6.9.07

The Genius of Prince Paul - 1989

De La Soul press kit.



I remember playing endless Double Dragon with 3 Feet High & Rising on repeat in the (Radio Shack) walkman. It was really the first hiphop album that I fell in love with, and over the last 18 years (…wait, what?) I've kept coming back to it. Now I'm floored by the samples that Prince Paul was able to mash into a cohesive album, and the innocence of De La. They literally grew up on their first 4 albums, and if you haven't listened in awhile, its time for a revisit.

3 Questions:
1) How ill is it that Paul pulls the Mickey Mouse Club break in '89?
2) How can I get a Big Daddy Kane endorsement?
3) How are you gonna rock a Mexican Pullover/Baja on Long Island, NY and not be at least kind of a hippie?

Say word.

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