De La Soul were a hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York, comprised of Kelvin Mercer (Posdnuos, Mercenary, Plug Wonder Why, Plug One), David Jude Jolicoeur (Trugoy the Dove, Dave, Plug Two) and Vincent Mason (P.A. Pasemaster Mase, Maseo, Plug Three). The three formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producer Prince Paul with a demo tape of the song Plug Tunin'. Prince Paul was also sometimes referred to as Plug Four. The Plug names are alleged to come from the numbers that each bandmate's microphone was labeled on the studio soundboard. Posdnuos was always plugged into plug one, Trugoy was plugged into plug two, and so on.
A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays" is from their second studio album De La Soul Is Dead. The track also includes vocal contributions from Q-Tip, R&B singer Vinia Mojica and Def Jam main man Russell Simmons (as the DJ from fictional radio station 'WRMS'). The song was generally well received by critics and sold well; it peaked at no.22 on the UK Singles Chart, no.6 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and no.43 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs charts. The song is considered another collaboration from the Native Tongues posse, as both De La Soul, Q-Tip and Mojica are members; however, it would become among the last of these collaborations to appear on a De La Soul album.
The song's main beat is based around a sample of a riff from The Mighty Ryeders' Evil Vibrations; aside from this, the song also samples vocals and the horn riff from Frankie Valli's Grease; vocals from rock band Chicago's Saturday in the Park, Young-Holt Unlimited's Light My Fire, horns from I Got My Mind Made Up by Instant Funk, a drum break from Tower of Power's Ebony Jam and a vocal sample from Chic's Good Times.
- FVS
A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays" is from their second studio album De La Soul Is Dead. The track also includes vocal contributions from Q-Tip, R&B singer Vinia Mojica and Def Jam main man Russell Simmons (as the DJ from fictional radio station 'WRMS'). The song was generally well received by critics and sold well; it peaked at no.22 on the UK Singles Chart, no.6 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and no.43 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs charts. The song is considered another collaboration from the Native Tongues posse, as both De La Soul, Q-Tip and Mojica are members; however, it would become among the last of these collaborations to appear on a De La Soul album.
The song's main beat is based around a sample of a riff from The Mighty Ryeders' Evil Vibrations; aside from this, the song also samples vocals and the horn riff from Frankie Valli's Grease; vocals from rock band Chicago's Saturday in the Park, Young-Holt Unlimited's Light My Fire, horns from I Got My Mind Made Up by Instant Funk, a drum break from Tower of Power's Ebony Jam and a vocal sample from Chic's Good Times.
- FVS
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