De La Soul Is Dead — 1991

A darker, denser follow-up that rejected the hippie label. Sharp and ambitious. A grower among fans. Released in 1991 — a solid middle chapter.

On vinyl: Vinyl can be scarcer than the CD from this era, so it's worth looking for a recent repressing.

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