De La Soul

Hip Hop Rap Remembrance 

De La Soul’s Trugoy Gone at 54

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Dave, David Jude Jolicoeur, De La Soul, Gorillaz, Hip-hop, Posdnuos, RIP, Trugoy, Trugoy The Dove

The rap legend’s death comes weeks before the group’s catalog gets reissued

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Alternative Rock Rap 

Sad New Day, Go Away: Me Phi Me’s ONE at 30

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 Joseph Kyle 0 Comments 1992, 30th Anniversary, A Tribe Called Quest, Arrested Development, De La Soul, Me Phi Me, Michigan, One, P.M. Dawn, RCA

Looking back on an unsung alt-rap classic three decades ahead of its time

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Hip Hop 

The Future?: To Whom It May Concern… at 30

October 8, 2021October 9, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, A Tribe Called Quest, Aceyalone, De La Soul, Dr. Dre, Flying Lotus, Freestyle Fellowship, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Kamasi Washington, Kendrick Lamar, Myka 9, Open Mic Eagle, P.E.A.C.E., Self Jupiter, Snoop Dogg, To Whom It May Concern

It was three decades ago today when Freestyle Fellowship took rap music to its threshold of enlightenment with influential debut

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Hip Hop Rap 

How’d You Get My Name and Number?: De La Soul Is Dead at 30

May 20, 2021May 21, 2021 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, De La Soul, De La Soul Is Dead, Long Island, Maseo, Plug 1, Plug 2, Plug 3, Posdnuos, Prince Paul, Tom Waits, Tommy Boy, Trugoy, Trugoy The Dove

Still unavailable on streaming services, the second De La Soul albums nevertheless remains a high-water mark in hip-hop creativity

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adblock Pop 

Pop Top 40: Week Ending August 5, 1989

August 5, 2019February 21, 2021 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments adblock, Bon Jovi, Cher, De La Soul, Don Henley, Jody Watley, Madonna, Neneh Cherry, Prince, Winger

A look back at the hits of 30 years ago this week

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Hip Hop 

His Big Chance

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, De La Soul, Prince Paul

Prince Paul’s A Prince Among Thieves helped lay the groundwork for hip-hop’s Broadway arrival

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