Album - De La Soul is Dead
Song - A Roller Skating Jam "Named Saturdays"
Date - 3-5-91
Status - Procured
De La unveiled pioneering sampling techniques on their debut album "Three Feet High and Rising", but Three Feet still sounds merely like a more complex version of the collage aesthetic then dominant in Hip Hop. On their follow-up album "De La Soul is Dead", they managed to take those techniques and create more sophisticated, integrated tracks that deemphasize the individualness of each sampled sound to create a comprehensive whole. This represented a major shift for Hip-Hop and would become the dominant aesthetic goal of DJ's throughout the 90's.
De La Soul's first draft of fame was a bitter one. Thematically "Saturday" was a radio friendly up-beat song on an otherwise darker album, but technically the backing track is a perfect example of the new highs De La had reached in the studio.
Also, Q-TIP ALERT! That dude was everywhere, and he cuts it up on this track.
And one more thing. Listen for the weird growl at the end of the last chorus. Only De La.
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