De La Soul – The Magic Number (Audio, Lyrics)

American hip-hop trio, De La Soul releases the song, “The Magic Number” officially digital music stores. The piece was produced by Prince Paul & De La Soul. Listen, read the lyrics, stream, buy the track, mp3 download.

De La Soul The Magic Number

The song is built on the drum beat from Double Dee and Steinski’s “Lesson 3” – which itself is a sample of Led Zeppelin’s “The Crunge,” making Pos’s claim of “no rock and roll” deeply and probably unintentionally ironic – and heavily samples/interpolates Bob Dorough’s “Three is a Magic Number” from ABC’s “Schoolhouse Rock.”

Presently, De La Soul’s three most recent albums are the only ones on streamers. The oldest of those is 2004’s The Grind Date, which was followed in 2012 by First Serve. In 2016 the trio was back with more, delivering And The Anonymous Nobody… to their fans.

Projects that will land on DSPs on March 3 include 1991’s De La Soul Is Dead as well as 1993’s Buhloone Mindstate. Additionally, the group will share Stakes Is High (1996), Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (2000), and Art Official Intelligence: Bionix (2001).

de la soul – the magic number (prod. Prince Paul & De La Soul)

13 January 2023
1 Song, 3 minutes
℗ 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited

Lyric Video

Lyrics

[Intro: De La Soul, Fiorello La Guardia]
(Got to have soul)
Three, that’s the magic number
Yes, it is, (Three) it’s the magic number (Three)
Somewhere in this hip-hop soul community
Was born three: Mase, Dove and me
And that’s the magic number
(What does it all mean?)

[Verse 1: Posdnuos & Fiorello La Guardia]
Difficult preaching is Posdnuos’ pleasure
Pleasure and preaching starts in the heart
Something that stimulates the music in my measure
Measure in my music, raised in three parts
Casually see but don’t do like the soul
‘Cause seein’ and doin’ are actions for monkeys
Doin’ hip-hop hustle, no rock and roll
Unless your name’s Brewster, ’cause Brewster’s a punk (Three)
Parents let go, ’cause there’s magic in the air
Criticizing rap shows you’re out of order
Stop, look and listen to the phrase Fred Astaires
And don’t get offended while Mase do-si-do’s your daughter
A tri-camera rolls since our music’s now set
Fly rhymes are stored on a Da.I.S.Y production
It stands for “Da Inner Sound, Y’all” and y’all can bet
That the action’s not a trick, but sure ‘nough a function
(What does it all mean?)

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[Bridge: De La Soul]
Everybody wants to be a DJ
Everybody wants to be an Em Cee
But being speakers are the best
And you don’t have to guess
De La Soul posse consists of three
And that’s the magic number
(Three)

[Verse 2: Trugoy the Dove & Fiorello La Guardia]
This here piece of the pie
Is not dessert, but the course that we dine
And three out of every darn time
The effect is “Mmm” when a daisy grows in your mind
Showing true position, this here piece is
Kissin’ the part of the pie that’s missin’
When that negative number fills up the casualty
Maybe you can subtract it
You can call it your lucky partner
Maybe you can call it your adjective
But odd as it may be
Without my one and two where would there be
My three? Mase, Pos and me
And that’s the magic number
(What does it all mean?)

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[Verse 3: Maseo]
Focus is formed by flaunts to the soul
Souls who flaunt styles gain praises by pounds
Common are speakers who honor the scroll
Scrolls written daily creates a new sound
Listeners listen ’cause this here is wisdom
Wisdom of a Speaker, a Dove and a Plug
Set aside a legal substance to feed ’em
For now get ’em high off this dialect drug (Three)
Time is a factor so it’s time that counts
Count not the negative actions of one
Speakers of soul say it’s time to shout
Three forms the soul to a positive sum
Dance to this fix and flex every muscle
Space can be filled if you rise like my lumber
Advance to the tune but don’t do the hustle
Shake, rattle, roll to my magic number
(Three)

[Bridge: De La Soul & James Brown]
Now you may try to subtract it
But it just won’t go away
Three times one?
(What is it?)
(One, two, three)
And that’s a magic number

[Outro]

[Skinny Boys]
Yo, what’s up?

[RUN-DMC]
One, two, three

[Fiorello La Guardia]
(I say, children, what does it all mean?)

[Run-DMC]
(Woah-woah-woah, one, two, three)

[?]
(I wouldn’t lie to you)

[Bob Dorough]
(No more no less, that’s a magic number (Three))
(No more no less)

[? & Bob Dorough]
(What it is)
(No more no less)

[The Fatback Band & Bob Dorough]
Is this the future?
(No more no less)

[Syl Johnson & Bob Dorough]
Do the shang-a-lang
(No more no less)

[? & Bob Dorough]
Lord, tomboy tryna talk to me
(No more no less)

[Eddie Murphy & Bob Dorough]
Anybody in the audience ever get hit by a car?
(No more no less)

[Johnny Cash & Bob Dorough]
How high’s the water, mama?
(No more no less)
How high’s the water, mama?
(No more no less)
(Three feet high and rising)
(No more no less)

[Bob Dorough]
Three, that’s a magic number