
De La Soul’s third album, 1993’s Buhloone Mindstate, is a totem of hip-hop self-expression, the oft-quoted line from “In the Woods”—“Fuck being hard, Posdnuos is complicated”—serving as something between poetic exhale and mission statement. Enjoying a sunrise after the darkness of De La Soul Is Dead, the trio (on their final album with Prince Paul behind the decks) revels in the freedoms of jazz music (Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley and Pee Wee Ellis all provide support) and a border-free worldview. (“Long Island Wildin’” features rappers Scha Dara Parr and Takagi Kan, who rap in their native Japanese.)
In the year of gangsta rap’s pop triumph, De La maintain a speed limit on the road less travelled, staying true to themselves in an age of sellouts (“It might blow up, but it won’t go pop”) and crime-infatuated consumers (“I be the in ’cause the brother holdin’ Glocks is out/I be the in ’cause the pusher runnin’ blocks is out”). “I Am I Be” is a landmark moment of diaristic rap writing, where Posdnuos talks about label woes, rent troubles, racist America and the dissolution of the Native Tongues crew in one powerful, metaphor-filled verse.
Tracklisting
- Eye Patch (2:28)
- En Focus (3:15)
- Patti Dooke (5:54)
- I Be Blowin’ (4:58)
- Ego Trippin’ (Part Two) (3:52)
- 3 Days Later (2:39)
- Area (3:32)
- I Am I Be (5:03)
- In The Woods (4:03)
- Breakadawn (4:15)
- Stone Age (4:13)
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De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate EEUU 1993 - Full Album
More Videos
- De La Soul - Breakadawn Official Music Video HD
- De La Soul - Intro Official Audio
- De La Soul - Eye Patch Official Audio
- De La Soul - En Focus Official Audio ft Dres Shortie No Mass
- Patti Dooke Official Audio
- De La Soul - I Be Blowin Official Audio ft Maceo Parker
- De La Soul - Long Island Wildin Official Audio ft Scha Dara Parr Takagi Kan
- De La Soul - Ego Trippin Part Two Official Music Video HD ft Shortie No Mass
- De La Soul - Pauls Revenge Official Audio
- De La Soul - 3 Days Later Official Audio
- De La Soul - Area Official Audio
- De La Soul - I Am I Be Official Audio ft Maceo Parker Fred Wesley Pee Wee Ellis
- De La Soul - In The Woods Official Audio ft Shortie No Mass
- De La Soul - Dave Has a ProblemSeriously Official Audio
- De La Soul - Stone Age Official Audio ft Biz Markie
- De La Soul - Buhloone Mindstate EEUU 1993 - Full Album
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Release Information
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Wikipedia URL | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buhloone_Mindstate |
Format | Vinyl LP Album Reissue |
Label | AOI Records |
Catalog Number | RMM 053-1 |
Notes | ℗ & © A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited. Sticker on back-cover can come with “Made in Czech Republic” or “Made in Canada”. |
Discogs URL | De La Soul - Buhloone Mind State |