Daisy Age / Various Daisy Age / Various CD

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.

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. Doowutchyalike - Digital Underground 6. Peachfuzz - KMD 7. Doin' Our Own Dang - Jungle Brothers 8. Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children - Queen Latifah Featuring de la Soul 9. O.P.P. - Naughty By Nature 10. Where I'm from - Digable Planets 11. It's a Shame (My Sister) - Monie Love Featuring True Image 12. K Sera Sera - Justin Warfield 13. All for One - Brand Nubian 14. My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style (Album Version) - Dream Warriors 15. The Choice Is Yours (Revisited) - Black Sheep 16. Age Ain't Nothin' But a # - Chi-Ali 17. We Run Things (It's Like Dat) - Da Bush Babees 18. You're Not Coming Home (Mase's Funkay Recall Mix) - Groove Garden 19. Case of the P.T.A. - Leaders of the New School 20. What's Up Doc? (Can We Rock?) (K-Cut's Fat Trac Remix) - Fu-Schnickens with Shaquille O'Neal (Shaq-Fu)