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Essential /mu/ playlist - 9

The Magic Number

3 Feet High and Rising

Cool Breeze on the Rocks (The Melted Version)

Can U Keep a Secret

Potholes in My Lawn

Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend)

Change In Speak

Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)

Stakes Is High

The Bizness (feat. Common)

De La Soul is Dead

Pease Porridge

Real Lyricist

지하 깊숙이 fall, 전파 없는 blind spot
터널 밖 세상은 mute, silence gunshot
네온 reflection blur, colors drip, ink blot
Mind split in half like screen crack, hard cut

Thoughts spiral in circles, vertigo bend
Reality’s buffer, corners don’t blend
입술 깨물어 taste iron, dead end
숨 멎을 듯 하다가 다시 ascend

Subway window처럼 stare through space
도시의 pulse는 거칠게 race
나만 정지 화면, frozen interface
Error message float across my face

걷는 발걸음 float, ground feel hollow
Shadow trail glitch like broken follow
감정은 overdue, bills I can’t swallow
Truth hit cold, kick sharp, bone shallow

숨 막혀 또 숨겨진 voice
흐려진 시야 속 noise
Heartbeat 홀로 남는 choice
떨린 숨 끝에서 poise

불빛 번져 네온 haze
흔들려 깨진 gaze
다 멈춰 흐린 phase
어디로 가는지 maze

Carhartt hoodie pulled tight, tunnel air thin
머릿속 traffic jam, signals spin
Crypto chart bleed red, downtrend grim
웃음 뒤 envy hide, paper thin

Scrolling headlines bleed cynic perfume
Hope evaporate quick, smoke in the room
머릿속 계획은 꽃 but never bloom
Fuck timing, clocks chase doom

Platform wind hit hard, heartbeat stagger
의심은 칼처럼 cut with dagger
도시의 욕심은 skyscraper swagger
Luxury dreams but pockets no ladder

말은 다 recycle, bullshit echo
친구는 시즌마다 switch like retro
진심은 algorithm hide in shadow
Silence taste heavy like espresso

숨 막혀 또 숨겨진 voice
흐려진 시야 속 noise
Heartbeat 홀로 남는 choice
떨린 숨 끝에서 poise

불빛 번져 네온 haze
흔들려 깨진 gaze
다 멈춰 흐린 phase
어디로 가는지 maze

시간 밀려 flood, vision blur slow
Reality split screen, picture-in-picture show
감정은 quarantine, panic plateau
반응은 deadpan, heartbeat low

Ghosts of decisions sit front row seat
한숨이 더 loud than any beat
거리의 billboard preach, pay-per-tweet
Fuck fame, silence more elite

Reflection in glass look half erased
Future tense shaky, outline traced
Hope deflate slow like tire deflated
Doubt in my throat, steel tasted

Still, 발은 앞으로 move unseen
Tunnel end light flicker pale green
어둠도 언젠간 lose routine
Night cut thin like guillotine

숨 막혀 또 숨겨진 voice
흐려진 시야 속 noise
Heartbeat 홀로 남는 choice
떨린 숨 끝에서 poise

불빛 번져 네온 haze
흔들려 깨진 gaze
다 멈춰 흐린 phase
어디로 가는지 maze

Twilight Zone

Mecca And The Soul Brother

Straighten It Out

For Pete's Sake

https://linktr.ee/wearedelasoul

De La Soul is back—but did they ever really leave? After delivering their seminal debut 3 Feet High and Rising in 1989 with the production genius of Prince Paul, the New York City-bred trio of Posdnuos (Pos), Dave and Maseo went on to further impact Hip Hop culture with five more groundbreaking albums: De La Soul Is Dead (1991), Buhloone Mindstate (1993), Stakes Is High (1996), Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (2000) and AOI: Bionix (2001). But once the digital age exploded in the late ‘90s, De La Soul’s celebrated catalog was unavailable to stream. As the decades passed, the tight-knit group forged ahead anyway—touring the world, connecting with their adoring fanbase and making music on their own terms. Following 2004’s The Grind Date, De La Soul took a hiatus from making albums, but joined The Gorillaz on the track “Feel Good Inc” which won them a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Collaboration.  In 2015, the group raised over $600,000 on Kickstarter from fans to independently release their album and the Anonymous Nobody, which was their first #1 on the Rap Albums chart, and was also nominated for a Best Rap Album Grammy.   

However, the demand for unreleased De La Soul music was palpable and the cry for access to the first six albums grew louder. Unfortunately, De La Soul was stuck riding a roller coaster of stalled negotiations, dashed hopes and dead-end conversations with their old label, and the group nearly gave up. 

"We have lived without the music up for long, these six albums haven’t been up—ever,” Pos says. “We got used to knowing they weren’t up.” In June of 2021, Tommy Boy Music was acquired by Reservoir, giving De La Soul’s catalog a new home.  In March of 2023, the six missing albums were finally available to stream.  But sadly, right before the catalog release, Dave, the beloved member of De La Soul, passed away. Though bittersweet, De La Soul preserves his legacy and the ongoing impact of their music. 

As iconic songs such as “The Magic Number”, found new life in the film Spiderman: No Way Home in 2021, De La Soul continues to resonate with a diverse population of people. 

As Pos notes, “We’ve noticed over the past several years of tour like, ‘Wow, there’s a father here with his child who also is here with their child. ‘We’re generational. To me, there’s nothing more gratifying than that. That means something. That’s telling about a group. What we were doing wasn’t just stuck to that time.”

“We really naturally been that group for everyone,” Pos says. “It was never about we’re just here for this community, that community, this set of people or these certain fans of Hip Hop culture. We see music as music. We’ve been very resilient, even being a group that didn’t have our music up [on streaming platforms]. We still had these beautiful opportunities through young people finding out about us through a commercial or Spider-Man. Now that it can all be there for people to gravitate to, I’m really happy about that.” 

De La Soul's impact on the musical landscape is immeasurable, with 3 Feet High and Rising widely regarded as one of the most influential albums of its era. Pioneering inventive sampling, playful lyrics, and eclectic beats, the album broke new ground and set a standard for creativity in the genre. Recognizing its cultural significance, the album was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress.

Potholes in My Lawn

De La Soul

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