De La Soul is a massively influential hip hop group, hailing from Amityville, Long Island, New York. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky, surreal lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap subgenre. The members are Kelvin Mercer (Posdnuos, Mercenary, Plug Wonder Why, Plug One), David Jude JolicÅ“ur (Trugoy the Dove, Dave, Plug Two) and Vincent Mason (Pasemaster Mase, Maseo, Plug Three). The three formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producer Paul Huston (Prince Paul) with a demo tape of the song "Plug Tunin'". Their debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising (1989), was a critical smash that saw the group labeled hippies due to the message of peace and love.
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De La Soul

Jeff: yo yo, hey man, aint you guys um, plug one? plug two?
Potholes in my lawn? youre those weird guys, de la soul, right?
Dove: yeah, whats up little man, how you feeling, Im dove, how you
Feeling.
Pos: yo whats up man, my name is pos.
Mase: whats up, Im mase. yo, shorty, whats your name?
Jeff: oh, my name? jeff. you guys are walking? now rappers aint
Supposed to walk.
Pos: sorry little man, but you know...
Jeff: jeff. I told you, my name is jeff. if you guys are rappers,
Wheres your dukey gold chains? yall dont have no dukey gold chains.
Mase: we dont wear gold chains, wed rather spend our money on
More important things like, women, necessities...
De la soul: and video games!
Jeff: yall are crazy. no chains, dag. okay, wheres your bmw?
Youre not supposed to walk. wheres your jeeps, your maximas?
Dove: maximas? yo, maxin would break my flow. and with the cause of
Gas, jeff man, Id rather take the transit thats mass.
Jeff: what you say? you are c-r-a-z-e-e. crazee. dont you know you
Cant be def if you dont have no gold? or a car, man? whats up?
Mase: who told you that?
Jeff: everybody whos def has gold, cars, money, girls, clothes...
Mase: wait a minute, wait a minute, shorty, youre buggin. do you like
Plug tunin and
Potholes?
Jeff: yeah that songs def.
Pos: but we dont wear no gold chains, nor do we ride bmws and
Maxes or jeeps, yet you still think our music is def, right? wait a
Minute. did I say def?
De la soul: rrrr-rrah!
Jeff: what?
Pos: nothing, nothing. its just that we dont deal with all that
Materialistic stuff, but we still got what it takes to please and
Supply our listeners, understand my man?
Jeff: wheres your beepers? why dont you have beepers? everybody
Wears beepers. you have to have beepers to look down.
Mase: aaauughhh! little man is brainwashed indeed!
Dove: nah, nah. beepers are the least of status situators, man. plus
I find them ugly as parking tickets.
Jeff: you guys talk funny.
Pos: well actually our verbal is kinetic, so when released flow a to
Z is perfectly pitched in andvance in intricacy.
Jeff: yeah you homeboys are really bugged.
Pos: wait a minute. did he say...
Mase: bugged?
De la soul: rrrr-rrah!
Jeff: so no car, no beepers, no gold. thats weak man, thats weak.
Dove: jesus, did he say weak? jesus, they never learn.
Pos: foolish mind, have i, have i.
Mase: actin like that lady!
De la soul: that lady!
Pos: peace, my brother...