De La Soul - Eye Know

[gfunkwillyfry]

forget the feet Im just high and rising

[HerbseasonSpringfeel]

this song got me into otis redding  the whistle part

[jack01237]

@HerbseasonSpringfeel oh shit yeah is that were they got the sample from "...dock at the bay"?

cant remeber the name, but yeh...i ent heard that shit in time.

[MCtaskone]

This is Hip-Hop, quit fucking calling it anything else like "alternative rap"

[jack01237]

@MCtaskone whos calling it that? itunes? they dont know shit.

[SamMillerLite]

why can't we like both classic and newer rap? i'm an 18-year-old white kid from Chicago, and i can listen to Wu-Tang to De La Soul to Odd Future to Jay-Z continuously...they each bring different things to the table and they each have a purpose, so how can you compare them?

[R0SSTav]

Peg................

[AphexxehpA]

Always remember when a m8 of mine brought me a copy of this album into my local boozer in '89, B-side was Rob Base Dj EZ-Rock - It Takes Two, good times and when Hip-Hop was still healthy.

[Patriot1389]

De La Soul..

Coolest guys in Hip Hop history..

LIKE!!

[DanCiTi]

Hip Pop? Jazz Hop? Oh good lord, stop using these words. Pop Rap and Jazz Rap are the names, please you sound like an idiot. PLEASE.

[giraffemath]

ugh this song give me such delish nostalgia

[SPLURGEGUN]

De La Soul, got soul.... every album speaks volumes.... they never bettered.........

[DirtybirdGA]

Love the percussions on this too.. "run that back.." lol

[Ejak2021]

I'm not exactly a hip-hop/rap fan (yet), but I'm really getting into it thanks to these guys. It helps that I recognize half of the samples. Some nice Steely Dan in this song.

[CalciumMoonCheese]

@Ejak2021 check out 'a tribe called quest'

[Ejak2021]

@CalciumMoonCheese Was plannin' on it. They're mentioned in either this album or The Grind Date. A side-project one of the guys did I assume?

[TheMadnessFlow]

@Ejak2021 No. They're their own seperate hip-hop group, on of the all-time greats to be honest. They're better than De La Soul

ATCQ!!!

[brucestro18]

@TheMadnessFlow I agree w/that statement. ATCQ is my favorite group and it started w/"Bonita Applebum" @Sam Goodies that got me to buy their 1st Album. De La Soul is like right behind them as far best Alternative Rap groups. This track right here is sampled from "Steely Dan" My mom played that album out when I was a toddler!

[1921ewpeter]

Any moment you feel alone ,I can fill up your empty part.

[shazbot9000]

@1921ewpeter

"empty heart" i think

[Sue71]

"Let me lay my hand across yours and aim a kiss upon your cheek". Aw! Such sweet lyrics.

[GlobalJukebox]

Why does it end?



[jonnybigballs911]

for my brother S.I.B.... much love

[riotmaker7771]

carmello anthony on the right?

[ryanfoley123]

brilliant samples.

[TheGoucho1]

Here's the thing, there's hip-hop, and then there's true heart-felt rhythmic rap.

This doesn't make me hip-hop. This makes me feel. True rap.

[Ruca77]

vnice :)

[killamanstrike]

primark are doing tshirts with this album cover...only £3!!! i just got one and feel elated!

[Adjei88]

@killamanstrike where is this primark of yours i need to get me one of those!

[tcdaballer]

@killamanstrike I got mine for £6 :( lol every1 wearing dr dre chronich... the dont know bout the soul!

[catcherinthesky1]

@killamanstrike i love that t-shirt, goit it for the summer festivals

[had0406]

this is sooooooo doppppppe

[Kitificationable]

Yummy

[iHeartBeauty18]

Now that's what I call real Hip Hop. ;]

[TheSchumacher72]

Its been so long since i heard this. Happy days driving in my mk 1 Golf, blasting this album out of the window. still sounds fantastic. Love it......:)

[fredfinks]

YO HOLDING STACKS WITH MY BITCHES NIGGA!!!! I Luv you Mr Fifty Cents!

Oh wait, this stuff is good.

I never did find out what 'toosh let eleh pooh' means or how many fibers are intertwined in a shredded wheat biscuit.

[AllBallsDontBounce]

@fredfinks "Tuhs Eht Lleh Pu" is Shut The Hell Up spelled backward...

Easily a Top 5 Rap Group of All-Time, if for nothing more than originality & influence, though they brought a whole helluva lot more to rap!

[flonga1]

So much nostalgia im gonna cry

[Oddjob1177]

Such a happy groove :-)

[MrPhillis42]

so nice

[ChillyChillBrooknam9]

Who had a pair of Lottos?

[ZAKAR777]

@ChillyChillBrooknam9 hell yeah with the velcro patch!!

[CRuXR1ner]

Check this... I used listen to this track back in '89 every morning while getting ready for school during my Junior year. I dedicated it to Dawn Sumpter, my girlfriend at the time over the school P.A. system. Trust and believe that I got some in the back of the Theater Arts building. Never fails! =)

[TheOysterbird]

Steely Dan - Peg ^^

[madmandaniel]

OK obviously this is a classic, its so damn good. Oldskool hip hop was dope. But people who are in denial need to wake up, theres so much good hip hop these days. People just wanna be nostalgic, the songs from our teenage years are always gonna have a bigger place in our heart, and thats cool too! Peace, Love and Hip Hip to everyone

[wongpongwooey]

@madmandaniel Nice sentiment, but where is this good hip hop you speak of?? Not on MY radio that's for damn sure...(apart from those rizzle kicks chappies)

[dedricthere]

@wongpongwooey  I was going to say the same thing. The guy is trying to convince himself that today's rap music isn't complete shit.

[wwjd4someslayer]

@madmandaniel ya but i grew up in this age with new rap crap and this still stole my heart

[appau3]

Todays so called hiphop cant make me dance in the club. Now I am listening to this in my room and I feel like Michael Jackson

[BaronzPogz]

One of hop hops greatest creations.. de la soul..

[tonymucho]

Probably my favorite hip hop jam of all time. De La always delivered.

[lukerr87]

I'm a fan of metal, rock etc...but this certainly is one of the best albums I've heard. Old school rap is so much better than the shit around now.

[dagwaller]

10 minutes ago my gf made me listen to drake's "headlines". i thought it was passable (as far as modern day hip pop goes)...but then i had to listen to some TCQ and DLS. -ears and brain returning to normalcy-

[FozzyXT]

@dagwaller Werd, back to reality!!!

[SuperYungGunz]

@dagwaller Welcome home buddy lol

[seomat1k]

how the fuck can somebody give this thumbs down seriously get some taste

[Jengirl92]

This is amazing. Why did rap change for the worse so much?

[cwell2112]

@Jengirl92 Money. And people not actually paying attention to the music they're listening to.

[ColonelRoge]

Props to Steely Dan track 'Peg' for all the samples in this track!

[sms1189]

suuuch an amazing on so many levels!...tell me who the fuck could possibly dislike this? no one loves them better

[Billstiller23]

Reminds me of my girlfriend I love her so much:(

[FSBMoneyGang]

Droolz.. singing.... /i no i love you better

[MrScopal]

these lot were inaginative,different and CLEVER with it.This is a great album - todays 'hip hop' is reallly just brainless,misogynists talking about sex,money porn and nothing else -who fucking needs or wants it?They say music progresses -in this case its progressed backwards towards neandethal man

[djleesamuel]

@MrScopal WORD FOR WORD.....today's 'HIP HOP POP' as I call it just has no real vibe to the old heads like de la / Gang Starr / A Tribe / Big daddy Kane. Well said!

[soundenvision]

@djleesamuel

"Rap is not pop, if you call it that we'll stop".

I guess they did.

[ImHighRiotNow420]

LOOOOOVE THIS SHIT!!! POSITIVE VIBEZ

[TheMRWOODY700]

THE WHISTLE

[mikejhm]

God! I remember this now - I didn't even listen to it that much but I should go look for this. And Tribe Called Quest - just listened to them too. Wow.

[SuperSaibotShow]

thats the happiest album cover i seen in my life lol better than 50 cent showing off a photoshopped chest like in the massacre

[fremderum]

Man, I never liked rap because of today's music. Stuff like 50 cent, Jay Z, Usher and others made me think that rap was the most crappy music genre. But recently I discovered Jurassic 5, De La Soul and Public Enemy. I'm really digging it, even being a rock guy (: if you fellas know some other 'alternative rap' groups, please, tell me!

[Reaper679]

@fremderum

tupac, nas, mf doom, nwa, ice cube, del the funkee homosapien, gorillaz, big krit, hope that gets you started a bit more lol

[Jonald944]

@fremderum CYNE, Aesop Rock, Pharcyde, Elzhi, Rob Sonic, MF DOOM, Astronautalis, Blackalicious, Vakill, Nujabes, Mobb Deep, The Roots, P.O.S, Sage Francis, Sadistik, Cormega, Outkast, One Be Lo, Binary Star, K-Os, Input, Gang Starr, Wu-Tang, A Trive Called Quest, Cannibal Ox, Canibus, Big Pun, BlackStar (Mos Def&Talib Kweli), Bambu, Action Bronson, Adeem, El-P, Cunninlynguists, Zion I, Eligh, Insight, Slaine, Apathy, Saigon, Rebels to the Grain, Has-Lo, Digable Planets, Common, Shad, Eyedea

[mikejhm]

@fremderum Tribe Called Quest.

[Footplantman]

@fremderum I experienced the exact same thing as you haha, used to just listen to metallica and that all the time and then discovered good hip-hop

[scottsoul64]

sample taken from,''peg'' by Steely Dan

[ZTallant90]

PLUGGGIN> saw them at the 30 YEARS HIGH AND RISING TOUR IN ASHEVILLE NC... in 2009. probly my favorite funnest show ever. and ive seen people from bb king to derek trucks. ERYKAH BADU was at the fuckin bar just chilling for goodness sakes.. enjoying the show like everyone else. carolina reppin. LB.

[phoenixmoon3]

such a happy tune :) love it so much.

[qwertzu239]

i Just wrote a loveletter to this song

[shazzaman1]

its iraq up in here

[MoxicoMC]

So many good memories listening to this track...

Thanks for posting, its a CLASSIC!!!

[deybeSmokinRocks]

so fat

[Needy234]

that how to rap book is dope but its just another way for all the fakes and the people that use this great hip hop for an image and to be unique and a bunch of peoplewill read it and think they know everything about it and people for some reason cant keep that to thereselves

[TheMadnessFlow]

dope

[fob4everdude]

De La Soul Tshirts in primark £8 and i baulked whats wrong with me i should b keeping the faith ...as should we all...shit kicks ass

[teatimecreams]

This is one of the building block's that Rap/Hip Hop etc was founded upon...

Trust me, I have been alive long enough to see the loop. Obviously by some of the comments, some haven't.

As a female..the lyrics today in that genre above..~Well it offends me when they refer to women as 'Ho's, Diggas, Bitches' etc....and don't get me wrong, I am in my 50's and work with youths, so nothing shocks me..for some reason it never has??! (Yeah, I'm cool...lol)

I just can't help feeling DLS

[MsCSimmonds]

@teatimecreams Agree wholeheartedly, the image and portrayal of females in alot of modern RnB rap is extremely negative and over sexualised, giving our young people both boys and girls the wrong perspective on themselves. I am a dance teacher in my late thirties, and stuggle to get kids to move but put on something they like and suddenly the girls turn into mini porn stars.

[2KJoness]

This joint makes me happy :D

[sheckfron]

ALL OF YOUNG MONEY IS GOONS

[cyborgdata]

WOWWWWWW....... SO DOPE...... SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DOPE. BEAT, RHYMES, FLOW, THIS SHIT IS AMAZING !!1

[coltsuperocean10]

.....this is still so fresh!! Good music will always shine! Fuckin brilliant music!! How can anyone not love De La Soul??

[KILLERSTROP]

i was 19 when i bought this album summer 1990 it makes me want to blub now, All my younger friends think rap is utterly shit thanks to the pricks that have destroyed this beautiful arfform if I can point them to this and quest andpharcyde maybe all is not lost...

[deadfire18]

@KILLERSTROP I Had The Same Problem With Someone From My Age (16) He Was Like Fuck That I Aint Even Wanna Try To Listen It Sucks This Is Caused By The Music From Nowadays

[rustyshite]

@KILLERSTROP i hear you on the blubbin

[HitMeQuick]

@KILLERSTROP keep it up don't lose the faith :) remember YOU are still winning essentially. You heard it the first time round.

[chj2]

@KILLERSTROP Yes, rap is shit, but HIP HOP ain't! There IS a difference.

[bizzybone951]

@KILLERSTROP 1990 u get down

[IaMnAsianFascination]

@KILLERSTROP

makes you want to blub? what does that mean?

[nigganickification]

i love de la soul with a passion one of my favorite groups of all time

[MrEphbee69]

d.a.i.s.y. age y'all!!

[Jengirl92]

Rappers sure knew how to masterfully sample things back in the day.

[quincee33]

Awesome sample of PEG by STEELY DAN.

[cdjones19]

Awesome. This jam has been out over 20 years and still gives me goosebumps

[Sue71]

@TheReverendRaver I remember that song from my childhood. Thanks! :) Much love & peace

[shazzaman1]

hairy krishna

[WallyC907]

where can i find this instrumental?

[theCluevi]

βαμω τα χορευτικά κομάτια-μόλις το θυμηθηκα και το 'χα καμια 10-15 χρονια ξεχασμενο...νιωθω πολυ ομορφα ειλικρινα ρε 6αδερφε :D 

[ismskeism]

i know its 10 dislikes out of 498 767 views(mid-2011) but what is wrong with those 10 people? they must have been abused as children to this song or had something horrible happen to them while it was playing...

[BlatendCrude]

@ismskeism

No, it's not that, I was abused and I love this music, so it has to be something else.

Peace.

[teatimecreams]

@ismskeism  Nahhhhhh to the young it sounds 'lame'...to the mature ear..it sounds like good times.

[MrStef1971]

love delasoul 1989



[Lee1878Sant]

I'm still loving this :)

[airvucen]

Thumbs up if you listening this in 2011

[croydonsbest]

@airvucen i'm listening in 1974 duh...

[bradleyt1]

seriously, early 90's hip hop was awesome. De La, Digable, Souls of Mischief, awesome stuff...

[jserrano95205]

@bradleyt1 i agree, golden age of hip hop late 80s early 90s, never again will we see such talent. de la soul did not compromise there integrity for nothing! pure genius. this album along with epmd's "strictly business" beastie boys "pauls boutiqe" and cypress hill's first LP are some of the most influential and creative sounds to be found anywhere! CLASSIC!

[buutholesex]

my fav de la song

[MrCukricheck]

this is soo beautiful

[Sue71]

@TheReverendRaver May I ask, what's "Peg"?

[jerbojones]

@Sue71 It's one of Steely Dan's best song in my book. Check it out if you really like music it's a must for your collection. I damn sure have it in mine. Man De la is the shiz!

[J3YB33]

Takes me back to when I was a little kid...just pure happiness...

[jcatnineg]

mani i just love this song and if

[NeishaT84]

Dsxcccxr

[rep300]

Man......back when I liked rap.

[vondelucas]

Just want to walk in NY during a hot summer and listenin' to Eye Know with my ghetto blaster !

[ReginaldMaulding]

I KNOW I LOVE YOU BETTA

[KWEEZYKiNX]

The bottom one kinda looks like 2pac. Lol..

[ReineSchafwolle]

sooo...amazing.



[SeRi0uSLYman]

greetings girl welcome to my world

[jadplaya]

@twindwick youtube.com/watch?v=tY1kPqo56b­4&feature=related please watch this 9th wonder explains what happens perfectly

[sauckratez]

the native tong selective..the classics...

[Andyontherocks]

What a classic album this is, feck it am gonna listen to it from the track listing i remember :-)

[Hominin1983]

nice! 

[mooshashie]

@twindwick you want that old schoolness?

you believe in the lyrics and the music and it all having meaning?

then check this out, you WILL like it :D

take it easy and enjoy

/watch?v=iAMZbYRGuT4

[bubbadubz1]

just sit back and love it!! what else is there to do?

[ahomevideoonline]

@SportsLeader99 I was too.. But then the screen broke and the edges got sharp...OH GOD WHAT HAVE I DONE CALL 911!

[spungehead]

Wow. Just Wow! 

[notoriousstewie0]

I dont see why some people cant appreciate the classics but vibe with the new shit, come on now

[PEAKTYMEZBLUD]

@twindwick Money happened, my friend

[Darcsav3r]

@PEAKTYMEZBLUD True, but if people didn't buy it record comps would not have sold it. We make the muisc with what we buy. Wake up!!! Don't waste your money on settling on the lesser of to evils. De La for Life!!!

[legolas11795]

@twindwick - Nothing happened, the good stuff went back underground. When no one is paying attention, you can create timeless hip hop without worrying about market shares and residuals. There is great stuff out there, you just have to look harder

[akis723]

@legolas11795 exactly you just have to look for yourself. but you see most people want their music on the plate. they think music is a product equal to soup can where you go to a grocery and you just buy it. anyway cya

[dedricthere]

@legolas11795 Find me some underground stuff that's close to being that good. The radio shit is for retards and the underground, althought they have good intentions, is boring as fuck.

[legolas11795]

Sadly, this album would NEVER happen today... Forget about the genius of the lyrics and the forward looking attitude, no one would EVER get the sample clearances these days.. This album and the Beasties Pauls Boutique are the twin towers of brilliant hip hop production. Prince Paul and the Dust Brothers.... AND, both of them from NY!!!!! and in the case of De La, Amityville... I grew up 5 miles away!!!

[chrisb073]

When HipHop was HipHop!

[Windbr3k]

@twindwick Well spoken brother

[ThomeTeque]

fuck you mtv,viva and the rest of the commertial radio stations...A BIG FUCK YOU

[houseofdny]

Native Tongues Posse 4 LIfe.

Awesome Steely Dan sample, not to mention Otis Redding.

De La...

[cabagool]

@houseofdny and The Mad Lads too

[ktfp]

7 people who disliked this song, know fuck all about Hip Hop.....faggots



[Bowie99]

peg :)

[blackmondae]

@twindwick

blame it on justin bieber

[LOGIC42369]

@swswa221 read that shit. good book, kinda helps expand your horizon on how to write the lyrics, but was mostly just quotes from interviews with the rappers on w/e subject about rapping. i'd recommend reading it though

[SX1995able]

@twindwick When it comes too rap, I don`t even pay attention to new artists. I rather listen too the old school shit, that I have A LOT of good memories from.

[nightjammer]

No doubt in my mind: Hip Hop was at its apex between 1988 and about 1992. The Beastie Boys (Paul's Boutique), A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions, Stetsasonic, even 3rd Bass was alright. NWA, The Jungle Brothers, Ice-T, Eric B. and Rakim and of course, De La Soul were all really cool. These days, not so much. I can't explain it. It's just not the same somehow. Nas was cool and so were the Wu Tang Clan, but otherwise, I just go back to my old CD's.

[PS3xMedia]

@nightjammer big L and big pun are fucking tight tho, and if ur looking for a philosophical genius rapper then u cant get better than tupac

the 90's was tight anyway

its nowadays that is shite

[SX1995able]

@nightjammer It`s sad because most rappers that came from that era have either gone flat, boring or just straight dissapointing. Most have tried too conform to the newer sound of rap, and it just sucks. Now, I do like a couple of new school shit, I`ll even admit I like 3 Lil Wayne songs, but those 3 songs I like are probably the only songs by him that are worth 2 shits.

[PS3xMedia]

i love 2 note samples, for some reason they make sick songs.

just like craig mack's "flava in ya ear"

i cant figure out how 2 noted make such sick songs but i dont really care

[jmj540]

One of my favorite samples.

[PartyRockKr3w]

Had this song playing while i was getting ready for prom my senior year! Was with the most perfect girl at the time. Got invited to go again this year but doesn't feel the same for some reason. If only the replay button could replay parts of life too... :(

[SX1995able]

@PartyRockKr3w Word :(

[PremierWu12]

@twindwick A new generation of idiots came along, with no desire for anything of intelligence

[brighton1968]

When I first met my girl, I quoted a line from this song (and added a line of my own); I looked her right in the eye, grabbed her ass and said to her "greetings girl, and welcome to my world of panty love...". we've been married for 8 years now!

[gfunkenterprises]

@brighton1968 Wow - as if that worked?!?!

[THEBOSSHILL]

just listen to it and stop comparing it to the stuff kids listen to now... Your parents didnt like hip hop and now you dont like your kids music... in 20 years the adults will be saying the same thing about music then... I love this music and new rap and bluegrass and classical and fucking house music... Get along people... One love

[ekim7971]

@THEBOSSHILL TWEEN WAVE

[jhvscs]

@THEBOSSHILL tell it like it is, man. Gets on my nerves how every video comes accompanied with some rant about the current state of music.

[bubbadude117]

@twindwick I'm sorry if I was a little irritated in that comment; it just frustrates me a little bit when people say that hip hop is 'dead'. I've been a die hard fan for years and still cannot stand this. Anyways, some cool artists that are still keeping it real are Shad - K'naan - k-os - Blu - Fashawn - Blue Scholars - J-Live - Zion I - Classified - Kenn Starr - Median - Supastition - Little Brother - The list can go on and on but I truly believe that hip-hop is doing very well right now

[gfunkenterprises]

@bubbadude117 Very true. There is alot of good stuff out there - people just aren't on it. If people want real hip hop they have to look for it! There is alot of rubbish in the charts that has never seen hip hop. People think just cos someone raps in a song it is hip hop. Hip hop is not just about rapping and i wish people kinda got that. Fed up of trying to educate people that hip hip is alive and kicking if you look for it! Shad is a real talent btw

[bubbadude117]

@gfunkenterprises Yeah I thank the old school rap like De La Soul, Public Enemy, Wu-Tang, ATCQ, etc. because they open the way to real hip-hop; I'm sure everyone who's into underground hip-hop now got into it from something old school like this stuff

[patriciamisslilmex]

@bubbadude117 I thank you for thanking them

Da.I.S.Y. (Da Inner Sound Y'all) Peace.

[patriciamisslilmex]

@gfunkenterprises word.