Friday, July 3, 2009

De La Soul - The Instrumentals (1988-1998)



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
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13 comments:

  1. Cenzi StilesJuly 3, 2009 at 9:18 AM

    woohoo! Roy is making me eat my foot...

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  2. Roy JohnsonJuly 3, 2009 at 11:07 AM

    No problem, Cenzi! I should probably do something like this for ATCQ.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 3, 2009 at 4:22 PM

    was there ever an instrumental put out for Three? i looked high and low but no luck..

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  4. the mishap collectiveJuly 3, 2009 at 6:09 PM

    I think there was an instrumental for jennifa. been searching for years but have never heard it, tho.

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  5. Roy JohnsonJuly 4, 2009 at 9:24 AM

    On 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.

    http://www.discogs.com/De-La-Soul-Jenifa-Taught-Me-Potholes-In-My-Lawn/release/154040

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  6. DJ Critical HypeJuly 4, 2009 at 3:59 PM

    WOW !!!!
    ive been lookin for the original Stakes is High instrumental forever!

    i have to bookmark this page, this site is mad dope
    u on twitter?

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  7. Roy JohnsonJuly 23, 2009 at 11:31 AM

    I'd love to get my hands on that "Plug Tunin" instrumental.

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  8. fonz (fonz_one@yahoo.com)November 16, 2009 at 2:23 PM

    THE MAGIC NUMBER PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  9. CAMDecember 1, 2009 at 2:16 AM

    so much respect is deserved for this posting. good looking out mah dudes

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  10. AnonymousDecember 24, 2009 at 4:13 AM

    Any chance for a Reup pls?

    ps great blog guys

    Lo Vas

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  11. vergeDecember 24, 2009 at 6:54 PM

    Here's a re-up of Volume 1 of the Instrumentals.
    I 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

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  12. Roy JohnsonDecember 26, 2009 at 2:14 PM

    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.

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  13. AnonymousApril 14, 2010 at 3:11 PM

    Gold. Pure gold. Thanks for posting.

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