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Buhloone Mindstate
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0016998106327
Label: Rhino / Ada
Manufacturer: Rhino / Ada
MPN: 81063
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Rhino / Ada
Release Date: September 21, 1993
Studio: Rhino / Ada
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Editorial Review:
De La Soul's third album renounces the pop crossover, mocking wit, and conceptual sprawl of their earlier work in favor of a relaxed, sober set of individual tracks. They also rely more on their friends: there are a couple of top-notch guest shots by Shortie No Mass, and the JB Horns add deliciously jazzy solos and vamps all over the disc. Prince Paul is still producing, but he contents himself with sharp funk and jazz loops. Though not the group's most dazzling work, Buhloone Mindstate has some of the group's finest lyrics: "I Am I Be," a meditation on Black English and identity, and "Breakadawn," a subtle tribute to hip-hop's old school. --Douglas Wolk
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - A TRUE CLASSIC FOR REAL HEADS
This album is in my top ten ALL TIME, all types of music. I started listening to hip hop in 1987 and I remember the first time I listened to this album. It blew my mind with its creativity and innovative beats and rhymes. I recall one summer when I was in Israel and I would listen to the entire album every night before I fell asleep.
If you are a true head, buy it! De La is the truth!
Rating: - "It Might Blow Up, But It Won't Go POP!" (Rating: 9 out of 10- -4.5 stars)
Before you start, if you do not have De La Soul's first two albums, 3 Feet High and Rising and De La Soul Is Dead, go out and buy BOTH albums, and then finish reading this review...
Lets admit it, you slept on this album when this came out. Was it because they didn't match up to their two classics 3 Feet High and Rising and De La Soul Is Dead? Or was it because people was still eating off what was going on out on the west coast? Either way, De La Soul's third album was ignored by the ... Read More
Rating: - "I'm thinkin' how a 9 and a blunt is a switch, but turn out the lights and some will go B__ch!"
I was introduced to De La Soul when I saw the video for "Potholes In My Lawn" on the Video Jukebox when I was in high school. I wasn't instantly hooked on the track but the more I heard the song, I started to like what I was hearing. The next video I saw from De La Soul was "Me, Myself And I". The song sounded nice so I decided to buy the cassette to 3 Feet High and Rising. Once the cassette was put in my stereo at the time, it didn't leave for a long time, unless I was taking the cassette ... Read More
Rating:  - One for the "island"
Yo washup ya'll ... I don't listen to rap anymore ... but if I had to be exiled to an island wit just me and my honey and the choice of 3 rap albums I'd pick Run DMC, Ultramagnetic's 1st and this one. Seriously, I used to argue all the time with my high school pal who was better, De La or Tribe CQ. I said Tribe was better overall, but individual De La songs were better than anything Tribe had ever done. I don't believe that anymore and . . . hm, now I think of it I'd like to bring "Low End Theory" ... Read More
Rating: - Pop
De La Soul's third attempt Buhloone Mindstate completely written, produced and performed by the group and Prince Paul with a more mainstream appeal as stated in "Intro" "...it may blow up, but it won't go pop..." "Eye Patch" is this LP's first full length song over anchored by a simple guitar sample loop. Speeding up just a bit with a three chord bass lick on "En Focus" featuring Shortie No Mass & Dres for a classic hip-hop feel. One of the standouts, "Patti Dooke" featuring Guru has members ... Read More
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