Buhloone Mindstate

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Buhloone Mindstate
Studio album by De La Soul
Released	September 24, 1993
Recorded	N/A
Genre	Hip hop
Length	48:14
Label	Tommy Boy
Producer(s)	De La Soul, Prince Paul
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link RapReviews.com 10/10 link
De La Soul chronology
De La Soul Is Dead (1991)	Buhloone Mindstate (1993)	Clear Lake Audiotorium (EP) (1994)

Buhloone Mindstate is De La Soul's third full-length album. It was the last De La Soul album to be produced with Prince Paul.

Chris Rock listed it as the 10th best hip-hop album ever in a 2005 list for Rolling Stone. [1]

Contents 1 Overview 2 Track listing 3 List of Samples 4 Album singles 5 External links

[edit] Overview

The title refers to the group's efforts to remain grounded after acquiring a name. On the album's intro, the group repeat the phrase, "it might blow up but it won't go pop", then, to end the track, they repeat the line a final time with a balloon popping replacing the word pop. They do the same at the end of "Patti Dooke". These are references to the group's refusal to change their style of music for anyone else, even if it were to become popular.

De La Soul continued the early 90's experimentations with jazz by featuring jazz veterans Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, and Pee Wee Ellis, on "Patti Dooke" and "I Am I Be". The song "Patti Dooke" deals with what the group sees as the mainstream's efforts to control the direction of black music. Posdnous raps:

I'm known as the farmer

Cultivatin' mate without mendin'

Bendin', compromising any of my styles to gain a smile

Listen while you hear it

There's no pink in my slip

I reckon that the rhythm and the blues in the rap got me red

While the boys from Tommy plant bridge crossin' to a larger community

Yet they're soon to see I have a brother named Luck

Japanese rappers, SDP and Takagi Kan make an appearance on "Long Island Wildin'" while Biz Markie drops by on "Stone Age" and Guru makes a spoken cameo on "Patti Dooke" ("...So guard your trenches 'cause we runnin' through 'em. Peace to my man Premier"). Dres of Black Sheep appears, and the album heavily features Shortie No Mass of Philadelphia. The album was preceded by the single and video "Breakadawn", which featured a sample from Michael Jackson's "I Can't Help it".

[edit] Track listing

1. "Intro" – 0:52
2. "Eye Patch" – 3:20
3. "En Focus" (featuring Shortie No Mas and Dres of Black Sheep) – 3:15
4. "Patti Dooke" (featuring Guru, Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, and Pee Wee Ellis) – 5:54
5. "I Be Blowin'" (featuring Maceo Parker) – 4:58
6. "Long Island Wildin'" (featuring SDP and Takagi Kan) – 1:30
7. "Ego Trippin' (Part Two)" – 5:23
8. "Paul's Revenge" – 0:43
9. "3 Days Later" – 3:23
10. "Area" – 3:31
11. "I Am I Be" (featuring Maceo Parker, Fred Wesley, and Pee Wee Ellis) – 5:03
12. "In the Woods" (featuring Shortie No Mas) – 4:01
13. "Breakadawn" – 4:14
14. "Dave Has a Problem...Seriously" – 0:55
15. "Stone Age" (featuring Biz Markie) – 5:08

[edit] List of Samples

The following is a list of songs and sound footage sampled in the songs on Buhloone Mindstate.

Intro

• "Deep Gully" by The Outlaw Blues Band

En Focus

• "Nothing is The Same" by Grand Funk
• "Intimate Connection" by Kleer

Patti Dooke

• "People Make the World Go Round" by Milt Jackson
• dialogue excerpts from The Five Heartbeats

Long Island Wildin'

• "Ground Hog" by Duke Pearson

Ego Trippin' [Part Two]

• "Harlem Hendo" by Al Hirt
• "Ain't No Half Steppin'" by Heatwave

3 Days Later

• "Love In The Streets" by Johnny Taylor
• "Hot Dog" by Lou Donaldson
• dialogue excerpts from Deep Cover

Area

• "The New Rap Language" by Spoonie Gee & The Treacherous Three
• "I Call My Baby Pussycat" by Parliament

I Am I Be

• "You've Made Me So Very Happy" by Lou Rawls
• "The Next Band" by Eddie Harris
• "Keep Your Fat Mouth Out Of My Business" by Snooky Pryor
• "Miracles" by Jefferson Starship

In the Woods

• "Track #13" by Maceo Parker

Breakadawn

• "I Can't Help It" by Michael Jackson
• "Quiet Storm" by Smokey Robinson
• "Song and Dance" by The Bar Kays

Stone Age

• "Lonely Days" by Gregory Isaacs

[edit] Album singles

Single cover	Single information
	"Breakadawn" Released: 1993 B-side: En Focus
	"Ego Trippin' (Part Two)" Released: 1994 B-side: "Lovely How I Let My Mind Float"

[edit] External links

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.
Related articles
Native Tongues | Prince Paul | Spitkicker