The Impossible: Mission TV Series - Pt. 1 is an album of unreleased material by De La Soul

De La Soul

De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York. The band is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres...

. It contains material recorded over a period of years (dating as far back as De La Soul Is Dead

De La Soul Is Dead

De La Soul Is Dead is De La Soul's second full-length album, released in 1991 . The album was produced by Prince Paul, whose work on 3 Feet High and Rising was highly praised by music critics. The album was one of the first to receive a five mic rating in the Hip hop magazine The Source...

), and was made available through the group's imprint AOI Records. The album's title, and cover, are a reference to the popular action adventure TV series Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible is an American television series which was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicled the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force . The leader of the team was Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, except in...

. An alternative version of the album presumably catered to the group's Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese audience, The Impossible Mission: Operation Japan, is also available.

Standard version

1. Impossible Intro
2. Live @ The Dugout '87
3. Voodoo Circus (produced by Supa Dave West)
4. Friends (produced by J Dilla
   J Dilla
   James Dewitt Yancey , better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan...
   
   )
5. What The Fuck part one (De La Soul's Poster)
6. Go Out And Get It
7. Beef
8. Reverse Ya Steps (produced by Oh No
   Oh No
   -Miscellaneous:* The band's cheaply-produced yet elaborately choreographed videos for "Here It Goes Again" and "A Million Ways" have become YouTube staples - particularly the video for the former song, featuring the band dancing on treadmills - and have done much to propel the songs, the album, and...
   
   )
9. You Got It feat. Butta Verses
10. What The Fuck part two
11. Just Havin' A Ball
12. What If?
13. Relax!! (produced by J Dilla
    J Dilla
    James Dewitt Yancey , better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan...
    
    )
14. Wasn't For You (Remix) (produced by Ge-Ology) (The original version can be found on the Handsome Boy Modeling School
    Handsome Boy Modeling School
    Handsome Boy Modeling School was a collaborative project between renowned hip hop producers Dan the Automator and Prince Paul...
    
     album "White People
    White People
    White People is the second and final album by Handsome Boy Modeling School.-Track listing:# "Intro" – 1:08# "If It Wasn't For You" – 4:37...
    
    ")
15. Freestyle (Dat Shit) 2006
16. What The Fuck part three
17. Freedom Train (produced by 9th Wonder
    9th Wonder
    Patrick Douthit , better known as 9th Wonder is a hip hop record producer, record executive, DJ, professor, and lyricist from Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A. He began his career as the main producer for the hip hop group Little Brother, and has also worked with Mary J...
    
    )

Alternate version

1. Impossible Intro
2. Live @ The Dugout '87
3. Voodoo Circus (produced by Supa Dave West)
4. Friends (produced by J Dilla
   J Dilla
   James Dewitt Yancey , better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan...
   
   )
5. What The F*** #1
6. Go Out And Get I
7. Respect (produced by Supa Dave West)
8. Beef
9. Reverse Ya Steps (produced by Oh No
   Oh No
   -Miscellaneous:* The band's cheaply-produced yet elaborately choreographed videos for "Here It Goes Again" and "A Million Ways" have become YouTube staples - particularly the video for the former song, featuring the band dancing on treadmills - and have done much to propel the songs, the album, and...
   
   )
10. You Got It feat. Butta Verses
11. What The F*** #2
12. Just Havin' A Ball
13. What If?
14. Relax!! (produced by J Dilla
    J Dilla
    James Dewitt Yancey , better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer who emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michigan...
    
    )
15. Wasn't For You (Remix) (produced by Ge-Ology)
16. The Corner
17. Freestyle (Dat Shit) 2006
18. What The F*** #3
19. Freedom Train
20. Live in Tokyo feat. SPD, KAN