![]() If De La is The Beatles of indie hip hop, then Tribe is The Rolling Stones, and also maybe Led Zepplin in this half-assed analogy.Īnyways, while no of us can kick it right now, this sample of “Walk on the Wild Side” is still one of the most inspired in music history. ![]() “CAN I KICK IT?” - A TRIBE CALLED QUESTĪ Tribe Called Quest had a symbiotic relationship with De La Soul, beyond their collaborations in the Native Tongues collective. It may not sound like it anymore, but that doesn’t make it any less great.Ģ. This shit was radical, in the truest sense of the word, when it first came out. Likewise, the lyrical content did not conform to what had come before, namely cause these dudes are a bunch of hippies. They also used these samples in innovative ways, for sparse fills or inside jokes, as opposed to just for hooks or drum breaks. De La created a whole new template for hip hop by utilizing samples from pop, soul, disco, psychedelia, and even country music. ![]() But not by much.Įverything about it was revolutionary. To claim that alternative rap would not exist without De La Soul’s flawless debut record 3 Feet High and Rising might be a bit of an overstatement. Just relax and expand your musical horizons with this highly incomplete list of the essential alternative hip hop that you NEED to know about. Plus, if that dude had Animal Crossing, Netflix, Tik Tok, etc., at his disposal he would have never been as productive while sheltering in place.ĭon’t worry about creating your magnum opus. By now you’ve probably heard that William Shakespeare wrote King Lear while he was quarantined during the bubonic plague.
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