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Age first sprouted? Then you know that things truly popped off right here, in 1989, with the release of 3 Feet High & Rising, aided by a fluky hit single called "Me Myself & I,” which gave Funkadelic’s “Not Just (Knee Deep)” second life, three full years before Dre and Snoop did so. For many of us, that mantle is held by A Tribe Called Quest.īut make no mistake, if you were around when the D.A.I.S.Y. De La Soul may not even be the bellwether group for the subsequent Native Tongues musical movement. That distinction, chronologically and spiritually, belongs to the Jungle Brothers. With Straight Out the Jungle, the Jungle Brothers helped establish a new vibe and slang, and fired the first shot of what would become a hip-hop revolution in its own right.ĭe La Soul did not technically begin the Native Tongues. The album showcases many of the hallmarks that the collective became known for: cultural awareness (“Black is Black”), political consciousness (“What’s Going On”), goofy sense of humor (“Jimbrowski”), and the quirky track about the ladies (“Behind the Bush”). But the Jungle Brothers still made their mark lyrically and subject matter-wise. The often jazzy, always idiosyncratic production styles that the Native Tongues would become known for had not been pioneered yet, so musically, Straight Out the Jungle relied heavily on tracks found on “Ultimate Beats and Breaks” collections. The Jungle Brothers, made up of Afrika Baby Bam, Mike G, and Sammy B, were the first group of the Native Tongues family to come out the gate, dropping Straight Out the Jungle in 1988, in the thick of hip-hop’s Golden Era. Well, all of the Native Tongues individual components were essential, but the Jungle Brothers were especially important with respect to creating the crew’s identity. There would be no Native Tongues without the Jungle Brothers. The project's lead single “Breakadawn” ―pitched between the sumptuous samples of Smokey Robinson's “Quiet Storm” and Michael Jackson's “I Can't Help It” ―was an ideal lure (and taster) for Buhloone Mindstate. These facets had been separated on their previous two albums, but here, they are positioned on one record together. Buhloone Mindstate (1993) is a relaxed, but poised album that utilizes an expressive mix of jazz and funk, while lyrically blending social commentary and humorous fiction.
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The slightly dramatic mood swing between the records portrayed an almost neurotic attention to creative detail that, if not honed, could derail their third effort.Īs if on cue, Maseo, Dave and Posdnuos hunkered down to craft one of their finest long players to date.
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Their debut 3 Feet High and Rising (1989) was bright and loquacious, its follow-up De La Soul is Dead (1991) was a mature about-face to the aforementioned pep of that first LP. De La Soul had, by 1993, caused a healthy commotion in hip-hop music.