
The Flavor Flav track, well.. features Flavor Flav. There's no substitution or de-caf version, just the self-described "Greatest Hype Man In The Business." I have to say I'm inclined to agree with him. Flav does his echoing, back and forth and FlavaLaugh™ routine that made him a legend. The great thing about him is that even if he descended into self-parody.. how would you tell? De La Soul brings clever lyrics over the sort of uptempo beat which is perfectly suited to their 2004 styles.
Choice Beef Quote (Posdnous) :Wondering why you can't stand me /
Is it because I'm the main Jackson /
And you're just Titos and Randys?
(It turns out that Rock Co.Kane Flow is from "Grind Date" ... mystery resolved! The album also features guest spots from Sean Paul and Ghostface, as well as beats by Jake One and Madlib. Yeah, I know. Weird, huh?)
Comments
Here's an idea, We should have a Bay Area blogger party sometime. There u, & me, & Daily Blitz, & Mean Mr Mustard, & lots of others I'm sure. We could even invite Daily Kos from Berkeley, altho frankly he sounds like a drag
Posted by: jeff | September 19, 2004 09:10 PM
Finally got to listen to these tracks...they're sweet. Good to hear that De La Soul continues to evolve with the times. And Flava Flav!!! A friend of mine was asking me the other day if the Flav was still around. My answer, if I recall correctly, was "Yeah, he's guesting on songs here and there. And I think he's still wearing that big clock." Anyway, now I can direct her to this post.
Regarding a Bay Area blogger party...if you invite me, invite Kos just so I'll have a friendly leftie nut to talk to. And also it would be nice if we could get DJ O-Dub (from the Soul Sides mp3 blog) in there as well.
Posted by: moerex | September 22, 2004 05:43 PM
De La hasn't sounded this good since "Stakes is High." In my opinion, they took a turn for the worse with the A.O.I. series. I was psyched to hear that they were still keepin' at it. If you like 'em, you should check out The Leaders of the New School, Busta Rhymes's first group, out of high school. They highly underated and underappreciated. (check out their album T.I.M.E.) Hopefully De La keeps it up.
Posted by: stuckINthe90's | June 27, 2005 07:05 PM