Rapcrew De La Soul in 1989 surprised the world with playful debut album Three Feet High and Rising, which they offered a light counterweight to the militant hip-hop of Public Enemy and NWA. Besides the usual old school funk, De La Soul was inspired by pop, jazz, reggae, and psychedelia. In the years that followed the musical quality remained high, though Trugoy, Posdnuos and Pasemaster Mase did not
… beat more the impact of the debut. The trilogy Art Official Intelligence (AOI) De La Soul proves she is still an important factor in the hip. Especially part two (Bionix, 2001) is an excellent, inventive hip-hop album of the group in top form.more
