De La Soul Is Dead

De La Soul Is Dead
Studio album by
De La Soul
ReleasedMay 13, 1991
Recorded1990–1991
StudioCalliope Studios, New York City
GenreAlternative hip hop
Length73:49
Label
Producer
De La Soul chronology
3 Feet High and Rising
(1989) 		De La Soul Is Dead
(1991) 		Buhloone Mindstate
(1993)
Singles from De La Soul Is Dead

De La Soul Is Dead is the second studio album by American hip hop group De La Soul, released on May 13, 1991.[1][2] The album was produced by Prince Paul, whose work on 3 Feet High and Rising was highly praised by music critics. The album was one of the first to receive a five-mic rating in the hip-hop magazine The Source,[3] and it was also selected as one of The Source's "100 Best Albums" in 1998.[4] The album's cover refers to the death of the "D.A.I.S.Y." (Da Inner Sound, Y'all) age, or a distancing from several cultures including hippies and mainstream hip hop.[5]

The song "Oodles of O's" was featured on the soundtrack of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4.

In 2020, Rolling Stone placed the album at number 228 on their "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.[6]

  1. ^ Hernandez, Victoria (11 May 2016). "De La Soul Reflects On Da Inna Sound For 25th Anniversary Of "De La Soul Is Dead"". HipHopDX. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  2. ^ Allah, Sha Be (May 13, 2022). "De La Soul Dropped Their Second LP 'De La Soul Is Dead' 31 Years Ago". The Source.
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