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Plug 1
- Record Label: Duck Down Music
- Release Date: Apr 3, 2012
- Summary: De La Soul's Plug 1 (Dave) and Plug 2 (Posdnous) with French producers Chokolate and Khalid release a concept album that follows the rise to fame of a fictional rap group.
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- Record Label: Duck Down Music
- Genre(s): Rap, Alternative Rap, East Coast Rap, Golden Age
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 18
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Mixed: 5 out of 18
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Negative: 0 out of 18
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Apr 10, 2012The whole of First Serve is greater than the sum of its parts, and the album's crisp pace, infectious energy and playful humor make it an easy listen and a simple pleasure
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Apr 2, 2012The album is replete with humor, drama, and a satisfying sense of duality and resolution.
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Apr 4, 2012It's easy to hear that they spent upwards of two years putting this album together, because First Serve is all about the joy of sublime musicianship.
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Apr 2, 2012First Serve holds no fear for newcomers, consolidates their legacy, and deserves at least one encore.
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Oct 30, 2012Spanning 16 tracks, the album comes drenched in De La Soul classicism, with beats seemingly culled from Prince Paul's closet collection.
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Apr 2, 2012This is not a bad record, just not what the game needed from De La at the moment.
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Jun 7, 2012First Serve isn't a disappointing album by any means-that is, unless you make the mistake of expecting a De La Soul-quality LP from something the pair obviously made for fun-but it isn't a very remarkable one, either.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 2
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Mixed: 1 out of 2
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Negative: 0 out of 2
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Apr 3, 2012
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May 26, 2012
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