- hip hop, conscious, conscious hip hop
- 53 min
- 13 tracks
- Sanctuary Urban
The Grind Date is the seventh studio album by American hip hop group De La Soul, released on October 5, 2004. The album was originally intended to be the final album of the Art Official Intelligence (AOI) trilogy, but as the album quickly changed focus, the group decided to put AOI III on hold and finish The Grind Date as a stand-alone work.
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Spare, character-led, classical in form and grave.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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Metacritic 80/100
- AllHipHop4.5/5 ★
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- HipHopDX4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3/4 ★
- Pitchfork8.2/10
- RapReviews10/10
- Rolling Stone2/5 ★
- Tiny Mix Tapes4.5/5 ★
- USA Today3.5/4 ★
- Vibe4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1The Future3:50
- 2Verbal Clap3:17
- 3Much More4:05
- 4Shopping Bags (She Got From You)3:58
- 5The Grind Date3:23
- 6Church5:33
- 7It’s Like That4:37
- 8He Comes3:44
- 9Days of Our Lives3:52
- 10Come On Down5:02
- 11No4:35
- 12Rock Co.Kane Flow3:06
- 13Shoomp3:41
13 tracks, 53 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- De La Soul
- Label
- Sanctuary Urban
- Released
- October 4, 2004
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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