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De La Soul Is Dead is the second studio album by American hip-hop group De La Soul, released on May 14, 1991.[11] The album was produced by Prince Paul, whose work on 3 Feet High and Rising was highly praised by music critics. The album was one of the first to receive a five-mic rating in the Hip hop magazine The Source;[9] and the album was also selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums in 1998.[12] The album's cover refers to the death of the "D.A.I.S.Y." (Da Inner Sound, Y'all) age, or a distancing from several cultures including hippies and mainstream hip-hop.[1]

De La Soul Is Dead
Studio album by De La Soul
Released	May 14, 1991
Recorded	1990–91
Studio	Calliope Studios (Brooklyn, New York)
Genre	Alternative hip hop
Length	73:30
Label	Tommy Boy Warner Bros.
Producer	De La Soul Prince Paul
De La Soul chronology
3 Feet High and Rising (1989) De La Soul Is Dead (1991) Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
Singles from De La Soul Is Dead
"A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"" Released: March 5, 1991 "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" Released: May 27, 1991 "Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa"/"Keepin' the Faith" Released: 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C+[3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
Orlando Sentinel	[5]
Q	[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[8]
The Source	5/5[9]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	7/10[10]

The song "Oodles of O's" was featured on the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.

In 2020, Rolling Stone placed the album at number 228 on their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.[13]

Overview

The album features a series of separate, ongoing skits. The introduction to the album features Jeff, a teenage character (introduced in the B-sides to "Eye Know" and "Me Myself and I": "Brain Washed Follower," "The Mack Daddy on the Left," and the rare "Double Huey Skit"). In a parody of old children's book-and-record read-along sets, Jeff finds a cassette tape copy of a De La Soul album in the garbage. Bullies appear, beat up Jeff, and steal the tape. Ensuing skits feature these bullies harshly criticizing the songs on the album. Mista Lawnge of Black Sheep provides the voice of the lead antagonist, while P.A. Pasemaster Mase voices the other bully who gets ridiculed and abused by Lawnge for his admiration of the album. Throughout the skits, the sound of the signal that lets the reader know that it's time to turn the page is heard. In the end, they throw the tape back in the trash, exclaiming, "De La Soul is dead." The album also introduces a fictional radio station called WRMS that plays nothing but De La Soul music.

In 2008 the album was re-released on vinyl without the CD version's bonus tracks.

Track listing

All tracks written by P. Huston, K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason; additional writers credited below.

"My Brother's a Basehead", "Afro Connections at a Hi 5 (In the Eyes of the Hoodlum", "Who Do U Worship?", "Kicked Out the House" and "Not Over till the Fat Lady Plays the Demo" are bonus tracks exclusively found on the CD version.

Charts

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[27]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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[de] De La Soul Is Dead

De La Soul Is Dead von 1991 ist das zweite Album der Hip-Hop-Formation De La Soul. Es entstand wieder in Zusammenarbeit des Rap-Trios mit dem Produzenten Prince Paul und hat den Charakter eines Konzeptalbums. Alle Titel sind lose in eine Geschichte eingebunden, die von eingeschobenen Kurzhörspielen (Skits) getragen wird. Der Rolling Stone listet das Album unter den „100 besten Alben der Neunziger“ auf Platz 87.[1]

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