The 100 Greatest Native Tongues Songs
By Complex Magazine | Dec 15, 2010 | 1:23 pm | Permalink
#56. De La Soul "Ego Trippin' Pt. 3 (Egoristic Mix)"
Year: 1993
Produced By: 12"
Album: Spearhead X
Label: Tommy Boy
"Ego Trippin' Pt. 2" is a classic. "Ego Trippin' Pt. 3" is not quite a classic, but out of the large batch of lesser-known De La songs it is one of the very best. Spearhead X of Ya'll So Stupid fame (using the term lightly) throws Pos and Dave a rolling, funky track and they take to it with enthusiasm. The subject matter is typical De La—we hear all about their origins and transitions in the music biz, shady execs and managers, and artistic integrity. The insularity of the themes is counterbalanced by the fluidity and effortlessness of the rhyming; this is Pos and Dave's "Steve Biko."
Rel December 15th, 2010 at 12:46 PM
Wait no God lives through, are you serious.
R. Poole December 15th, 2010 at 12:59 PM
ha-ha... remember PM Dawn thought they were dissin' them with this?
Eloh December 15th, 2010 at 01:14 PM
Ya'll should post a download link.It is Christmas you know!
joe December 15th, 2010 at 01:47 PM
my mental is excelling cause i dabble in the books
seymour glass December 15th, 2010 at 02:48 PM
Little low. Jimbrowski for president.
ox December 15th, 2010 at 06:50 PM
#63 used to be my joint...bumped it in the whip constantly...that is an example of a hip-hop song that is perfected, stripped down beats and rhymes....crazy
FTW December 15th, 2010 at 07:46 PM
I don't care who you are—if you were even remotely curious about the process of producing hip-hop music, your mind was blown the second you realized that Tribe had turned Minnie Ripperton's whistle-pitch vocals into an instrument ^^^^^ This.
Madlib December 15th, 2010 at 08:38 PM
Greatest Complex List EVER
Madlib December 15th, 2010 at 08:40 PM
the greatest complex list ever created.
Slick Savage December 16th, 2010 at 03:31 AM
Simply classic... But yo, WTF iz,"Subbups, subbups..."???