![]() They share the last 16 bars towards the end. Their vocal qualities are more similar in nature than, say, Q-Tip and Phife. "U Can Do (Life)" is the first actual song and a perfect highlight of how well Dave and Pos compliment each other. Mosaic Thump, they got to showcase just how diverse their palette can be. De La Soul was never neatly sequestered into such lanes, and in 2000, the trio was as broad as ever. But that same year had also seen a surge in eclectic, Native Tongues-inspired artists like Black Star and Slum Village, with artists like The Roots and Common suddenly seeing mainstream success after year's branded "underground" or "backpacker" rap. The "Shiny Suit Era" had dominated the late 1990s, and the breakup of A Tribe Called Quest devastated fans in 1998. was a mostly straight-faced look at where things were going as the rap game seemed obsessed with platinum plaques and bicoastal beefs. Pos, Maseo and Dave seem a little less preoccupied with the "state of Hip-Hop" and sound like De La just being De La once again. Though undoubtedly filtered through the group's maturity and high craftsmanship standards, Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump sees De La Soul making a return to some of their early career goofiness. Fans never got that trilogy, ( AOI: Bionix arrived in 2001, but a third DJ-focused album never materialized) but they nonetheless got a classic in this first installment. Dilla, Rockwilder, Prince Paul, Busta Rhymes, Tha Alkaholiks, Redman and more for what was intended to be the first in a trilogy called Art Official Intelligence. The result was one of the best albums of the early 2000s, as Pos, Dave and Maseo teamed with J. And the group collaborated with a broad cross-section of like-minded producers and high profile guest artists. Mosaic Thump are forever hilarious) while embracing the heightened commentary and craftsmanship of Stakes. The group also reached back to some of their early career goofball-ism (the "Ghost Weed" skits on. "I couldn't get it out of my head, so I approached the guys and told them we should do this for real, which they were all for once they thought about it. Let's make a triple album.'"īut the thought lingered. "We would always hear about some rock putting out this or that double album, so we'd be together, and I'd say, 'De La always does things different. "The whole trilogy thing really was just one big, dumb joke," Posdnous said to the Dallas Observer in 2000. But it was initially an idea that none of them took seriously. The idea that the group decided upon was undoubtedly ambitious: a concept album trilogy. It had been four years since their critically acclaimed but still somehow underrated fourth album Stakes Is High, and De La was looking to reinvigorate themselves creatively. ![]()
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