Just a Poet with a Soul

Just a Poet with Soul
Studio album by Def Jef
Released	November 14, 1989
Recorded	1988 - 1989
Genre	Hip hop
Length	51:25
Label	Delicious Vinyl
Def Jef chronology
Just a Poet with Soul (1989) Soul Food (1991)

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Just a Poet with Soul is the debut alternative hip hop album by Def Jef, released on November 14, 1989 (see 1989 in music), released on Delicious Vinyl. The album was highly praised upon its first release, with critics enjoying the sociopolitical lyrics that have led some to Def Jef along with De La Soul and other members of the Native Tongues Posse, though he was never a part of the crew. Many have called the album a lost classic of hip hop.

Track listing

1. "Droppin' Rhymes on Drums" (with Etta James)
2. "Givin' Em Rhythm"
3. "On the Real Tip"
4. "Poet With Soul"
5. "Give It Here"
6. "Do You Wanna Get Housed"
7. "Black to the Future"
8. "Do It Baby"
9. "God Made Me Funky"
10. "Downtown"
11. "Just A Poet"

Samples

Droppin' Rhymes on Drums

• "Blow Your Whistle" by The Soul Searchers

Givin'em Rhythm

• "Love Rap" by Spoonie Gee and The Treacherous Three
• "Rebel Without a Pause" by Public Enemy

On the Real Tip

• "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved" by James Brown
• "Got to Be Real" by Cheryl Lynn
• "Sing Sing" by Gaz

Poet With Soul

• "Apache" by Incredible Bongo Band

Give It Here

• "I Gotcha" by Joe Tex
• "Bra" by Cymande
• "Have Your Ass Home by 11:00" by Richard Pryor
• "Dance With Me" by Peter Brown
• "Holy Ghost" by Bar-Kays
• "Give It to Me Baby" by Rick James

Do You Wanna Get Housed

• "Party" by Van McCoy

Black to the Future

• "The Ballot or the Bullet" by Malcolm X
• "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
• "Hot Dawgit" by Ramsey Lewis
• "Fly Like an Eagle" by Steve Miller Band
• "UFO" by ESG

Do It Baby

• "Action Speaks Louder Than Words" by Chocolate Milk

Just a Poet

• "Hit or Miss" by Bo Diddley
• "Mighty Fine" by Peter Jacques Band