and the Anonymous Nobody Lines Notes
POS nOBODY’S Love is more important to
Me than my children
(Ayana, Nayo, Kasai, Mateo &
Savannah) my Wife Jasmine, my Father
Garland Mercer Sr, My Brothers
(Garland, Tyrone & Luck) , my
Cousin Keynovar, My Sisters
(Grace, Caitlyn & Riva) NOBODY’S
Respect means more to
Me than My Brothers from another mother
(Dave, mase & Smiles) NOBODY will watch
Over me more than My
Guardian Angels: My mother Hattie
& My Aunt Tommie
AND NOBODY will dispute we lost
Our brothers DJ Timbuk2
& Phife Dawg too soon nOBODY else to thank
(POOF)
DAVE
Peace and love everybody, you’re welcome
MASE i would like to thank God for the many
Blessings the creator has given
And still given
I want to thank my wife Tina
(my best friend) for always being
The most supportive especially
When times weren’t so good
You’ve made a tremendous
Sacrifice to really be a great Wife and Mom
I want to thank my children
Marcus, Tre, Chauncey
And Dayo for being beautiful
Strong people who’s
Becoming great leaders and trail
Blazers amongst their peers
I want to thank my Mother Dorothy
And my brother Anthony and wife
Patricia, my niece Ebony
My nephews AJ and Nico for always
Being supportive of my path i
Want to thank Dave
And Merce for our brotherhood regardless of
Our differences we’ve shared the same
Common goal and that was to
Be a group but this
Relationship transcended to be more than just
A "group" we are "brothers"
We are "family" we are "De
La" i want to thank
Smiles not only for help holding
The business together but
For being compassionate and caring to help me
Navigate through personal situations with
A great deal of
Wisdom i want to thank Cliff Whyte for
Being the big brother I never had i also
Want to thank my Cuzzin Lamont and his
Son Jaylen for being such
A great inspiration to
My family and I as well as
Always providing good information
And positive energy i want to
Thank: Yatti & Nikki, Sean
Lalla, Brandon, Kwam
Howard & Erin, Cliff Cho
Gilad, Beat Junkies, Beatminerz
Scratch Pickles, Bump Knuckles
Nice&Smooth, Diamond D
Dj Scratch, Z Trip, Manager
Laury B, Scratch Bastard
Flipout, J Swing, Shorty Blitz, Rich Medina
Dj spinna, Inkaone, Dj Expo
Crossphada, Kemit, Rastroots, sammy
B, Red Alert, Chuck Chillout, Davey D
And all the rest of the DJ’s I
Haven’t mentioned been that’s
Been supportive of
DeLa i would like to thank the rest
Of my family and friends from
Brooklyn and Long Island who are still in
Our corner and alway want to see
Us win…and last but never the less
I want to thank HIP HOP!
DE LA SOUL first we’d like to thank the fans
And the contributors to our successful
(and then some) Kickstarter campaign
Your support and
Patience has been equally valued… We’d
Like to thank our team for keeping
The "Get It Done" spirit alive
To the very end thank you Chris
"Smiles" Quinn, Brandon Hixon
Trevor Baptiste, howard Cho, "Supa" Dave
West, Davey Chegwidden
Jordan Katz, J Anders Urmacher
Tony Ferguson and Morgan Garcia
To the amazing people in our corner
Thank you! This album could not have been
Completed without your help, prowess and
Guidance: Donato Guadagnoli, Brian Redding
Michelle Bayer, OJ Hays, deborah
Mannis-Gardner, Billy Toulson, Bob Power
Elena Ochipinti, Masahiro Tsuzuki
Robbie Jeffers, Hayley Rosenblum
Alfie Pallao, pablo Stanley, Harry Allen
Sabrina dax, andrew Melby, Ben Acker
Danielle Lesnieski, Ben Allison
Glen Phillips, Rhettmatic, Bootie Brown
Greg "Smooche" Cambell, phillip "Fish"
Fisher, DJ Mike Lowe, Howard & Erin Cho
Agnes
(Scion) , Chris Atlas, Laura Silverman
Sean Lalla, and Sarah Landy
Danielle Czesniewski, Fiona Frawley
Shari Segalini, zach Gunsel, Paul Trueman
Vincent Clery-Melin, Richard Sanders, Willard
Ahdritz, Keith "Wok" Watts, diane "Shabazz"
Varnie, Paul Bouchon, Ron Cerrito
Jessica Savage, Tom Smith
Matt Dixon and Phil McDonald
Rhythm roots allstars thanks:
Our family and friends, Christine
Fogleman, John DiMaggio, Masa
Woody Jackson, Vox Recording
Studios, Jared Tankel, benjamin
Tierney, Jeri Yoshizu, Michael
Harris, Yoji Abe, phillip "Fish"
Fisher, Vechel Jaynes, Dan
Ubick, Marina Bambino
Alex Chaloff, Nathan Israel, Eryc Trammom
Pancho Tomaselli
And Zack at Counterhoop Drums, Josh Polon
Daniel hall, Brother Ali, Siddiq
Sayers, Malik Moore, eric
Dover, Shana Halligan, Jack Black, Corn Mo
And De La Soul for the last
10 years as their live band
SUPA DAVE WEST i thank God for the ability
To hear things big
And different …alongside a band
Of brothers that hear
And think the same this album
Couldn’t have been made
Without a certain amount of
Desire vulnerability and
Faithwe did it may this album
Touch somebodies life right
When they need it the most thank you to
All my nieces and nephews
Thank you… Jadha, Dinky
LoLo, Rodney, Lee Stone, Duane
Covert, Dan Wallace
Walt Taylor and Chuck T for
Your love and constant support