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De La Soul s third studio release, Buhloone Mindstate, released on September 21, 1993, saw the group evolve into a new sound as they continued to grow stylistically and musically. There were several moments on the album which proved the band had matured. I Be Blowin was a departure as the track was an instrumental featuring saxophone playing by Maceo Parker. The introspective I Am I Be showed De La Soul at their most self-referential to date. Long Island Wildin was a collaboration with Japanese hip hop artists Kan Takagi (Major Force) and trio Scha Dara Parr (SDP). The album s first single, Breakadawn , used a sample of Michael Jackson s I Can t Help It and Smokey Robinson s Quiet Storm . De La Soul collaborated for the first time with Gang Starr s Guru on Patti Dooke , and female MC Shortie No Mas who was prominent on many tracks on the album and showcased particularly on In The Woods . The album ended with an old school Biz Markie collaboration called Stone Age . The album was a critical success with Rolling Stone listing it as one of the best hip hop albums of all time.