- Buhloone Mindstate
Infobox Album
Name = Buhloone Mindstate
Type =Album
Artist =De La Soul
Released =September 24 1993
Recorded =
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 48:14
Label =Tommy Boy
Producer =De La Soul ,Prince Paul
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tla9qj7yoj0a link]
*Robert Christgau A
*RapReviews.com rating-10|10 [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_buhloone.html link]
Last album = "De La Soul Is Dead "
(1991)
This album = "Buhloone Mindstate"
(1993)
Next album = "Clear Lake Audiotorium (EP) "
(1994)"Buhloone Mindstate" is De La Soul's third full-length album. It was the last
De La Soul album to be produced withPrince Paul . In2005 , comedianChris Rock named it as the 10th greatest hip-hop album ever, in a list written forRolling Stone magazine. [http://rateyourmusic.com/list/tha_flu/chris_rocks_top_25_hip_hop_albums]Overview
Title significance
The title refers to the group's efforts to remain grounded after acquiring a name. On the album's intro, the group repeat the phrase, "it might blow up but it won't go pop", then, to end the track, they repeat the line a final time with a balloon popping replacing the word pop. They do the same at the end of "Patti Dooke". These are references to the group's refusal to change their style of music for anyone else, even if it were to become popular.
Songs and guests
De La Soul continued the early 90's experimentations withjazz by featuring jazz veteransMaceo Parker ,Fred Wesley , andPee Wee Ellis , on "Patti Dooke" and "I Am I Be". The song "Patti Dooke" deals with what the group sees as the mainstream's efforts to control the direction ofblack music . Posdnous raps::"I'm known as the farmer":"Cultivatin' mate without mendin"':"Bendin', compromising any of my styles to gain a smile":"Listen while you hear it":"There's no pink in my slip":"I reckon that the rhythm and the blues in the rap got me red":"While the boys from Tommy playing bridge crossin' to a larger community":"Yet they're soon to see I have a brother named Luck"
Japanese rappers, SDP and Takagi Kan make an appearance on "Long Island Wildin'" while
Biz Markie drops by on "Stone Age" and Guru makes a spoken cameo on "Patti Dooke" ("...So guard your trenches 'cause we runnin' through 'em. Peace to my man Premier"). Dres ofBlack Sheep appears, and the album heavily featuresShortie No Mass ofPhiladelphia . The album was preceded by the single and video "Breakadawn", which featured a sample fromMichael Jackson 's "I Can't Help it".Track listing
#"Intro" – 0:52
#"Eye Patch" – 2:27
#"En Focus" (featuring Shortie No Mas and Dres ofBlack Sheep ) – 3:15
#"Patti Dooke" (featuring Guru,Maceo Parker ,Fred Wesley , andPee Wee Ellis ) – 5:54
#"I Be Blowin'" (featuring Maceo Parker) – 4:58
#"Long Island Wildin'" (featuring SDP and Takagi Kan) – 1:30
#"Ego Trippin' (Part Two) " – 5:23
#"Paul's Revenge" – 0:43
#"3 Days Later" – 3:23
#"Area" – 3:31
#"I Am I Be" (featuring Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, and Pee Wee Ellis) – 5:03
#"In the Woods" (featuringShortie No Mass ) – 4:01
#"Breakadawn " – 4:14
#"Dave Has a Problem...Seriously" – 0:55
#"Stone Age" (featuringBiz Markie ) – 5:08List of Samples
The following is a list of songs and sound footage sampled in the songs on "Buhloone Mindstate".
Intro
*"Deep Gully" by The Outlaw Blues BandEye Patch
*"Skypager" byA Tribe Called Quest
*"Deep Gully" by The Outlaw Blues Band
*Old, unknown French-education recording (also used on "Transmitting Live from Mars" from De La's debut album)En Focus
*"Nothing is The Same" byGrand Funk
*"Intimate Connection" byKleeer
*"Atomic Dog " by George ClintonPatti Dooke
*"People Make the World Go Round" byMilt Jackson
*dialogue excerpts from "The Five Heartbeats "
*"Rock Box" byRun-D.M.C.
*"Word From Our Sponsors" byBoogie Down Productions Long Island Wildin'
*"Ground Hog" byDuke Pearson
*"Rebel Without A Pause" by Public EnemyI Be Blowin
*"You've Made Me So Very Happy" byLou Rawls Ego Trippin' [Part Two]
*"Harlem Hendoo" byAl Hirt
*"Ain't No Half Steppin'" byHeatwave
*"(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!) " byBeastie Boys 3 Days Later
*"Love In The Streets" byJohnnie Taylor
*"Hot Dog" byLou Donaldson
*dialogue excerpts from "Deep Cover "
*"I'm Afraid The Masquerade Is Over" byDavid Porter Area
*"The New Rap Language" bySpoonie Gee & The Treacherous Three
*"I Call My Baby Pussycat" by Parliament
*"Come Dancing" byBeck I Am I Be
*"You've Made Me So Very Happy" byLou Rawls
*"The Next Band" byEddie Harris
*"Keep Your Fat Mouth Out Of My Business" bySnooky Pryor
*"Miracles" byJefferson Starship In the Woods
*"Track #13" byMaceo Parker Breakadawn
*"I Can't Help It" byMichael Jackson
*"Quiet Storm" bySmokey Robinson
*"Song and Dance" byThe Bar Kays
*"Yes We Can Can" byThe Pointer Sisters Stone Age
*"Lonely Days" byGregory Isaacs
*"Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss (drums)
*"A Little Soulful Tune" byTaj Mahal Album singles
References
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