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This track is about De La Soul’s rejection of fashion trends in rap at the time. As Trugoy said in their 1989 video press kit – “We don’t dress with the gold chains and the Cazal glasses or the Kangol hats, and all that stuff, the sneakers, we don’t do all of that, we just choose to be ourselves”.
(It's hurting.)
(Smell your breath!)
(You smell like Jabba.)
(Your nose is what's doing it.)
(You're talking into the recording... YO!)
(Okay Lucky, start it off.)
Take take take take take it off...
Take it off, take take take take it off
Take it off, take take take take it off
Take it off, take take take take it off
Take it off
Take it OFF!
(Take that suede front off)
Take it OFF!
(Take those contacts off)
Take it OFF!
(Take that horsemeat off)
Take it OFF!
(Take those shell-toes off)
Take it OFF!
(Take those track fleas off)
Take it OFF!
(Take that doo-rag off)
Take it OFF!
(Take that moth neck off)
Take it OFF!
(Take those fat laces off)
Take it OFF!
(Take that bomber off)
Take it OFF!
(Take that BVD off)
Take it OFF!
(Take those Converse off)
Take it OFF!
(And those Gazelles too)
Take it OFF!
(Take that Kangol off)
Take it OFF!
(Take that Jordache off)
Take it OFF!
(Take that Afro off)
Take it OFF!
(Take that jhericurl off)
Take it OFF!
(Take that Le Tigre off)
Take those acid-washed jeans, bell-bottomed, designed by your mama...
Off? Please? Please..
Take It Off was written by Prince Paul & Posdnuos & Trugoy the Dove & Maseo.
Take It Off was produced by De La Soul & Prince Paul.
De La Soul released Take It Off on Tue Mar 14 1989.
There was a song out there at the time called ‘Kick the Ball’ and it used the same Headhunters beat, so we basically mimicked the sound of their single and, instead of saying ‘kick the ball,’ we said ‘take it off’ and thought about all the cliché hip-hop stuff that people should just change and find...