Album
The Grind Date
2004 · Hip Hop
24 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Grind Date is a Hip-Hop album by De La Soul, originally released in 2004. On Gatefold: 23 pressings tracked, owned by 24 collectors.
About
Liberated from longtime record label Tommy Boy, De La Soul completed their original 15-year run of studio albums with 2004’s <i>The Grind Date</i>, an album where the legacy act tells the raw realities of a never-ending hustle. “I got verb skills, babies, and bills,” Posdnous raps on an album about label gripes, “white-collar dreams,” and basically treating rap like a job. (As Trugoy the Dove says, “I’m coal-mining these mics to keep that gold nugget.”) And, for the first time, they opened a majority of an album to outside producers, enlisting J Dilla, Madlib, 9th Wonder, and Jake One, whose unlikely decelerating beat on “Rock Co.Kane Flow” is the album’s highlight. A 20th anniversary reissue released in 2025 (yes, that’s 21 years, but De La Soul have never had an easy time getting their music out when they preferred) restores a skit and a handful of extra tracks and instrumental versions.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1The Future
- A2Verbal Clap
- A3Much More
Side B
- B4Shopping Bags (She Got From You)
- B5The Grind Date
- B6Church
Side C
- C7It's Like That
- C8He Comes
- C9Days Of Our Lives
Side D
- D10Come On Down
- D11No
- D12Rock Co.Kane Flow
Sound DNA
- Hip-Hop
- Alternative Hip-Hop
- gritty
- earnest
- urban
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Samples used:
A1 "A Brighter Tomorrow" by The Jackson 5
A2 "Catherine Of Aragon" by Rick Wakeman & "Long Red" by Mountain
A3 "Love Ballad" by LTD + uses replayed elements of "Strawberry Letter 23" by Shuggie Ottis
B5 "Nous Sommes Du Soleil" by YES
B6 "Reality" by Pleasure
C8 "Here Comes The Sun" by Eugene (Records)
C9 "My Life" by The Ohio Players
D11 contains elements of "Never Can Say Goodbye" by The Jackson 5
D12 "Deliverance" by Space
Mixed by Gimel "Young Guru" Keaton for Loreal Inc.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Dave JolicoeurVOCALS
- Kelvin MercerVOCALS
- Bonz MaloneVOCALS
- Butta VersesFEATURING FEATURING, WRITTEN-BY VOCALS
- Carl ThomasFEATURING FEATURING, VOCALS VOCALS
- ChoklateFEATURING VOCALS
- CommonFEATURING FEATURING, WRITTEN-BY
- Daniel DumileVOCALS
- Daniel WallaceVOCALS
- Dave WallaceVOCALS
- Dennis ColesVOCALS
- Elizabeth "Yummy" BinghamBACKING VOCALS FEATURING VOCALS
- Flavor FlavFEATURING FEATURING, VOCALS VOCALS
- Ghostface KillahFEATURING FEATURING, WRITTEN-BY
- John CullenVOCALS
- John Joseph CullenVOCALS
- Ken ChaneyWRITTEN-BY
- L.T.D.
24 collectors on Gatefold own this · 23 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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