AOI: Bionix

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AOI: Bionix
AOI: Bionix cover
Studio album by De La Soul
Released December 4, 2001
Recorded  ???
Genre Hip hop
Length 55:15
Label Tommy Boy
Producer(s) De La Soul, Supa Dave West, Kev Brown, Megahertz, Jay Dee, Deaf 2 U Inc.,
Professional reviews
De La Soul chronology

Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
(2000)
AOI: Bionix
(2001)
Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996
(2004)


AOI: Bionix is De La Soul's sixth full-length album, released in 2001. The album was the second in a planned three-disc installment, which was originally intended to be a three-disc album.

[edit] Overview

The first single, "Baby Phat" featuring Yummy Bingham and Devin the Dude, was an ode to larger sized women. Elsewhere, "Held Down", featuring Cee-Lo, found Posdnous in an instrospective mood as he mused on fatherhood, religion, and fame. Slick Rick also made an appearance on "Things We Do (For Love)"; a humorous song about puberty and sexual discovery.

The album featured skits with a character by the name of "Reverend Do Good". The skits worked as social commentary as well as the intros and outros to the songs. The final Reverend Do Good skit acts as one final advertisement for "Ghost Weed" as heard on De La Soul's previous LP, Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump. A mischievous teenager takes a hit of the substance, then morphs into Slum Village frontman J Dilla, who provides the intro and outro to the marijuana-themed song "Peer Pressure".

Like many Hip-Hop albums, there is an official instrumental version of the album available on vinyl, with artwork.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Intro" – 0:29
  2. "Bionix" – 2:43
  3. "Baby Phat" (featuring Devin the Dude and Yummy Bingham) – 3:50
  4. "Simply" – 4:05
  5. "Simply Havin'" – 0:48
  6. "Held Down" (featuring Cee-Lo) – 4:54
  7. "Reverend Do Good #1" – 1:05
  8. "Watch Out" – 3:37
  9. "Special" (featuring Yummy Bingham) – 3:36
  10. "Reverend Do Good #2" – 1:14
  11. "The Sauce" (featuring Philly Black) – 2:25
  12. "Am I Worth You?" (featuring Glenn Lewis) – 4:01
  13. "Pawn Star" (featuring Shell Council) – 4:06
  14. "What We Do (For Love)" (featuring Slick Rick) – 5:04
  15. "Reverend Do Good #3" – 2:20
  16. "Peer Pressure" (featuring B-Real & Jay Dee) – 5:09
  17. "It's American" – 1:09
  18. "Trying People" – 4:31

[edit] Album singles

Single cover Single information
"Baby Phat"
  • Released: 2001
  • B-side: "Watch Out"
De La Soul
Posdnuos | Dave | Maseo
Studio albums
3 Feet High and Rising (1989) | De La Soul Is Dead (1991) | Buhloone Mindstate (1993) | Clear Lake Audiotorium (EP) (1994) | Stakes Is High (1996) | Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (2000) | AOI: Bionix (2001) | Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996 (2004) | The Grind Date (2004) | The Impossible: Mission TV Series - Pt. 1 (2006) 
Singles
Potholes in My Lawn| Plug Tunin'| Buddy| Eye Know| Me Myself And I| Say No Go| The Magic Number| Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)| A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"| Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa / Keepin' The Faith| Breakadawn| Ego Trippin' (Part Two)| Fallin'| Stakes Is High| Itzsoweezee (HOT)| 4 More| Oooh.| All Good?| Thru Ya City| Baby Phat| Shoomp| Shopping Bags (She Got From You)| Rock Co.Kane Flow|Feel Good Inc.
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