Your De La Soul collection should consist of their first four instrumental LPs, numerous soundboard recordings from concerts in between the years of '88 and '98, a gang of shelved demos from the "De La Soul Is Dead" and "Buhloone Mindstate" sessions, etc. Instead, you're left fiending for these things, and chances are that you'll never see anything released.
Here are all of their known instrumentals from between the years of '88 and '98. If I missed anything, hit us up in the comments section.
De La Soul - The Instrumentals Volume 1
1. Me Myself And I
2. Me Myself And I (Oblapos Mode)
3. Potholes In My Lawn
4. Buddy (Native Tongue Decision)
5. Ghetto Thang (Ghetto Ximer)
6. Say No Go (New Keys)
7. Say No Go (Bonus Beats)
8. Keepin' The Faith
9. Keepin' The Faith (Straight Pass)
10. Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa (Full Mix)
11. Ring Ring Ring (Sax Mix)
12. Saturdays (Mo Mo Dub)
http://www.mediafire.com/?hq3g1l3nnyy
De La Soul - The Instrumentals Volume 2
1. The Dawn Brings Smoke
2. Breakadawn (De La Remix)
3. Breakadawn
4. Ego Trippin'
5. Ego Trippin' (Egoristic Mix)
6. Lovely How I Let My Mind Float
7. En Focus
8. Fallin'
9. Stakes Is High
10. Stakes Is High (Remix)
11. The Bizness
12. The Bizness (Remix)
13. Itzsoweezee
14. Trouble In The Water
15. More Than You Know
http://www.mediafire.com/?wmgvgzg4yfn
Preview:
Me Myself And I
Me Myself And I (Oblapos Mode)
Potholes In My Lawn
Buddy (Native Tongue Decision)
Breakadawn (De La Remix)
Breakadawn
Ego Trippin'
Fallin'
Stakes Is High
Trouble In The Water
--Roy Johnson
woohoo! Roy is making me eat my foot...
ReplyDeleteNo problem, Cenzi! I should probably do something like this for ATCQ.
ReplyDeletewas there ever an instrumental put out for Three? i looked high and low but no luck..
ReplyDeleteI think there was an instrumental for jennifa. been searching for years but have never heard it, tho.
ReplyDeleteOn the "Jenifa" single, there's a track on the b-side titled "Derwin", and it says on discogs that it's the instrumental version of "Jenifa", but it's not. I was kinda confused as well.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.discogs.com/De-La-Soul-Jenifa-Taught-Me-Potholes-In-My-Lawn/release/154040
WOW !!!!
ReplyDeleteive been lookin for the original Stakes is High instrumental forever!
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Nice post but Plug Tunin is the instro I'm after.
ReplyDeleteGuess I will have to buy the vinyl when I have the cash, unless anyone can up it for me.
I have short loop of the track on a Beastie Breaks 12" but its only a 45 loop and not much variation in the track, thats why I need the proper instro.
http://www.discogs.com/Unknown-Artist-The-Lost-Hip-Hop-Instrumentals-Vol-1/release/1197756
I'd love to get my hands on that "Plug Tunin" instrumental.
ReplyDeleteTHE MAGIC NUMBER PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteso much respect is deserved for this posting. good looking out mah dudes
ReplyDeleteAny chance for a Reup pls?
ReplyDeleteps great blog guys
Lo Vas
Here's a re-up of Volume 1 of the Instrumentals.
ReplyDeleteI can't find Volume 2 in my hd, but I'll see what
I can do for you. Stay tuned.
Roy Johnson, you out there?
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KAIBMP6R
Both of the original mediafire links are fine - I log into my account on a daily basis, so links do not expire with the passage of time.
ReplyDeleteGold. Pure gold. Thanks for posting.
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