De La Soul Is Dead Puns

I missed joining VMP by like 2 months to get this one. I'm afraid it's never gonna come back, with all the Tommy Boy happenings. Looking for a copy to be played. Doesn't have to be mint. Would take VG+. I don't really need the OBI, I just want the album to play. I am hoping to find a seller in the United States but would purchase from elsewhere if shipping was reasonable. Any leads are helpful. Thanks!

Literally have no more shelf space, need to loosen these up a bit! Prices include shipping, USPS Media Mail

*Sleeve/Media*

De La Soul is Dead VMP 839/1000 2019 Remaster - NM/NM $90

https://www.discogs.com/De-La-Soul-De-La-Soul-Is-Dead/release/13344022

Sonny Rollins - The Bridge VG+/VG+ (spun less than 5 times) - $23

https://www.discogs.com/Sonny-Rollins-The-Bridge/release/4503888

Chet Faker - Built On Glass, Clear Vinyl G+/VG+ $23 (bend on the left side of jacket, LP’s are in great condition)

https://www.discogs.com/Chet-Faker-Built-On-Glass/release/5658684

Sheer Mag - Compilation VG+/VG+ $15

https://www.discogs.com/Sheer-Mag-Sheer-Mag/release/9442379

The Avalanches - Since I Left You (Translucent Blue Reissue/5000) VG+/VG+ $30

https://www.discogs.com/The-Avalanches-Since-I-Left-You/release/9735311

Daughters - You Wont Get What You Want (2019 Tour Edition Clear Vinyl) NM/NM $31

https://www.discogs.com/Daughters-You-Wont-Get-What-You-Want/release/14493160

Phoenix - Alphabetical NM/NM $16

https://www.discogs.com/Phoenix-Alphabetical/release/6649895

Khruangbin - Hasta El Cielo (Light Blue, Limited to 1000, numbered hype sticker kept on outer sleeve, 652/1000) VG/NM , jacket has seam split on top from shipping, vinyl was only played once $30

https://www.discogs.com/Khruangbin-Hasta-El-Cielo/release/13857312

Hot Chip - In Our Heads VMP (No Obi Strip) G+/VG+ $15

https://www.discogs.com/Hot-Chip-In-Our-Heads/release/7112398

ADD ONS: Add $2 to any order, pick one of the following:

Better Daze - One Street Over

Bread - Baby I’m A Want You

John Lennon - Shaved Fish

Elton John Greatest Hits

Isley Brothers - Go For Your Guns

Add $4

Hall & Oates - Voices

Eagles Greatest Hits Vol 2

McFadden and Whitehead - Self Titled

Prince - Purple Rain

Tracy Chapman - Self Titled

Thanks for looking!

Thanks ahead of time!

VMP is releasing three exclusive hip-hop reissues today: De La Soul's "3 Feet High And Rising" is being reissued on multi-color splatter vinyl, Handsome Boy Modeling School's "So... How's Your Girl?" is being reissued on translucent green vinyl, and "De La Soul Is Dead" is being reissued on split green and yellow vinyl

3 Feet High And Rising

So... How's Your Girl?

De La Soul Is Dead

So my birthday is next week and wanted to try my luck to see if I can get a copy of these for it. I would normally be open to trades but I’m in transition to a new place so please let me know your best offers for these. Thanks!

I have been wondering if I should pick them up, I really liked both 3 Feet High and Rising and People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, and with The Low end theory coming out last month I’ve been thinking about picking them both up. Are they any good?

So I skipped VMP's release of ...Is Dead because I had heard that it did not have the skits like the original release. Now I find out that it does. Is anyone selling one for a decent, normal price? Anyone looking to trade theirs? Pretty psyched 3 Feet High is arriving soon and would love to have both.

Thanks!

Some things that I am looking for are

Stone Garden EP- Kikagaku Moyo

VMP Atrocity Exhibiton- Danny Brown

VMP Barter 6- Young Thug

2018 reissue Loveless- My Bloody Valentine

I know that the last two are long shots, but I threw them in there.

If anyone is looking to trade this for something, let me know your want list and I can see if I can deliver. Please let me know! Ideally want to trade but would purchase if I could get a little bit better of a deal than Discogs.

Looking to trade De La Soul is Dead for Khruangbins Con Todo El Mundo VMP. Please let me know if anyone want to make this trade because I really love this album and would love to own a cool version of it.

Title says it all. My De La Soul is Dead copy is M/M never been opened or played. Possibly open to other trades too, here is what I would trade for:

Botch - We Are the Romans

Sophie - Oil of Every Pearl’s Uninsides (Bleep Pink)

Anderson .Paak - Venice VMP

Protest the Hero - Fortress X (10 Year Anny Tour)

Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds VMP

Underoath - Rebirth

Death Grips - The Money Store RSD

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Would include extra cash for these records:

Death Grips - Govt Plates RSD

Frank Ocean - Blond OG Press

Thanks for looking!

No not the new VMP pressing. I have some older pressings though I'm selling.

Dropping price.

One is the Big Life UK pressing from 1991. The cover is VG, I would call the vinyl VG-. It's glossy but noisy. Asking $20 shipped to US SOLD

The other is a black cover bootleg on 2 LP. This mimicks an earlier promo pressing. No skits on this one. Just the songs. VG/VG. Asking $20 shipped to US

I got both of these from VMP because I liked a couple songs from De La, but the whole album doesn't seem like something I'll return to. I've spun 3 Feet High & Rising (https://www.discogs.com/De-La-Soul-3-Feet-High-And-Rising/release/13290519) once, and ...Is Dead (https://www.discogs.com/De-La-Soul-De-La-Soul-Is-Dead/release/13344022) is unopened (#330).

Looking to trade for any of the following:

-Foals - Holy Fire RSD https://www.discogs.com/Foals-Holy-Fire/release/4491472

-Foals - Holy Fire Box Set https://www.discogs.com/Foals-Holy-Fire/release/4282602

-Foals - What Went Down Box Set https://www.discogs.com/Foals-What-Went-Down/release/7404155

-Jeff Buckley - Grace MoV https://www.discogs.com/Jeff-Buckley-Grace/release/6962424

-The National - Boxer Live in Brussels https://www.discogs.com/The-National-Boxer-Live-In-Brussels/release/11880316

-The National - High Violet Lim. Ed. https://www.discogs.com/The-National-High-Violet/release/2267150

-Silversun Pickups - Carnavas Lim. Ed. https://www.discogs.com/Silversun-Pickups-Carnavas/release/7285374

-Silversun Pickups - Neck of the Woods Lim. Ed. https://www.discogs.com/Silversun-Pickups-Neck-Of-The-Woods/release/3779120

-Silversun Pickups - Better Nature Lim. Ed. https://www.discogs.com/Silversun-Pickups-Better-Nature/release/7526024

- War on Drugs - A Deeper Understanding VMP https://www.discogs.com/The-War-On-Drugs-A-Deeper-Understanding/release/10754734

-Young the Giant - Mind Over Matter (Marbled Light Grey) [https://www.discogs.com/Young-The-Giant-Mind-Over-Matter/release/5321720](https://www.discogs.com/Young-The-G

Welcome to the new and improved Essential Album of the Week discussion thread!

Every Wednesday we will discuss an album from our Essential Albums list

Last Week: X-Raided - Psycho Active

This Week: De La Soul - De La Soul Is Dead

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A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"

Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa

Background/Description (courtesy of allmusic.com)

On their notorious second album, De La Soul went to great lengths to debunk the daisy-age hippie image they'd been pigeonholed with, titling the record De La Soul Is Dead and putting a picture of wilting daisies in a broken flowerpot on the cover. Critics and fans alike were puzzled as to why the group was seemingly rejecting what had been hailed as the future of hip-hop, and neither the reviews nor the charts were kind to the album. It isn't that De La try to remake their sound here -- Dead keeps the skit-heavy structure of the debut, and the surreal tone and inventive sampling techniques are still very much in evidence. But, despite a few lighthearted moments ("Bitties in the BK Lounge," the disco-flavored "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'"), a distinct note of bitterness has crept into De La's once-sunny outlook. On the one hand, they're willing to take on more serious subject matter; two of the album's most powerful moments are the unsettling incest tale "Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa" and Posdnuos' drug-addiction chronicle "My Brother's a Basehead," both true-life occurrences. Yet other tracks betray a brittle, insular state of mind; one running skit features a group of street thugs who ultimately throw the album in the trash for not having enough pimps, guns, or curse words. There are vicious parodies of hip-house and hardcore rap, and the single "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" complains about being harassed into listening to lousy demo tapes. Plus, the negativity of the bizarre, half-sung "Johnny's Dead" and the hostile narrator on "Who Do U Wo

Looking for a few rap records to fill some holes in my collection:

• Oddisee - The Good Fight (any version)
• Common - Like Water For Chocolate (OG press)
• De La Soul - AOI: Bionix
• Dead Prez - Let's Get Free (OG press)
• Talib Kweli - Quality (OG press)

VMP is releasing three exclusive hip-hop reissues today: De La Soul's "3 Feet High And Rising" is being reissued on multi-color splatter vinyl, Handsome Boy Modeling School's "So... How's Your Girl?" is being reissued on translucent green vinyl, and "De La Soul Is Dead" is being reissued on split green and yellow vinyl

3 Feet High And Rising

So... How's Your Girl?

De La Soul Is Dead

Hello all, looking for a copy of Buhloone Mindstate (VMP Version) by De La Soul. If you have it, I would like to trade my copy of De La Soul Is Dead (VMP Version). Let me know!

Looking for a 1 for 1 swap, my De La Soul Is Dead for your Care For Me by Saba (VMP release).

he was a great rapper