Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted October 22, 2004 I just wanted to see if anyone else here has picked this up yet. I got it in the mail today and I just gave it a listen. Damn good album IMO. Nice guest appearances by Common, MF Doom, Ghostface, and even Flava Flav. Definately what you would expect in a De La project as it comes off fresh and sounding different from their other stuff. It's good to see that there IS actual hip hop around(although it takes some lookin to find it)........ Here's the stats....... De La Soul - The Grind Date 1. Future 2. Verbal Clap 3. Much More - feat. Yummy 4. Shopping Bags (She Got from You) 5. Grind Date 6. Church 7. It's Like That - feat. Carl Thomas 8. He Comes - feat. Ghostface 9. Days of Our Lives - feat. Common 10. Come on Down - feat. Flava Flav 11. No feat. - Butta Verses 12. Rock Co.Kane Flow - feat. MF Doom Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted October 25, 2004 WOW, no interest in De La here.........color me surprised?!?!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B. Brian Brunzell 0 Report post Posted October 25, 2004 I need to pick that one up ASAP. I'm a big De La mark, but I had to set my priorities, so I got the new Social Distortion album and some Coltrane. The Grind Date and the new Mos Def are going to be my next purchases. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted October 25, 2004 WOW, no interest in De La here.........color me surprised?!?!! What were you expecting this place is full of metal and indy fans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Winter Of My Discontent Report post Posted October 26, 2004 They died after Stakes is High. Sorry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted October 26, 2004 They died after Stakes is High. Sorry. No way Banky........explaination??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted October 26, 2004 WOW, no interest in De La here.........color me surprised?!?!! What were you expecting this place is full of metal and indy fans. I demand you explain all the Eminem threads then......... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2004 It is hard to escape Eminem since he is an attention whore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Winter Of My Discontent Report post Posted October 26, 2004 They died after Stakes is High. Sorry. No way Banky........explaination??? They were unaffected by all the hip hop bullshit. They seem to ahve a Neptunes-ish influence now. Dela was doing the Roots Illadelph gimmick before they were with Stakes is High. After that, it just seemed liek they were on a steady decline to nothingness. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
B. Brian Brunzell 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2004 They died after Stakes is High. Sorry. No way Banky........explaination??? They were unaffected by all the hip hop bullshit. They seem to ahve a Neptunes-ish influence now. Dela was doing the Roots Illadelph gimmick before they were with Stakes is High. After that, it just seemed liek they were on a steady decline to nothingness. Even The Roots seem to be leaning towards a more typical "Hip-Hop" sound now. I like The Tipping Point pretty well, but the mainstream Hip-Hop influence in today's market can be heard throught the album, with the exception of "Star." That's old-school Roots. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Dynamite Kido Report post Posted October 26, 2004 They died after Stakes is High. Sorry. No way Banky........explaination??? They were unaffected by all the hip hop bullshit. They seem to ahve a Neptunes-ish influence now. Dela was doing the Roots Illadelph gimmick before they were with Stakes is High. After that, it just seemed liek they were on a steady decline to nothingness. I don't know about all that. I think it may have more to do with the fact that they produce more of their own music now instead of Prince Paul doing all or most of the production. That could actually be the case here......what do you think? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MikeJordan23 0 Report post Posted October 31, 2004 Good album. Days Of Our Lives is dope as shit. I, of course, didn't buy the album cause I haven't bumped De La Soul since "The Stakes Is High", but yeah. Pos did his thing. Mos Def's album is a terrible. Almost not really a rap album, too much singing. Disappointed. *Waits Nas LP, better be better than the recent bullshiit he's been releasing* Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Brian Report post Posted October 31, 2004 I'm going to pick up De La Soul soon. Mos Def was good. The first half is more of a preference thing, with bluesy-esque quality to it. The second half is spot-on what'd you'd expect from Mos Def. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted October 31, 2004 They died after Stakes is High. Sorry. No way Banky........explaination??? They were unaffected by all the hip hop bullshit. They seem to ahve a Neptunes-ish influence now. Dela was doing the Roots Illadelph gimmick before they were with Stakes is High. After that, it just seemed liek they were on a steady decline to nothingness. Even The Roots seem to be leaning towards a more typical "Hip-Hop" sound now. I like The Tipping Point pretty well, but the mainstream Hip-Hop influence in today's market can be heard throught the album, with the exception of "Star." That's old-school Roots. True, but the album is still hands-down more deep and fulfilling than a great deal of the popular mainstream rap out there right now. And I've heard through the grapevine that both the new Talib Kweli and Mos Def suck. This coming from people who liked their previous works, too. Grabbed the Kweli, but haven't listened to it yet. The Mos Def sounds like he pulled an Andre 3000 and went in a completely different direction, but a lot of people aren't buying it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Brian Report post Posted October 31, 2004 I liked the Mos Def, hated the Kweli. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bruiser Chong 0 Report post Posted November 1, 2004 Were you a fan of his previous work? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest El Satanico Report post Posted November 1, 2004 I liked what I heard on Black on Both Sides and I like his new album alot. I'm all for blending together genres if it's done well. I'm sure there's many that don't like him using rock and blues influences, but it seems that many are of the "it's not what I expected, so I don't like" mindset. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest The Winter Of My Discontent Report post Posted November 1, 2004 They died after Stakes is High. Sorry. No way Banky........explaination??? They were unaffected by all the hip hop bullshit. They seem to ahve a Neptunes-ish influence now. Dela was doing the Roots Illadelph gimmick before they were with Stakes is High. After that, it just seemed liek they were on a steady decline to nothingness. Even The Roots seem to be leaning towards a more typical "Hip-Hop" sound now. I like The Tipping Point pretty well, but the mainstream Hip-Hop influence in today's market can be heard throught the album, with the exception of "Star." That's old-school Roots. True, but the album is still hands-down more deep and fulfilling than a great deal of the popular mainstream rap out there right now. And I've heard through the grapevine that both the new Talib Kweli and Mos Def suck. This coming from people who liked their previous works, too. Grabbed the Kweli, but haven't listened to it yet. The Mos Def sounds like he pulled an Andre 3000 and went in a completely different direction, but a lot of people aren't buying it. Mighty Mos has been discussing this style change even while Stankonia was popular. Mos' second album was actually supposed to be with his rock band Jack Johnson. He chose to go in that direction on his own, not as much to cash in on Dre's success. I haven't heard any of those new albums as I don't have much of an interest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Brian Report post Posted November 1, 2004 Were you a fan of his previous work? Are you talking to me? As for Kweli, I love his earlier work, Reflection Eternal and (with Mos Def) Black Star. Quality was very good., if not great. As for Mos, I'm a big fan but don't have anything of his in my discography. There's parts of the album, like "War", where he has a tight beat and I wish he'd explore it more, but even the rock act isn't bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PLAGIARISM! 0 Report post Posted November 2, 2004 They were tremendous fun at Glastonbury 2003. Like, really. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
