Potholes in My Lawn


"Potholes in My Lawn" is the second single by hip hop group De La Soul, released in 1988 from their album 3 Feet High and Rising. The songs were mastered by record mixer and engineer Herb Powers Jr. The song samples "Magic Mountain" by Eric Burdon & War as well as the signature yodeling and jaw harp on Parliament's "Little Ole Country Boy" off 1970's Osmium.
The song was released in some territories as a double A-side with "Jenifa Taught Me ".
The song is notable for being the first hip-hop song to be played on Mars, by NASA's Opportunity Rover in 2004.

Track listing

  1. "Jenifa " – 4:46
  2. "Skip 2 My Loop" – 1:07
  3. "Potholes in My Lawn" – 3:49
  4. "They Don't Know That the Soul Don't Go for That" – 3:25
  5. "Derwin" – 3:50