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De La Soul: The D.A.I.S.Y. Chain Gang

David Stubbs, Melody Maker, 10 June 1989

DAVID STUBBS FLEW TO NEW YORK TO MEET THE TRIO WHO'RE RADICALLY CHANGING THE IMAGE OF THE RAPPER AND WHOSE DEBUT ALBUM, 3 FEET HIGH AND RISING, WAS HAILED AS THE MOST IMAGINATIVE AND IMPORTANT HIPHOP ALBUM SINCE PUBLIC ENEMY'S YO! BUM RUSH THE SHOW. HE DISCOVERS WHY THEIR NEW SINGLE, 'SAY NO GO' POINTS TO THE FUTURE.

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