Tune of the Week: De La Slow Music

Creative sampling is definitely a cornerstone of the Spacey King sound and here is a perfect example. In the late 80s De La Soul and producer Prince Paul came out of the Long Island suburbs and disrupted hip hop culture. Throwing away the tough guy antics of gun posturing and boasting De La embraced flowers, doves, inclusivity and creativity. On their debut album they sampled Hall and Oates and Steely Dan while rhyming about relationships and being oneself. They were labeled as “hippies” and “punks” by the media and Hiphop World. This pidgeon-holing did not sit well with the group and they subsequently released their second, and angriest, album “De La Soul is Dead”. Here we take a listen to the first proper track off that release. It features a dizzying array of samples, including an expertly flipped Tom Waits bassline. If you like this kind of production definitely check the rest of their discography as well as Prince Paul’s!