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Buhlo͞one Mind State
Hip-Hop · 1993 · 12 tracks

Buhlo͞one Mind State

De La Soul

A sophisticated, somber evolution of jazz-rap. Live horns and dusty loops underpin a weary but brilliant meditation on fame and artistic identity.

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It's like a smoky jazz club session where the rappers are having an existential crisis.

A weary, intellectually sharp meditation on fame wrapped in warm, smoky jazz textures.

Buhlo͞one Mind State · vs · De La Soul
Saxophone+4.0σ

The instrumentation foregrounds saxophone far more than the catalogue usually does.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Intro
0:53
02
Eye Patch
2:28
04
Patti Dooke
5:54
05
I Be Blowin’
4:58
06
Long Island Wildin’
1:31
07
Ego Trippin’, Part Two
3:52
08
Paul’s Revenge
0:43
09
3 Days Later
2:39
10
Area
3:32
11
I Am I Be
5:03
12
In the Woods
4:04
14
Dave Has a Problem… Seriously
0:55
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way Maceo Parker's saxophone bleeds into the drum loop on I Be Blowin', blurring the line between sample and live session.
The vulnerable, self-referential opening of I Am I Be where Posdnuos dissects his own identity over a somber, rolling piano.
The chaotic, claustrophobic vocal layering at the end of Dave Has a Problem that breaks the album's cool exterior.
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