De La Soul - Tread Water
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@FeliciasWorld no, they're not in the club... it's just no one wants to listen to them because every one else is in the club trying to get it up... or at least listening to the simplest most watered down form of music ever... shit like chris brown and pitbull international love....i dare you search for it and listen, its below terrible
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@blackyeoman if your pump gets low- crimp it with a pair o pliers- old ghetto trick
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@zitozentinel El C is a real live Trooper- he hails from BrookNam,
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@ElConquistadorNo1 you're a survivor bro! :)
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@ogecirtnecc The silliness of the positive hip-hop at the time was an opposite reaction to how dark gangsta was getting. Listen to something like Da Lench Mob's "Freedom Got an AK" to see how far hardcore went in the early 90s.
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I actually listened to this album in walking to and from school with my SONY WALKMAN!!! May "Sony Walkmans keep us walking '!
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@ThisVictorious1 : Well Spoken Victorious! I see groups like De La Soul, Tribe, Leaders of the New School, BDP, Public Enemy; as being the Gen X's answer to Sly & Family Stone, George Clinton, even James Brown during the Black Panther era. The late 80's - early 90s era of hip-hop was a precursor to OCCUPYING the music industry will intelligent, creative and sagacious social commentary. Where are the Gen Y equivalents?! Unfortunately they are 'in the club, tryin' to get it up'.
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This album and group was not just about a musical perspective. It was a movement along with other groups that were out at that time. It was about highlighting the importance of education and pride in our African culture and roots. If you listen to the lyrics and have the knowledge and understanding of the movement that was happening back then, there was nothing corny about this song. This type of rap was what it was supposed to be about. Uplifting our own for our advancement. Something has g
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okay. this is real music.
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@blackyeoman Did he get it? How old is your son?
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I had an insufferably tedious $4.50/hr job in the summer of '89- couldn't have made it through the week without my walkman; I had no choice but to 'tread water' (thank God for De La and Slick Rick)
ElConquistadorNo1 1 year ago 86
This song is like a story...I sung it to my son when he had asthma treatement, he loved it.
blackyeoman 1 year ago 74