Description
The group’s third studio release, Buhloone Mindstate released on September 21, 1993, saw the group evolve into a new sound as they continued to grow stylistically and musically. There were several moments on the album which proved the band had matured. « I Be Blowin' » was a departure as the track was an instrumental featuring saxophone playing by Maceo Parker. The introspective « I Am I Be » showed De La Soul at their most self-referential to date. « Long Island Wildin' » was a collaboration with Japanese hip hop artists Kan Takagi (Major Force) and trio Scha Dara Parr (SDP). The album’s first single, « Breakadawn », used a sample of Michael Jackson’s « I Can’t Help It » and Smokey Robinson’s « Quiet Storm ». De La Soul collaborated for the first time with Gang Starr’s Guru on « Patti Dooke », and female MC Shortie No Mas who was prominent on many tracks on the album and showcased particularly on « In The Woods ». The album ended with an old school Biz Markie collaboration called « Stone Age ».The album was a critical success with Rolling Stone listing it as one of the best hip hop albums of all time.
