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  <review>A Limited European Edition of the Trailblazing Rap Group's Hits Collection Comes with a Second Disc of Remixes featuring Different Collaborators Like Mos Def, Zhane, Biz Markie, Common, Busta Rhymes, Slick Rick and Many More. All These in Addition to the Fact that the Track Selection is More in Line with their True Hits that They Are Known Best For, Including "me Myself and I", "Say No Go", "Eye Know", "Ring Ring Ring" and Many More.</review>
  <outline>A Limited European Edition of the Trailblazing Rap Group's Hits Collection Comes with a Second Disc of Remixes featuring Different Collaborators Like Mos Def, Zhane, Biz Markie, Common, Busta Rhymes, Slick Rick and Many More. All These in Addition to the Fact that the Track Selection is More in Line with their True Hits that They Are Known Best For, Including "me Myself and I", "Say No Go", "Eye Know", "Ring Ring Ring" and Many More.</outline>
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  <title>The Best Of</title>
  <year>2003</year>
  <premiered>2003-06-02</premiered>
  <releasedate>2003-06-02</releasedate>
  <runtime>114</runtime>
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  <genre>Hip Hop</genre>
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  <artist>De La Soul</artist>
  <artist>De La Soul feat. Camp Lo</artist>
  <artist>De La Soul feat. Chaka Khan</artist>
  <artist>De La Soul feat. D.V. Alias Khrist</artist>
  <artist>De La Soul feat. Devin the Dude &amp; Elizabeth “Yummy” Bingham</artist>
  <artist>De La Soul feat. Jungle Brothers, Phife Dawg &amp; Q‐Tip</artist>
  <artist>De La Soul feat. Zhané</artist>
  <albumartist>De La Soul</albumartist>
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    <position>1</position>
    <title>Me Myself and I</title>
    <duration>03:44</duration>
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    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>2</position>
    <title>Say No Go</title>
    <duration>04:21</duration>
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    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>3</position>
    <title>Eye Know</title>
    <duration>04:12</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>4</position>
    <title>The Magic Number</title>
    <duration>03:16</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>5</position>
    <title>Potholes in My Lawn</title>
    <duration>03:49</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>6</position>
    <title>Buddy</title>
    <duration>04:55</duration>
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    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>7</position>
    <title>Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)</title>
    <duration>04:07</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>8</position>
    <title>A Roller Skating Jam Named “Saturdays”</title>
    <duration>04:01</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>9</position>
    <title>Keepin’ the Faith</title>
    <duration>04:44</duration>
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    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>10</position>
    <title>Breakadawn</title>
    <duration>04:15</duration>
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    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>11</position>
    <title>Stakes Is High</title>
    <duration>05:30</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>12</position>
    <title>4 More</title>
    <duration>04:19</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>13</position>
    <title>Oooh</title>
    <duration>03:34</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>14</position>
    <title>All Good?</title>
    <duration>05:00</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>15</position>
    <title>Thru Ya City</title>
    <duration>03:28</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>16</position>
    <title>Baby Phat</title>
    <duration>03:52</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>1</disc>
    <position>17</position>
    <title>Watch Out</title>
    <duration>03:38</duration>
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    <disc>2</disc>
    <position>1</position>
    <title>Buddy (Native Tongue Decision version)</title>
    <duration>07:16</duration>
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    <disc>2</disc>
    <position>3</position>
    <title>The Bizness</title>
    <duration>05:42</duration>
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    <disc>2</disc>
    <position>4</position>
    <title>Stone Age</title>
    <duration>04:11</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>2</disc>
    <position>5</position>
    <title>Big Brother Beat</title>
    <duration>03:43</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>2</disc>
    <position>6</position>
    <title>4 More</title>
    <duration>04:20</duration>
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    <disc>2</disc>
    <position>7</position>
    <title>So Good</title>
    <duration>04:27</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>2</disc>
    <position>8</position>
    <title>I. C. Y’All</title>
    <duration>03:23</duration>
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  <track>
    <disc>2</disc>
    <position>9</position>
    <title>Held Down</title>
    <duration>04:54</duration>
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    <disc>2</disc>
    <position>10</position>
    <title>What We Do (for Love)</title>
    <duration>05:05</duration>
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  <artistdesc>De La Soul ( DAY lah SOHL) is an American hip hop group formed in 1988 in the village of Amityville on Long Island, New York. They are best known for their eclectic sampling, eccentric lyrics, and contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres. Kelvin "Posdnuos" Mercer, David "Trugoy the Dove" Jolicoeur, and Vincent "Maseo" Mason formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producer Prince Paul with a demo tape of the song "Plug Tunin'". 
With its playful wordplay, innovative sampling, and witty skits, the group's debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising (1989), has been called "a hip hop masterpiece". It remains their biggest commercial success, though subsequent albums have continued to receive acclaim. De La Soul is the second-longest-standing Native Tongues group, after the Jungle Brothers. In 2006, the group won a Grammy for their collaboration with Gorillaz on their single "Feel Good Inc."
The group released a Kickstarter-funded album, And the Anonymous Nobody..., in 2016. The album features guest appearances from artists such as Damon Albarn, Little Dragon, David Byrne, 2 Chainz, and Snoop Dogg. Trugoy the Dove died in 2023.</artistdesc>
  <label>Rhino</label>
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