Such is the case of Fiona Apple's "Extraordinary Machine," as the version which made it to stores is a tainted, filtered version of the original. Leaked albums are often criticized as revealing an unfinished work that wasn't ready for public consumption, but they can also prove invaluable in giving us the best version of a record. The Jon Brion-produced version of Fiona Apple's "Extraordinary Machine" ![]() ![]() CaseyĬredit: Tommy Boy Records Prev of 12 Next Prev of 12 Next ![]() The latter album pushed against the boundaries even harder, but was so undeniably good that it earned one of the first five-mic ratings from the hip-hop magazine The Source. The former provided a jazzy sonic shock to the system, and waved its bright, pastel, almost-cartoonish cover to inform you this record broke from the traditions of alpha-male machismo that dominated rap. That would ignore their first two records: "De La Soul Is Dead" and "3 Feet High and Rising," two of the most important records in rap history. So, while you can hear Posdnuos, Dave and Maseo's later works on Spotify and Apple Music, younger listeners would be missing most of the story if "And The Anonymous Nobody" and "The Grind Date" were the only full-lengths from the group. De La Soul's "De La Soul Is Dead" and "3 Feet High and Rising"Ĭontract complications have been holding up the streaming versions of the early works of seminal rap group De La Soul.
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