De La Soul – De La Soul Is Dead – 2LP

“De La Soul Is Dead” is the second studio album by American hip hop group De La Soul, originally released in 1991. Produced by Prince Paul, whose work on “3 Feet High and Rising” was highly praised by music critics, the album was one of the first to receive a five-mic rating in the Hip hop magazine The Source, and it was also selected as one of The Source’s 100 Best Rap Albums in 1998. The album’s cover refers to the death of the “D.A.I.S.Y.” (Da Inner Sound, Y’all) age, or a distancing from several cultures including hippies and mainstream hip-hop.

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