DAS VILLAIN
I remember when this release came out in 1989. I was barely 17 years old in 1989 and De La Soul's debut album was a game changer! Jazzy grooves, oddball samples, and a deeper state of consciousness was a creation well ahead of its time! Many in the rap/hip hop community summarily disavowed this album, but they were being reductive, as usual. Unironically, De La Soul got the last laugh because this album is legendary, part of the Hip Hop coda, and is in the vanguard of revolutionary music
Favorite track: Me Myself and I.