De La SoulDe La Soul Is Dead

Label:

AOI Records – RMM-052-1

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Reissue

Country:

Worldwide

Released:

Genre:

Hip Hop

Style:

Jazzy Hip-Hop

Tracklist

A1 Intro
Written-ByVincent Mason
2:14
A2 Oodles Of O's
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Walking To War"]War
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Diamonds On My Windshield"]Thomas Waits*
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Walking To War"]Sylvester Allen*
Written-By, Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Funky Drummer"]James Brown
3:32
A3 Talkin' Bout Hey Love
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Hey Love"]Stevie Wonder
Performer [Heyish Riffin']Tesha Sills
Performer [Heyish Singer]Ann Roberts
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Hey Love"]Stevie Wonder
Written-By, Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Les Oubliettes"]Serge Gainsbourg
2:27
A4 Pease Porridge
Performer [Fight Commentators]Squirrel (10)
Performer [Gossip Gladiators]Lashawn (2)
Performer [Grandma Mase]Squirrel (10)
Performer [Jabib]Jarobi
Performer [Scheming Punk Pinocchios]Prince Paul
Performer [The Frog]Lisle Leete
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Black-Eyed Susan Brown"]Herbert Magidson
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Pease Porridge Hot"]John Newbery (2)
5:01
A5 Skit 1
Written-ByVincent Mason
0:25
A6 Johnny's Dead AKA Vincent Mason (Live From The BK Lounge)
Written-ByVincent Mason
1:56
A7 A Rollerskating Jam Named "Saturdays"
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Evil Vibrations"]The Mighty Ryeders*
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Good Times"]Chic
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Grease"]Frankie Valli
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Light My Fire"]Young Holt Unlimited
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Saturday In The Park"]Chicago (2)
Performer [Disco Diva Singer]Vinia Mojica
Performer [WRMS Personality]Russell Simmons
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Evil Vibrations"]Rod Mathews*
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Good Times"]Bernard Edwards & Nile Rodgers
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Grease"]Barry Alan Gibb*
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "I Got My Mind Made Up"]Scott Miller*
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Saturday In The Park"]Robert William Lamm*
4:02
B1 WRMS' Dedication To The Bitty
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By, Performer [Contains Excerpts From "In All My Wildest Dreams"]Joe Sample
0:46
B2 Bitties In The BK Lounge
Performer [Bitties]Tonya (2)
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "It's Your Thing"]Lou Donaldson
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "No Frills"]Taana Gardner
Performer [WRMS Personality]Baby Chris*
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "It's Your Thing"]Rudolph Isley
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "No Frills"]Kenton Nix
5:39
B3 Skit 2
Written-ByVincent Mason
0:30
B4 My Brother's A Basehead
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Game Of Love"]Wayne Fontana And The Mindbenders*
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Hang On Sloopy"]The McCoys
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Stick 'Em"]The Fat Boys*
Performer [Gospel Singers]Dove*
Performer [Preacher]Squirrel (10)
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Game Of Love"]Clint Ballard Jr.
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Stick 'Em"]Mark Morales
4:20
B5 Let, Let Me In
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "At My Front Door"]The El Dorados
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "The Three Little Pigs"]George Rose
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Tramp"]Lowell Fulson
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "At My Front Door"]John C Moore*
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "The Three Little Pigs"]James Halliwell-Phillipps
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Tramp"]Lowell Fulson
3:25
B6 Afro Connections At A Hi 5 (In The Eyes Of The Hoodlum)
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By, Performer [Contains Excerpts From "For Goodness Sakes, Look At Those Cakes"]James Brown
4:03
C1 Rap De Rap Show
Performer [Promo Players]Q-Tip
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "If It Don't Fit, Don't Force It"]Lawrence Farrow*
2:19
C2 Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Mommy, What's A Funkadelic?", "I'll Stay"]Funkadelic
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "I'll Stay"]George Clinton
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Mommy, What's A Funkadelic?"]Grace Cook
4:09
C3 Who Do U Worship?
Performer [Happy Pessimistic Nerdish Realist]Ronald Chavelier
Written-ByVincent Mason
1:59
C4 Skit 3
Written-ByVincent Mason
0:32
C5 Kicked Out The House
KeyboardsLisle Leete
Written-ByVincent Mason
1:55
C6 The Plugs
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Oops! Here I Go Again"]Edna Wright
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Oops! Here I Go Again"]Gregory Stephen Perry*
3:29
C7 Not Over Till The Fat Lady Plays The Demo
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "En Melody"]Serge Gainsbourg
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Fat Boys"]Fat Boys
Performer [Scheming-Type Theme Noise For The Fat Lady]Pos
Performer [Slippery Tongue Petro Dialogue Narrator]Dove*
Written-ByWilliam Waring
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "En Melody"]Serge Gainsbourg
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Fat Boys"]William Waring
1:29
D1 Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Beat"]Lou Johnson
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Help Is On The Way"]The Whatnauts
Performer [Contains Excerpts From " The Peas"]The J.B.'s
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Beat"]Allen Toussaint
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Help Is On The Way"]James Stanley Carter*
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Name And Number"]Nick Thorp
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From " The Peas"]John Starks*
5:05
D2 WRMS: Cat's In Control
Performer [Sexy One-Night-Stand Radio Personality]Cat Jackson
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By, Performer [Contains Excerpts From "In All My Wildest Dreams"]Joe Sample
0:33
D3 Skit 4
Written-ByVincent Mason
0:12
D4 Shwingalokate
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Mr. Groove"]One Way
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Placebo Syndrome", "Flash Light"]Parliament
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Flash Light"]George Clinton Jr*
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Mr. Groove"]Kevin Duane McCord*
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Placebo Syndrome"]George Clinton Jr*
4:13
D5 Fanatic Of The B Word
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Freedom"]Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "That's No Lie"]White Lightnin' (3)
Vocals [Zooted Vocal Intro]Mike "Dreddy Bear" G*
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Freedom"]Tyrone Armstrong
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "That's No Lie"]Ralph Edward Kinsey*
4:09
D6 Keepin' The Faith
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Could You Be Loved"]Bob Marley & The Wailers
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "Sign Of The Times"]Bob James
Performer [Contains Excerpts From "The Champ"]The Mohawks
Written-ByVincent Mason
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Could You Be Loved"]Bob Marley
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Just A Touch Of Love"]Thomas Henry Lockett*
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "Sign Of The Times"]Rodney Lynn Temperton*
Written-By [Contains Excerpts From "The Champ"]Harry Palmer (3)
4:44
D7 Skit 5
Written-ByVincent Mason
0:32

Companies, etc.

  • Mixed AtBattery Studios, New York
  • Mixed AtIsland Media Studios
  • Pressed ByGZ Media – 254446E
  • Published ByWarner-Tamerlane Publishing Co.
  • Published ByDaisy Age Music
  • Published ByPrinse Pawl Musick, Inc.
  • Published ByBMG Gold Songs
  • Published ByFar Out Music, Inc.
  • Published ByWarner Chappell Music
  • Published ByJalma Music
  • Licensed FromFar Out Productions, Inc.
  • Licensed FromRhino Entertainment Company
  • Licensed FromUMG Recordings, Inc.
  • Licensed FromUniversal Music Enterprises
  • Published BySawandi Music
  • Published ByStone Agate Music
  • Published ByBlack Bull Music
  • Published ByJobete Music Co., Inc.
  • Published ByBourne Co.
  • Published ByWarner Chappell Music
  • Licensed FromSony Music Entertainment
  • Published ByEMI Music Catalog, Inc.
  • Published ByPublic Domain
  • Licensed FromTempo Record Co. Of America
  • Licensed FromStones Throw Records
  • Licensed FromMelody House
  • Published ByUniversal Music - Z Tunes
  • Published ByJazz Merchant Music
  • Published ByCrompton Songs
  • Published BySongs of Universal, Inc.
  • Published ByVMG Worldwide
  • Published ByBMG Platinum Songs
  • Published ByBernard's Other Music
  • Published ByWarner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
  • Published BySony/ATV Songs LLC
  • Published ByUpward Bound Music
  • Published ByLamminations Music
  • Licensed FromAtlantic Recording Corporation
  • Licensed FromWarner Music Group
  • Licensed FromSunGlo Records
  • Licensed FromBrunswick Recording Corporation
  • Published ByBMG Rights Management
  • Published ByTriple Three Music
  • Published ByEMI Blackwood Music
  • Published ByVMG West End Copyrights, LLC
  • Licensed FromBMG Rights Management
  • Published ByBeardog Publishing Company
  • Published ByEMI Longitude Music
  • Published ByConrad Music
  • Published ByBMG Platinum Songs US
  • Published ByBMG Bumblebee
  • Published ByUniversal Music-Careers
  • Licensed FromModern Records
  • Licensed FromScholastic Inc.
  • Published ByDynatone Publishing Co.
  • Published ByUnichappell Music, Inc.
  • Published ByFunky Caroline Music
  • Published ByBridgeport Music, Inc.
  • Licensed FromWestbound Records
  • Published ByPeabody And Co.
  • Published ByFresh Ideas
  • Published ByKuwa Music
  • Published ByMoFunk Music
  • Published ByFat Brothers Music
  • Published ByUniversal Music-MGB Songs
  • Published ByUniversal - Polygram International Publishing, Inc.
  • Published ByWarner Chappell Music Ltd.
  • Published ByScreen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
  • Published ByJames Car Publishing
  • Licensed FromConcord Music Group
  • Licensed FromPeople Records
  • Licensed FromHarlem International Records
  • Published ByRubber Band Music
  • Published ByModern Works Music Publishing
  • Published ByKenites Publishing
  • Published ByRoynet
  • Published ByPeermusic III, Ltd.
  • Published ByRodsongs
  • Published ByWb Music Corp.
  • Published ByUniversal Music Corporation
  • Published ByCotillion Music, Inc.
  • Published ByPhoenix Music International
  • Licensed FromPhoenix Music International
  • Recorded AtCalliope Productions
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗A.O.I., LLC
  • Copyright ©A.O.I., LLC
  • Licensed ToChrysalis Records Ltd.

Credits

  • Design [Logo Design]Mark Weinberg
  • Engineer [Mixing Engineers]Tim Lathan*
  • Illustration [Cover Illustration]Joseph Buckingham*
  • Illustration [Liner Note Illustration]Al Callabrass
  • Mastered ByMichael Fossenkemper
  • Mixed ByScotty Hard
  • Performer [Playground Honeys]Tiffany (22)
  • Performer [Playground Ruffnecks]Mister Lawnge*
  • ProducerPrince Paul

Notes

℗ & © 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited

All boring tracks recorded at Calliope Productions
Mixed at Battery Studios and Island Media
Made In Czech Republic on back of sleeve.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Scanned): 810098502948
  • Barcode (Printed): 8 10098 50294 8
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, variant 1): RMM-052-1 A 1574976 254446E1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, variant 1): RMM-052-1 B 1438627 254446E2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side C, variant 1): RMM-052-1 C 1429389 254446E3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side D, variant 1): RMM-052-1 D 1577685 254446E4
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A, variant 2): RMM-052-1 A 1581219 254446E1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B, variant 2): RMM-052-1 B 1438627 254446E2
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side C, variant 2): RMM-052-1 C 1429389 254446E3
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side D, variant 2): RMM-052-1 D 1577685 254446E4
  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Rights Society: SACEM
  • Rights Society: PRS

Other Versions (5 of 88)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
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De La Soul Is Dead (LP, Album) Big Life BLR LP 8, BLR LP8, BLR LP8 - 1 UK 1991
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De La Soul Is Dead (LP, Album) Mega Records MRLP 3184 Scandinavia 1991
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De La Soul Is Dead (2×LP, Album, Limited Edition, Promo) Tommy Boy TB 1041 US 1991
De La Soul Is Dead (CD, Album) Tommy Boy TBCD 3682 Europe 1991
De La Soul Is Dead (LP, Album) Tommy Boy 9031-74358-1 Europe 1991

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Reviews

  • Martell0's avatar
    Martell0
    Disapointing pressing.
    I thought my needle needed replacement, instead I Replace the pressing and sold my copy on the double
    • james485's avatar
      james485
      Cover art confused me because it was very bad on front but inserts were very nice but that doesn’t matter because the LP Sounded great. Sleeves were a bit hard to take the vinyl out but no problems, glad all the tracks got pressed this time!
      • Hambo-11's avatar
        Hambo-11
        Nothing special to be honest
        Cover and inner sleeves look very cheap
        LP sounds very muffled
        What a shame!
        • master-k's avatar
          master-k
          Got some sound issues on my copy.. Got a new vinyl of the album from the same place.. same sound issue on the second one they sent me.. It's like weak sound on some parts before the sound comes back to normal again..
          Anyone with the same problem?
          • Trumasterz's avatar
            Trumasterz
            Edited one year ago
            Disappointing release. Just compared with VMP 2019 release and it is just like listening to a whole different album. VMP release is the best pressing out there. Sound quality VMP is also superieur. Avoid!
            • plekuz's avatar
              plekuz
              Happy the five tracks missing from the 1991 vinyl release are added here.
              • tomtom2017's avatar
                tomtom2017
                I am a bit confused... I used to listen to this one a lot back in the days, but something sounds different here. I heard about the sample issues, so I am wondering if I am just confused, or does "Ring Ring Ring" really sound different, e.g. because of changed/missing samples? (Yes, Cvr very lame, Soundwise ok, very treble-shy).
                • gatorost's avatar
                  gatorost
                  Edited 2 years ago
                  Just received today from Juno UK. Arrived in great condition and the records sound great, considering the original mix. Comic art on the inner sleeves is distorted (from enlargement of CD booklet?) but that’s the only complaint. Obviously a lavish gatefold cover on thick card would be better, but I can live with this.
                  • Mayfield_1's avatar
                    Mayfield_1
                    Edited 2 years ago
                    Cheap repro cover - records sound okay but not great. I miss the love on the manufacturer’s side - if it would be half as big as on the fan-side they would honor this masterpiece and work accordingly: shame on de la too. If they would care, all the people in the foodchain behind them would too.
                    • milesdon's avatar
                      milesdon
                      Another really disappointing reproduction of the original sleeve, looks like it's been badly scanned from an original copy, out of focus/loss of detail. A real shame, the 2LP 2023 pressing of '3 Feet High...' had the same issues. I could of done a better job myself.

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