Daisy Age / Various – Daisy Age / Various

Double vinyl LP pressing. 2019 collection. It wasn’t really a movement, barely even a moment, but the Daisy Age was an ethos that permeated pop, R&B and hip hop at the turn of the ’90s. Playfulness and good humor were central to de la Soul’s 1989 debut album, 3 Feet High And Rising, which would go on to cast a long, multi-colored shadow over rap. In Britain, the timing for 3 Feet High And Rising couldn’t have been better. The acid house explosion of 1988 would lead to a radical breaking down of musical barriers in 1989, and it’s associated look – loose clothing, dayglo colors, smiley faces – chimed with the positivity of de la Soul and rising New York rap acts the Jungle Brothers and A Tribe Called Quest, all at the heart of a growing collective called Native Tongues. The Native Tongues’ charismatic, summery aura quickly spread west to the Bay Area’s similarly-minded Hieroglyphics crew (Del Tha Funky Homosapien’s ‘Mistadobalina’); Canada’s Dream Warriors (‘My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style’) used 3 Feet High”s color palette and borrowed Count Basie and Quincy Jones riffs; Naughty By Nature (OPP) were mentored by Native Tongues heroine Queen Latifah, while Londoner Monie Love was also adopted by the collective, resulting in her Grammy-nominated ‘It’s A Shame (My Sister)’. It wasn’t built to last, but the Daisy Age reintroduced Multiplication Rock, bubble writing and the gently psychedelic into the charts. It was a brief, but extraordinarily warm and optimistic moment. The songs on this collection promised that the ’90s would be a lot more easy-going than the ’80s.

Tracklist:

1. A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays – De La Soul Featuring Q-Tip ; Vinia Mojica
2. Bonita Applebum – A Tribe Called Quest
3. Sunshine Men – The Freestyle Fellowship
4. Mistadobalina – Del Tha Funke Homosapien
5. What’s Up Doc? (Can We Rock?) (K-Cut’s Fat Trac Remix) – Fu-Schnickens With Shaquille O’neal (Shaq-Fu)
6. Doowutchyalike – Digital Underground
7. Peachfuzz – Kmd
8. Doin’ Our Own Dang – Jungle Brothers
9. Mama Gave Birth To The Soul Children – Queen Latifah Featuring De La Soul 1
10. O.P.P. – Naughty By Nature 1
11. Where I’m From – Digable Planets 1
12. It’s A Shame (My Sister) – Monie Love Featuring True Image 1
13. K Sera Sera – Justin Warfield 1
14. All For One – Brand Nubian 1
15. Case Of The P.T.A. – Leaders Of The New School 1
16. My Definition Of A Boombastic Jazz Style (Album Version) – Dream Warriors 1
17. The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) – Black Sheep 1
18. Age Ain’t Nothin’ But A # – Chi-Ali 1
19. We Run Things (It’s Like Dat) – Da Bush Babees 2
20. You’re Not Coming Home (Mase’s Funkay Recall Mix) – Groove Garden

UPC: 029667010016
Label: Ace Records Uk
Release Date: 9.6.19
Format: Vinyl