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The LP

Stress: The Extinction Agenda

Stress (Remix)

3 Feet High and Rising

Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend)

Ghetto Thang

Buddy (feat. Jungle Brothers & Q-Tip)

Buhloone Mindstate

Breakadawn

Lyrics:

Yeah
Fuck these rappers talking bout out here?

Loose change rollin quarters I aint playin games 
Said I learned it to get it by my lonely they all say I changed 
Roll the dice up on the dilly dont get hit wit fetty 
I aint talking remy boys Im shacked up wit yo bitch Im petty x2

They barely seen me coming just a silhouette
Razor marks up on the table burns on top of it 
Gloved and masked that kid got lit up like a cigarette
I told em drop a tab wit Dane and call it take a trip wit death 
Roll the kush wit the tobacco out the pall mall 
We all fitted collared shirts like its a golf hall 
We some heathens up in heaven we gon all fall 
Down in hell its gettin hot the shot gon hit like fireball 
Ya tighten up the nooses go and make yo truces
 ion need yo 2 cents need a weapon imma snap the pool stick
Murder music shoot up to it we some drug abusers 
put the gun up to yo dome like nike kid jus fuckin do it 
Im stackin samples up we call it ammunition 
vile go to war wit all these faggot rappers fuck tradition 
Like word to my brothers who caught up in the system 
Splittin Seroquels in lockdown shit aint even hittin 

Loose change rollin quarters I aint playin games 
Said I learned it to get it by my lonely they all say I changed 
Roll the dice up on the dilly dont get hit wit fetty 
I aint talking remy boys Im shacked up wit yo bitch Im petty x2

Loose Change (Prod. LowQuality)

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De La Soul is back—but did they ever really leave? After delivering their seminal debut 3 Feet High and Rising in 1989 with the production genius of Prince Paul, the New York City-bred trio of Posdnuos (Pos), Dave and Maseo went on to further impact Hip Hop culture with five more groundbreaking albums: De La Soul Is Dead (1991), Buhloone Mindstate (1993), Stakes Is High (1996), Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (2000) and AOI: Bionix (2001). But once the digital age exploded in the late ‘90s, De La Soul’s celebrated catalog was unavailable to stream. As the decades passed, the tight-knit group forged ahead anyway—touring the world, connecting with their adoring fanbase and making music on their own terms. Following 2004’s The Grind Date, De La Soul took a hiatus from making albums, but joined The Gorillaz on the track “Feel Good Inc” which won them a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Collaboration.  In 2015, the group raised over $600,000 on Kickstarter from fans to independently release their album and the Anonymous Nobody, which was their first #1 on the Rap Albums chart, and was also nominated for a Best Rap Album Grammy.   

However, the demand for unreleased De La Soul music was palpable and the cry for access to the first six albums grew louder. Unfortunately, De La Soul was stuck riding a roller coaster of stalled negotiations, dashed hopes and dead-end conversations with their old label, and the group nearly gave up. 

"We have lived without the music up for long, these six albums haven’t been up—ever,” Pos says. “We got used to knowing they weren’t up.” In June of 2021, Tommy Boy Music was acquired by Reservoir, giving De La Soul’s catalog a new home.  In March of 2023, the six missing albums were finally available to stream.  But sadly, right before the catalog release, Dave, the beloved member of De La Soul, passed away. Though bittersweet, De La Soul preserves his legacy and the ongoing impact of their music. 

As iconic songs such as “The Magic Number”, found new life in the film Spiderman: No Way Home in 2021, De La Soul continues to resonate with a diverse population of people. 

As Pos notes, “We’ve noticed over the past several years of tour like, ‘Wow, there’s a father here with his child who also is here with their child. ‘We’re generational. To me, there’s nothing more gratifying than that. That means something. That’s telling about a group. What we were doing wasn’t just stuck to that time.”

“We really naturally been that group for everyone,” Pos says. “It was never about we’re just here for this community, that community, this set of people or these certain fans of Hip Hop culture. We see music as music. We’ve been very resilient, even being a group that didn’t have our music up [on streaming platforms]. We still had these beautiful opportunities through young people finding out about us through a commercial or Spider-Man. Now that it can all be there for people to gravitate to, I’m really happy about that.” 

De La Soul's impact on the musical landscape is immeasurable, with 3 Feet High and Rising widely regarded as one of the most influential albums of its era. Pioneering inventive sampling, playful lyrics, and eclectic beats, the album broke new ground and set a standard for creativity in the genre. Recognizing its cultural significance, the album was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress.

Buddy (feat. Jungle Brothers & Q-Tip)

De La Soul

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