About "Buddy"
"Buddy" is the third single released by De La Soul from their album 3 Feet High and Rising.
The song is often cited as an example of an effective remix; one that includes a change of song lyrics or beat. In this case, both the original song's lyrics and the musical bed received a makeover. With its sample of the bassline from Taana Gardner's 1981 song "Heartbeat", the 7 minute 12" version was clearly tailor-made for dancefloor and provided a striking contrast to the laid back album version.
The song was also famous for featuring the major members of the Native Tongues posse, including Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah and Monie Love. While Phife Dawg appears in the video itself and is heard in the extended mix, the mix in the video eliminates his entire verse.
In 2015 an unauthorized song was released digitally with the name "Buddy (Remix)" provided by Ingrooves to De La Soul, but it was not the song or the remix, it was Kool Keith's song "Lyrical Magic".
In 2023, Billboard and Stereogum ranked the song number one and number three, respectively, on their lists of the 10 greatest De La Soul songs.
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- Buddy
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- Can U Keep A Secret
- Dreams Of The Funky Towel
- Come On Down
- Down Syndrome
- Do As De La Does
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- Days Of Our Lives
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- Brakes
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- All Good?
- Fanatic Of The B Word
- Area
- Fallin
- En Focus
- Declaration
- Bionix
- Baby Phat
- Change In Speak
- A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays
- A Little Bit Of Soap
- Eye Patch
- Baby Fat
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