"Plug Tunin'" | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Single by De La Soul | ||||
from the album 3 Feet High and Rising | ||||
Released | 1988 | |||
Format |
CD single 12" single |
|||
Recorded | 1988 | |||
Genre | Alternative hip hop | |||
Length | 3:43 | |||
Label | Tommy Boy | |||
Writer(s) | P. Huston, K. Mercer, D. Jolicoeur, V. Mason | |||
Producer(s) | Prince Paul, De La Soul | |||
De La Soul singles chronology | ||||
|
"Plug Tunin'" is the debut single by the influential hip hop trio De La Soul. A remixed version appeared on their album 3 Feet High and Rising.
Lyrically, the song is idiosyncratic; "Transistors are never more shown with like / When vocal flow brings it all down in ruin / Due to a clue of a naughty noise called Plug Tunin' (Hmm-mm, hmm-mm, hmm-mm, hmm-mm, hmmmm)", however, musically it laid the foundations for the sound the group would realise more fully with their debut album 3 Feet High and Rising.
The song is sampled on the Gravediggaz' "Defective Trip.", which is also produced by Prince Paul.