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Christgau, Robert (March 1, 1994). "Pazz & Jop 1993: Dean's List". The Village Voice . Retrieved June 23, 2020. I didn’t like the album because I think we were just a little too creative. And to me, you should never use the phrase ‘too creative’. But I think we took it a little too far. You know I think there was a big influence on us at the time from groups we were hanging out with. Like Tribe and so many others on the Jazz tip. I just felt it went a little to the left or who we were as people and what we were accustomed to at the time. Like some of the songs personally didn’t want to do. “Patti Dooke” [and] “Area Codes” I didn’t want to do. The rapping is decent, I wish there was more to the individual styles of each member of the trio to create a more interesting group dynamic, but the way they build off of each other in an extremely similar style works even if I don't prefer it. It's hard to hear what they're saying without reading along, I wish they were clearer and pronounced everything more strongly. I do respect the flow style they go for to some degree though, that sort of exciting and fun feel works well with the production compared to the more aggressive or cool styles that I would say were popular at the time. Bernard, James (October 8, 1993). " Buhloone Mindstate". Entertainment Weekly. No.191. New York . Retrieved June 23, 2020.

Jones, Alan (September 25, 1993). "Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums" (PDF). Music Week. p.17 . Retrieved February 1, 2023. All that said, just because an album isn’t “happy,” doesn’t mean it isn’t great, and Buhloone Mindstate truthfully ranks in the top three of De La Soul’s albums and is still underappreciated by far too many. MASE: -I totally get where Dave is coming from. I feel like “Breakadawn” and “Me Myself and I” somewhat fall into the same category of pretty much a record that the label would want. But both of those records did come from a real organic place. [Parliament] “ Knee Deep” was a record I always wanted to sample. There are also fewer skits, and with fewer skits comes less humor. However, you do get Prince Paul and Dove leaving funny messages on Pos’ answering machine and the occasional curveball that was the group’s hallmark. A brief appearance by Japanese emcees Scha Dara Parr comes out of left field towards Buhloone’s halfway mark, but it is still in keeping with De La’s spirit. The group's third studio release, Buhloone Mindstate released on September 21, 1993, saw the group evolve into a new sound as they continued to grow stylistically and musically.Lyrically, Trugoy and Pos retain their obsession with inside jokes, clever turns of phrase and witty double-speak. The flow has improved since the funky-but-silly debut, with almost every line cryptically hinting at double and triple meanings, and deeper symbologies. In addition, their voices more and more take on the jazzy inflections of scat masters to perfectly sell those coy rhyme couplets. The result is lyrics both instantly enjoyable and endlessly intriguing, delivered in voices skillfully used like instruments. GQ : And of course the remix became almost the definitive Native Tongues record. Like you said, “the posse cut.” Christgau, Robert (2000). "De La Soul: Buhloone Mindstate". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-24560-2 . Retrieved September 1, 2011. Weisbard, Eric (1995). "De La Soul". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp.104–05. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.

Buhloone Mindstate was an album we made when we were comfortable with where we were as De La Soul, knowing that even though a lot of groups around us were doing things they didn’t want to do, we felt confident knowing we weren’t going to change for anyone. … It was just a really relaxed album, a really mellow album, and that’s where we were. I Am I Be (feat. Chip Fu, Dres, Fred Wesley, Maceo Parker, ..., Pee Wee Ellis and Busta Rhymes)|5:03 4.75 - 5 The group took a more active role in the production side of the equation for this project. Though Prince Paul’s presence and influence is definitely felt throughout the album, there’s a more serious edge to the material, which is in keeping with its themes. Buhloone Mindstate is the third studio album by American Hip Hop group De La Soul, released on September 21, 1993.

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Johnson, Brett (November 1993). "De La Soul: Buhloone Mindstate". The Source. No.50. New York. p.75 . Retrieved June 13, 2012. Unsurprisingly mainstream audiences did not show Buhloone the patience it demands upon its release. It did not go pop; it did not blow up. It fared well critically—four-and-a-half mics in the Source, No. 8 on the Village Voice’s Pazz & Jop critics poll —and was embraced by diehards but was basically dead-on-arrival commercially. It remains a bit of a favorite amongst critics to this day, but isn’t nearly as adored as the more accessible De La albums. When it does get a mention, its inherent and remarkable weirdness is usually brushed over in favor of parroting the basic Won’t Go Pop thesis.

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