De La Soul

Released: March 14, 1989

Songwriter: Prince Paul Maseo Trugoy the Dove Posdnuos

Producer: De La Soul Prince Paul

(Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Uh-huh! All right now! Oh yeah! Yo! Word! Oh! Yeah!
Uh-huh!)

MASE:
Yo yo yo yo! We got De La Soul in the house, the producer Prince Paul
P.A. Mase, and I wanna know one
Thing! Yo, yo! You gotta show right up your hands, let me hear you say
Aa-ow!
(AA-OW!!)
Aa-ow!
(AA-OW!!)
Come on! Come on! Come on!

POS:
Plug One on the mic, P-L-U-G-O-N-E, yo what's up, you know about Jimmy
You know about Jenny, I want
Everybody in this place, c'mon, say Plug it up!
(PLUG IT UP!)
Say Plug it up!
(PLUG IT UP!)
You got somebody next to you with some bad-ass breath, I want you to
Tell that brother, come on, tell him "Take
A Luuden!"
(TAKE A LUUDEN!)
Say take a Luuden!
(TAKE A LUUDEN!)
Plug Two!

DOVE:
What's up! Here we go!
If you like to drink some soda, let me hear you say Coca-Cola!
(COCA-COLA!)
Coca-Cola!
(COCA-COLA!)
Stop!

PAUL:
Ah yeah, pump it, pump it, ah yeah, pump it up!
You if you got doo doo in your pocket, you got doo doo in your pocket
Put one hand in the air like this, wave it
Back and forth, say doo doo!
(DOO DOO!)
Say doo doo!
(DOO DOO!)
Come on! Ah yeah!

MASE:
Yeah yeah this is Plug Three! This is Plug Three! Yeah! Say hoo!
(HOO!)
Hoo!
(HOO!)

POPMASTER HIGHT:
Hey De La Soul, you fucking lasagna heads, that's better than my mama's
Lasagna! Hey! Hey, come on! That was
Freakin' A, man! I really wanna take it back home with me, you know! I
Really get into your fuckin' music! It's so
Excellent! Ah, you big sconzilli heads! De La Soul's so fuckin' great!

DOVE:
Let me hear you say 'I like to eat that...'

De La Soul is the Long Island, New York trio consisting of Posdnous, Trugoy the Dove and Maseo. They began as ushers of the “D.A.I.S.Y. Age,” which helped earn them a label of “hip-hop hippies” when they dropped their 1989 debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising.

Along with A Tribe Called Quest and Jungle Brothers, De La Soul were founding members of the Native Tongues collective, a crew that released lighthearted and witty tracks, including De La Soul singles such as “Me, Myself and I,” “Potholes in My Lawn,” “Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey),” “A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays”," “Breakadawn,” and “Stakes is High” among others.

Their first four albums (3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul is Dead, Buhloone Mindstate, and Stakes is High) were all critically acclaimed and have each been included on “best of” lists. Their 2016 album, and the Anonymous Nobody, generated buzz as the group raised money on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter to produce the album. They are also known for their multiple collaborations with the animated group Gorillaz, most notably on the single “Feel Good Inc.”

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