De La Soul came on the scene in 1987 and threw us all for a loop with their "daisy age" philosphy and their jazz-based samples. Most of us were accustom to the boom-bap flavors and rock-riff samples of Run DMC and the Beastie Boys. De La is still around today (and still relevant - scoring not one but two hits with Gorrilaz). This jam is from 1991 - I just bought it on vinyl this weekend. Dig.