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"25 years ago this changed our lives" - Questlove Remembers 'De La Soul Is Dead'
"25 years ago this changed our lives" - Questlove Remembers 'De La Soul Is Dead'

"25 years ago this changed our lives" - Questlove Sounds Off On 'De La Soul Is Dead'

"25 years ago this changed our lives" - Questlove Remembers 'De La Soul Is Dead'

Today, we celebrate the 25th trip around the sun for De La Soul's sophomore album, De La Soul Is Dead. For up-and-comers and veterans alike, the album's 1991 arrival marked a truly otherworldly sonic expedition that somehow surpassed even their groundbreaking debut. Many have reflected on the album's impact, but our very own Questlove took to the internets to sound off on an album that "changed our lives," and no doubt, the direction of hip-hop's ship.

Mind the hashtags and the @'s. Read Questlove's remembrance of De La Soul Is Dead below and jump back to hear the freshly-unveiled unreleased track from those very sessions that the Daisy Age trio shared just this morning.

Riq (BlackThought) & I have a gajillion ‪#‎ChangedMyLife‬!!! moments in music--but NO album prepared us for this now 27 yr old adventure we been more than ‪#‎DeLaSoulIsDead‬. It was the 1st waaaaay in advanced released album I ever acquired. Like maybe feb 91? Dude we were so not ready for the left turn they pulled. For starters it was amazing to hear a hip hop LP not 100% beat supplied by @breakbeatlou's ‪#‎UltimateBeatsAndBreaks‬compilation. Using UB&B was like turning in college finals w just wiki info as your only source. It's a records compilation that saved you the arduous task of having to NOT steal that ‪#‎RufusThomas‬ 45 from your Uncle's collection like he wouldn't catch on once his once strong collection was now just whittled down to ‪#‎JohnnyMathis‬ greatest hits & the non "breakable" ‪#‎LouRawls‬ xmas LP) it was a more coherent sample based album than previously released (by that point the throw anything in the pot & watch it boil method of‪#‎ItTakesANationOfMillionsToHoldUsBack‬ ‪#‎AmerikkkasMostWanted‬‪#‎PaulsBoutique‬ ‪#‎3FeetHighAndRising‬ ‪#‎BazerkBazerkBazerk‬‪#‎YoungBlackTeenagers‬ (debut LP) was becoming illegal (thx Biz lol). And I guess you *could* say ‪#‎DLSID‬ is the ushering of the ‪#‎renaissanceperiod‬ of upscale NYC hip hop in which those boring jazz records in mom and dad's collection were now given new life. 91 is my second fav year of hip hop (88 is first, 98 is close 3rd)--bringing it back home, this album and it's CONTINUING play in my walkman in 91 & the year after I can safely say gave birth to The Roots. 25 years ago this changed our lives.