De La Soul is an American hip-hop group formed in 1988 in the Amityville ar… Read Full Bio ↴De La Soul is an American hip-hop group formed in 1988 in the Amityville area of Long Island, New York. They are best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip-hop subgenres. The members are Posdnuos, Maseo, and Trugoy (until his death in 2023). The three formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producer Prince Paul with a demo tape of the song "Plug Tunin'". With its playful wordplay, innovative sampling, and witty skits, the band's debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, has been called "a hip hop masterpiece."
The album was the band's biggest commercial success to date, with subsequent ones selling progressively less, despite receiving high praise from critics. They were influential in the early stages of rapper/actor Mos Def's career, and are a core part of the Spitkicker collective. They are the second longest standing Native Tongues group, after the Jungle Brothers. In 2006, the group won a Grammy for their collaboration with Gorillaz on the single "Feel Good Inc."
In early 2015, they announced plans to release a Kickstarter funded upcoming 9th studio album and the Anonymous Nobody... in September 2015; it was released on August 26, 2016. The album tracks are said to be the result of multiple improvised jam sessions. The album also features guest appearances from artists such as Damon Albarn, Little Dragon, David Byrne, 2 Chainz and Snoop Dogg.
Studio albums
3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
Stakes Is High (1996)
Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (2000)
AOI: Bionix (2001)
The Grind Date (2004)
Plug 1 & Plug 2 Present... First Serve (2012)
and the Anonymous Nobody... (2016)
The album was the band's biggest commercial success to date, with subsequent ones selling progressively less, despite receiving high praise from critics. They were influential in the early stages of rapper/actor Mos Def's career, and are a core part of the Spitkicker collective. They are the second longest standing Native Tongues group, after the Jungle Brothers. In 2006, the group won a Grammy for their collaboration with Gorillaz on the single "Feel Good Inc."
In early 2015, they announced plans to release a Kickstarter funded upcoming 9th studio album and the Anonymous Nobody... in September 2015; it was released on August 26, 2016. The album tracks are said to be the result of multiple improvised jam sessions. The album also features guest appearances from artists such as Damon Albarn, Little Dragon, David Byrne, 2 Chainz and Snoop Dogg.
Studio albums
3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
Buhloone Mindstate (1993)
Stakes Is High (1996)
Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (2000)
AOI: Bionix (2001)
The Grind Date (2004)
Plug 1 & Plug 2 Present... First Serve (2012)
and the Anonymous Nobody... (2016)
Jenifa Thaught Me
De La Soul Lyrics
Access to her code
Lovestruck was my mode
Took a look, dropped my textbook
Jenifa, oh
Breakfast, broke it fast
She was in my english class
Asked for notes, rocked my boat
Jenifa, oh
Jenny
Lost her favourite penny
So I gave her a dollar
She kissed me (and I hollered)
In a flash, the school bell rang
Jenny grabbed on to my hand
Took me home and said, "Trugoy just
Swing and swing and swing"
The downstairs, where we met
I brought records, she cassettes
Lost the break, found her shape
Jenifa, oh, Jenny
Transcripts showed more than flirt
"I love daisies," read her shirt
Grabbed my jeans, Jimmy screamed
Jenifa, oh, Jenny
Marvelous, shaped like a vase
No one can live their life for Pos
Found a house, aroused my joust
Jenifa, oh, Jenny
Her clothes, I did shuck
Just like Dan, I strictly stuck
To the punt, she cried, "kick it"
Posdnuos was in
Jenny
Only thought about Jimmy
But asked was I a virgin
Like some kid named Derwin?
She said, "let's try it in the bathroom"
But 'dnuos is way above sinks
So to the kitchen she did Dan
And came back wrapped in Saran
Now wait a minute
Little Derwin got something to show us
That Jenny could never do, listen
Hey, look at little Derwin
Look at him go, look at him go
Aw, baby
Positions, muscles flexed
Dove was lost in a gon-a-hex
Passed her test, felt her teddy
Jenifa, oh, Jenny
Notions
Soothed the mood
Dove was lost in De La heaven
Screwed plug two, did the do
Jenifa, oh, Jenny
Jenny
Teased my homeboy granny
In fact, she teased so many
She was known as a garden tool
No more, I dispatched
Was it Jimmy had met his match?
Or could it be the realization
All girls owned a Jenny
For normal health, I had fought
A valuable lesson she had taught
Don't flaunt that the candy is good
Unless you came with plenty
Lovestruck was my mode
Took a look, dropped my textbook
Jenifa, oh
Breakfast, broke it fast
She was in my english class
Asked for notes, rocked my boat
Jenifa, oh
Jenny
Lost her favourite penny
She kissed me (and I hollered)
In a flash, the school bell rang
Jenny grabbed on to my hand
Took me home and said, "Trugoy just
Swing and swing and swing"
The downstairs, where we met
I brought records, she cassettes
Lost the break, found her shape
Jenifa, oh, Jenny
Transcripts showed more than flirt
"I love daisies," read her shirt
Grabbed my jeans, Jimmy screamed
Jenifa, oh, Jenny
Marvelous, shaped like a vase
No one can live their life for Pos
Found a house, aroused my joust
Jenifa, oh, Jenny
Her clothes, I did shuck
Just like Dan, I strictly stuck
To the punt, she cried, "kick it"
Posdnuos was in
Jenny
Only thought about Jimmy
But asked was I a virgin
Like some kid named Derwin?
She said, "let's try it in the bathroom"
But 'dnuos is way above sinks
So to the kitchen she did Dan
And came back wrapped in Saran
Now wait a minute
Little Derwin got something to show us
That Jenny could never do, listen
Hey, look at little Derwin
Look at him go, look at him go
Aw, baby
Positions, muscles flexed
Dove was lost in a gon-a-hex
Passed her test, felt her teddy
Jenifa, oh, Jenny
Notions
Soothed the mood
Dove was lost in De La heaven
Screwed plug two, did the do
Jenifa, oh, Jenny
Jenny
Teased my homeboy granny
In fact, she teased so many
She was known as a garden tool
No more, I dispatched
Was it Jimmy had met his match?
Or could it be the realization
All girls owned a Jenny
For normal health, I had fought
A valuable lesson she had taught
Don't flaunt that the candy is good
Unless you came with plenty
Lyrics ยฉ Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: David Jolicoeur, Kelvin Mercer, Paul E. Huston, Vincent Mason
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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@wanealy1
The brilliance finally unleashed. Happy De la Day y'all. They free.
@tamirajohnellestyle
Exactly! Free as ever๐๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ๐๐ฝ
@qrock639
Brilliance..key word
@dwayneandrews2059
De la, so sick. Remember buying this in high school when it came out. Whackest, obscure samples, dig it. True innovators, hands down. Saw them twice back in the day, rocked it. Never to be duplicated.
@durbysuniga7225
RIP Trugoy๐๐ฝ
@jewpac12
De La Soul is FREEEEE #RIPDAVE
@Bubbakush007
Legendary I remember them playing this song on KDAY back in the days ๐๐๐๐๐
@Ilovechicago100
This beat will forever be sick. The way the samples is chopped up is like no other ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐พ
@p.williams4310
Plug 3 was a MF on the wheels.
@user-sp9kd6ef3t
This started it all for me... this shit was so dope in real time. I love daisies read her shirt โค๐