Potholes in My Lawn

~ Recording by De La Soul

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.3Potholes in My Lawn3:49De La SoulJenifa (Taught Me) / Potholes in My LawnDe La SoulSingle
Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)TB 917
1.24Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
  • AU1989-05-14
Liberation Records (Australian, big LIB logo or target behind name, 1981–1999; big L and record logo, 2018–), Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)105206-2, D 30169
1.13Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
London Records (UK, 1947–1999, re-launched 2011–present), PolyGram, Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)838 528-2
1.13Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)TBCD 1019
1.24Potholes in My Lawn3:49De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)TBCD1019
1.24Potholes in My Lawn3:48De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
Big Life (UK indie/dance)DLS CD1
1.13Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)TBLP 1019
1.23Potholes in My Lawn3:47De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
Big Life (UK indie/dance)DLS LP1
1.6Potholes in My Lawn3:48De La SoulRap Declares WarVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1992-10-27
Avenue Records (US)R2 71040
1.3Potholes in My Lawn (12” version)3:49De La SoulTommy Boy Greatest Beats: The First Fifteen Years 1981-1996, Volume 4Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-11-17
Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)TBCD 1166
1.13Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
  • DE2001-05-15
BCM Records50195
1.13Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
  • US2001-10-23
Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)TBCD 1019
2.5Potholes in My Lawn (12″ version)3:47De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
  • US2001-10-23
Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)TBCD 1019
1.13Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)1699-81019-2
2.5Potholes in My Lawn (12″ version)3:47De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)1699-81019-2
1.13Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)TBCD 1019
2.5Potholes In My Lawn (12" Version)3:47De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
Tommy Boy (imprint, bearing the Tommy Boy logo)TBCD 1019
1.2Potholes in My Lawn (12" vocal version)3:50De La SoulTimeless: The Singles CollectionDe La SoulAlbum + Compilation
  • US2003-05-27
Rhino (reissue label)R2 73860
1.5Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La SoulThe Best OfDe La SoulAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2003-06-02
Rhino (reissue label)8122-73665-2
1.5Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La SoulThe Best OfDe La SoulAlbum + Compilation
Warner Strategic Marketing8122-73664-2
1.5Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La SoulThe Best OfDe La SoulAlbum + Compilation
Rhino (reissue label)8122-73664-2
1.13Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La SoulOriginal Album SeriesDe La SoulAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2012-09-03
Rhino (reissue label)8122797219
1.13Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
  • XW2023-03-03
AOI Records
1.13Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
  • US2023-03-03
AOI RecordsRMM-045-2
2.6Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La Soul3 Feet High And RisingDe La SoulAlbum
  • XE2023-03-03
  • GB2023-03-03
AOI Records, ChrysalisRMM-046-1
1.13Potholes in My Lawn3:49De La Soul3 Feet High and Rising (35th Anniversary)De La SoulAlbum
  • XW2024-02-29
AOI Records
1.13Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
  • -2025-07-18
AOI Records, Chrysalis CatalogueRMM-1015-9
Promotion
2.5Potholes in My Lawn (12″ version)3:47De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
  • XW2014-02-14
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)[none]
1.13Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La Soul3 Feet High and RisingDe La SoulAlbum
  • XW2014-02-14
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)[none]
1.5Potholes in My Lawn3:50De La SoulThe Best OfDe La SoulAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2014-02-14
[no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases)[none]

Relationships

co-producer:De La Soul
producer:Prince Paul (US hip hop DJ & producer)
mixer:Posdnuos (US rapper/producer Kelvin Mercer, aka Pos)
Prince Paul (US hip hop DJ & producer)
arranger:Posdnuos (US rapper/producer Kelvin Mercer, aka Pos)
Prince Paul (US hip hop DJ & producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Tommy Boy Music, Inc. (in 1989)
has remixes:Potholes In My Lawn (12" Version)
sampled by:Bomb Intro / Pass That Dutch by Missy Elliott (American rapper, singer, dancer & record producer)
Hard Wit No Hoe by K.M.D. (90s US hip hop trio)
samples:Magic Mountain by Eric Burdon & War (US funk/rock band)
Magic Mountain by Eric Burdon & War (US funk/rock band)
Synthetic Substitution by Melvin Bliss
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/1EDP4ELDdTXW0D67Im22HE [info]
recording of:Potholes in My Lawn

Related works

Potholes in My Lawn

writer:Papa Dee Allen
Harold Brown
B.B. Dickerson
Jerry Goldstein (producer, record label owner and publisher)
Dave Jolicoeur (Plug 2 of De La Soul)
Lonnie Jordan
Kelvin Mercer (US rapper/producer Kelvin Mercer, aka Pos)
Charles Miller (US saxophonist & flutist, member of War)
Lee Oskar
Paul Huston (US hip hop DJ & producer)
Howard E. Scott (US funk/rock guitarist, member of War)
Vincent Mason (US rapper Vincent Mason, member of De La Soul)