> Yeah, thats true. Still..i think its somewhat wrong, and i KNOW De La
> never intended for that to happend. Last night i heard them comment on
> the "flower power/hippie" thing and they said that they didnt see
> themselves as hippies, they didnt even know much about that era (the
> 60's).=20
Sometimes influences can be direct.......but sometimes they are indirect
!!
>As for the bright colors, the flowers and the peace signs on
> their first two albums, i just think they were so sick of all the
> agressive hiphop that they did all they possibly could to be as
> different as possible. Since they're suburban (Long Island) violence
> isnt really a relevant subject to them...
As it happens I am VERY familair with the part of Long Island (Roosevelt
, Freeport, Hempstead, Uniondale) where De La Soul comes from.......
there is quite a bit more "violence" there than an outsider might ever
imagine
-- Bob Davis =20 FUNK:=20 http://pages.prodigy.com/funk/ SOUL: http://pages.prodigy.net/earthjuice/Jump: Urban Music Group