What We Do
What We Do is a the second studio album by jazz group The John Scofield Quartet. It was recorded in May 1992 and released the followong year on Blue Note Records. Besides John Scofield on guitar the quartet features saxophonist Joe Lovano, Bill Stewart on drums and Dennis Irwin on bass replacing Marc Johnson. Irwin and Scofield (both born in 1951) had already recorded together in the mid-1980s with Bennie Wallace on a track for his album Sweeping Through the City. Irwin would be the bassist on two more albums by Scofield, Hand Jive (1994) and Groove Elation (1995).
Track listing
All tracks written by John Scofield.
Personnel
References
AOI: Bionix
AOI: Bionix is De La Soul's sixth full-length album, released in 2001. The album was the second in a planned three-disc installment, which was originally intended to be a three-disc album.
Overview
The first single, "Baby Phat" featuring Yummy Bingham and Devin the Dude, was an ode to larger sized women. Elsewhere, "Held Down", featuring Cee-Lo, found Posdnuos in an introspective mood as he mused on fatherhood, religion, and fame. Slick Rick also made an appearance on "What We Do (For Love)"; a humorous song about puberty and sexual discovery. Plans were made to release the Kev Brown-produced "Special" (featuring Yummy Bingham) as the second single, however Tommy Boy soon folded as a label, cutting short any further promotion of Bionix. Like many Hip-Hop albums, there is an official instrumental version of the album available on vinyl, with artwork.
Interludes
The album featured skits with a character by the name of Reverend Do Good, which worked as social commentary as well as the intros and outros of the songs. The final Reverend Do Good skit acts as one final advertisement for Ghost Weed as heard on De La Soul's previous album, Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump. A mischievous teenager takes a hit of the substance, then morphs into Slum Village frontman J Dilla, who provides the intro and outro to the marijuana-themed song "Peer Pressure" (which he also produced).
Philadelphia Freeway
Philadelphia Freeway is the debut album from Philadelphia rapper Freeway. It was released under Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings. The most successful single was "Flipside", which featured Peedi Crakk.The single debuted at #95 on The Billboard 100 music chart. Another single that was released was "What We Do", which featured Beanie Sigel & Jay Z. The single debuted at #97 on The Billboard 100 music charts. Most of the songs were produced by Just Blaze while some were produced by Kanye West & Bink.
Critical Reception
The album received positive reviews and on Metacritic the album gathered a score of 74 out of 100 based on 7 reviews.
Commercial Performance
The album sold over 500,000 copies, achieving Gold status
Track listing
Samples
Free
What We Do
All My Life
Don't Cross The Line
Podcasts:
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by Sauce Money
What We Do
by: DevoWhat we do is what we do
What we do is what we do
What we do is what we do
What we do is what we do
What we do is what we do
It's all the same, there's nothing new
What we do is what we do
It's turning 'round on me and you
What we do is what we do
Just different names, it's nothing new
What we do is what we do
'Cause all we do is what we do
Gaming, praying, believing, maintaining
Texting, electing, rejecting, infecting
Eenie, meanie, meanie, meanie, minie, minie, mo
The lucky ones are gonna be the first to go
Eenie, meanie, meanie, meanie, minie, minie, mo
The lucky ones are gonna be the first to go
Eenie, meanie, meanie, meanie, minie, minie, mo
The lucky ones are gonna be the first to go
Eenie, meanie, meanie, meanie, minie, minie, mo
The lucky ones are gonna be the first to go
Don't do what I do
Just do what I say
My door does what I say
I say, "Open" And it does
My lights do what I say
I say, "On" And they snap on
My car does what I say
I say, "Start" And it jumps out
But my dog doesn't do what I say
My girl doesn't do what I say
My mind doesn't do what I say
I don't know what to do
What we do is what we do
It's all the same, there's nothing new
What we do is what we do
It's turning 'round on me and you
Stroking, hoping, dreaming, repeating
Feeding and breeding and pumping gas
Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, do it again
Feeding and breeding and pumping gas
Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, do it again
Feeding and breeding and pumping gas
Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, do it again
Feeding and breeding and pumping gas
Cheeseburger, cheeseburger, do it again
What we do is what we do
What we do is what we do
What we do is what we do