De La Soul's Hippie-hop: Psychedelic Rappers Introduce the DA.I.S.Y. Age
Michael Azerrad, Rolling Stone, 4 May 1989
"HELLO, YOU'VE reached Mars. What can I do for you?" Trugoy the Dove is on the telephone in the tidy basement of his parents' house in suburban Amityville, Long Island, waiting for the other two members of De la Soul to arrive.
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