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and the Anonymous Nobody…
Hip-Hop · 2016 · 18 tracks · 1h 14m

and the Anonymous Nobody…

De La Soul

A lush, crowdfunded tapestry of live-instrumentation hip-hop. Mature, sophisticated, and entirely sample-free, it feels like a late-night conversation with old friends.

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It's like a high-end jazz-rock fusion record that just happens to be a brilliant De La Soul album.

A sophisticated and reflective journey that balances veteran wisdom with playful experimentation.

and the Anonymous Nobody… · vs · De La Soul
Live Recording+3.5σ

The production is built around live recording than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 18 Tracks · 1h 14m
01
Genesis
1:37
02
Royalty Capes
3:47
03
Pain (album version)
4:40
04
Property of Spitkicker.com
5:33
05
Memory of… (US)
4:56
06
CBGB’s
1:21
07
Lord Intended
7:16
08
Snoopies
4:15
09
Greyhounds
5:26
10
Sexy Bitch
1:31
11
Trainwreck
3:18
12
Drawn
5:33
13
Whoodeeni
4:31
14
Nosed Up
3:58
15
You Go Dave (A Goldblatt Presentation)
1:21
16
Unfold
5:59
17
Here in After
5:41
18
Exodus
3:24
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the gritty CBGB's interlude into the explosive stadium-rock guitar solo on Lord Intended
Jill Scott's velvet narration drifting over the elegant strings and boom-bap heartbeat of Memory of...
The way Little Dragon's ethereal vocals dissolve into a sparse, synth-heavy groove on Drawn
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