TEAM RNS PRESENTS

ARTIST: De La Soul

TITLE: The Best (EU Release)

LABEL: Tommy Boy

1hr 14min total-107.7mb

RELEASE DATE: 1993-00-00
RIP DATE: 2003-02-19

01 Dreadwater (StoneBridge's Pu.. 6:54
02 Skip 3 my loop                 1:08
03 They Don't Know That The Sou.. 3:25
04 Freedom of Speak               3:09
05 Strictly Dan Stuckie (a Home.. 0:26
06 Me Myself And I -Oplados Moder 3:38
07 Brainwashed Follower           3:03
08 Getto Thang (ghetto ximer)     3:55
09 Ain't Hip To Be Labelled A H.. 1:54
10 What's More                    2:09
11 Say No Go (Say No Dope Mix)    6:14

13 Buddy (Native Tongue Decision) 7:16
14 Ring Ring Ring (Party Line M.. 6:05
15 A Roller Skating Jam Named ".. 6:23
16 Keeping The Faith (Just a To.. 5:38
17 Ring Ring Ring (Sax Mix)       5:13
18 Treadwater (StoneBridge's Lo.. 4:09

At the time of its 1989 release, De La
Soul's debut album 3 Feet High and
Rising was hailed as the future of
hip-hop. With its colorful,
neo-psychedelic collage of samples and
styles, plus the Long Island trio's
low-key, clever rhymes and goofy humor,
the album sounded like nothing else in
hip-hop. Where most of their
contemporaries drew directly from
old-school rap, funk, or Public Enemy's
dense sonic barrage, De La Soul was
gentler and more eclectic, taking in not
only funk and soul, but also pop, jazz,
reggae, and psychedelia. Though their
style initially earned both critical
raves and strong sales, De La Soul
found it hard to sustain their
commercial momentum in the '90s, as their
alternative rap was sidetracked by the
popularity of considerably harder-edged