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.

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.