In around 1992. The cute illustration (by Joe Buck) record that my sister found at a secondhand clothing store in Amemura:youngster’s area in Osaka, was a “Saturday” single of them De La Soul. I didn’t have a record player at my home yet, and it was one of the two records that my sister bought to decorate the room. The other was a house music vinyl of a group called Bomb The Bass.
After a while, I found a red plastic record player (built-in speaker) that was thrown away in the neighborhood, so when I picked it up and came back, it worked, so the two records that were in the house that had no information yet I tried to put it on. I’m sure the speaker was broken, the sound came out very low, so I thought that the volume would increase if I pressed the record needle hard. This was how I bumped into De La Soul music with full of scratches on the vinyls groove.
A few years later, I was amazed by the unique sampling and visuals of the revolutionary album “3 Feet High and Rising” and when I heard “Buhloone Mindstate” with the participation of Schadarapper (SDP) and Kan Takagi, I felt it was not wrong to do hip-hop as a Japanese through the depth of De La’s love.
Dave’s death at this time, when he was about to stream all the albums that were De La’s hope for many years in March, can’t help but want to get more into their wonderful music and messages.
They are not afraid to be different from other people, I’m encouraged by that figure, and again now. This world is full of love, and there are a lot of fun things, and they showed me a lot of sense of noticing it. The sound is always innovative, but their live is soulful and party! A generous and true hip-hop artist trio that embraces all the people there with happiness. Three people who were born from the soul (De La Soul). I love De La Soul is not dead. forever and ever. Trugoy the Dove, Mr.Dave. Rest in peace.
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