| "Plug Tunin' (Are You Ready for This?)" | ||||
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| Single by De La Soul | ||||
| from the album 3 Feet High and Rising | ||||
| A-side | "Freedom of Speak (We Got Three Minutes)" (double A-side) | |||
| B-side | "Strictly Dan Stuckie" | |||
| Released | June 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Studio | Calliope Studios, New York City[1] | |||
| Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
| Length | 3:43 | |||
| Label | Tommy Boy | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Prince Paul, De La Soul | |||
| De La Soul singles chronology | ||||
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"Plug Tunin'" (includes the subtitle "Are You Ready for This?") is a song by hip hop trio De La Soul. In June 1988 it was released as the group's debut single as part of a double A-side with "Freedom of Speak (We Got Three Minutes)". A remix of the song, under the title "Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend)", would later be included on their debut album 3 Feet High and Rising.
Lyrically, the song is idiosyncratic, however, musically it laid the foundations for the sound the group would realise more fully with their debut album.
In the end of year-roundups, the song placed at No. 40 in the magazine The Face list of best singles of 1988.[3] In January 1998 was included on The Source's "The 100 Best Rap Singles of All Time" list.[4] In 1999, Ego Trip's editors ranked "Plug Tunin'" at No. 8 in their list of Hip Hop's 40 Greatest Singles by Year 1988 in Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists.[5] In 2013 was ranked by Complex at No. 5 on their list "The 100 Best Native Tongues Songs".[6]
- ^ "De La Soul 3 Feet High..." Hi-Fi News & Record Review (website). April 22, 2022. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
- ^ "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ "Rocklist.net ... ... The Face Recordings Of The Year ..." rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ "100 Best Singles: The Top Hip-Hop Songs of All Time". The Source. No. 100. New York. January 1998. p. 32. ISSN 1063-2085.
- ^ Jenkins, Sacha; Elliott Wilson; Chairman Mao; Gabriel Alvarez; Brent Rollins (1999). Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 9781466866973.
- ^ "The 100 Best Native Tongues Songs". Complex. May 25, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2023.