Various Artists - Daisy Age / Various (CD)

Details: 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 Funkeé 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)