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De La Soul
The Grind Date
Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Future
2. Verbal Clap
3. Much More
4. Shopping Bags (She Got from You)
5. The Grind Date - De La Soul, Anderson, Jon [1]
6. Church
7. It's Like That
8. He Comes
9. Days of Our Lives - De La Soul, Beck, William
10. Come on Down
11. No - De La Soul, Davis, Clifton
12. Rock Co.Kane Flow

CD Details

All Artists: De La Soul
Title: The Grind Date
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sanctuary Records
Release Date: 10/5/2004
Genres: Pop, Rap & Hip-Hop
Styles: East Coast, Experimental Rap, Pop Rap
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 060768751224, 5050159029617, 5050159029624, 006076875122

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Not only does De La Soul reach a milestone by releasing their seventh studio album, but The Grind Date is their most consistent, cohesive effort since 1996's Stakes Is High. For starters, the team of Supa Dave West, Jay Dee, Madlib, 9th Wonder, and Jake One create a gorgeous collection of tracks for them, ranging from the stirring soulfulness of "The Grind Date" and "Church" to the twitching tenseness of "Rock Co.Kane Flow" and the unabashed funky party on "Verbal Clap." Neither superficially commercial nor stubbornly underground, The Grind Date sounds as though De La have retuned to their own wavelength: provocative lyricism that's forward-thinking without sounding preachy, positive without sounding naïve. While so many of their peers have fallen by the wayside, Posdnuos, Dave (f.k.a. Trugoy), and Mase sound more robust than ever, joined by guests from the underground (MF Doom) and the middle ground (Common). Fifteen years after their head-turning debut 3 Feet High and Rising, De La show renewed life and vigor. --Oliver Wang

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CD Reviews

They still got Soul

Nuisance | Miami | 08/28/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"In a rap game that is filled with one-hit-blunders and here today gone tommorow emcees, its refreshing to hear rap pioneers like De La Soul still making quality hip hop albums. Lets get one thing clear. Shopping Bags SUCKS! I dont like when rap gods force themselves to do commercial records because they usually sound forced and out of place. Case in point with Shopping Bags. Other than that, this album is great. I like the Broadway Musical sounding The Future and Carl Thomas provides a good chorus for De La Soul's reflective It's Like That. MF Doom ripped Rock Co. Cane Flow in half(along with De La of course). More hip hop gems follow as Common joins in on Days Of Our Lives and Ghostface does his thing on He Comes even though he never outshined De La on the track. Bottom Line: De La Soul's The Grind Date is unquestionably one of the best albums of 2004. De La can still rip it solo(Grind Date, No, Verbal Clap, Come On Down etc) and with guest spots(Rock Co.Cane Flow, He Comes and Days of Our Lives). Other than the terrible Shopping Bags, this album is smooth sailing. Standout Tracks: MUCH MORE, THE GRIND DATE, NO, ITS LIKE THAT, VERBAL CLAP, ROCK CO.CANE FLOW, HE COMES, COME ON DOWN, DAYS OF OUR LIVES and THE FUTURE."