De La Soul

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  • Stakes Is High
  • Buhloone Mindstate
  • De La Soul Is Dead
  • 3 Feet High and Rising

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About De La Soul

De La Soul are a revolutionary force in hip-hop. The patchwork production and clever, goofy humor of their 1989 debut 3 Feet High and Rising established the group an inventive and gentle presence in a rap landscape largely defined by aggression. Their output throughout the '90s was formative for hip-hop on the whole, with works like 1991's De La Soul Is Dead and 1996's Stakes Is High providing inspiration that entire generations of other artists would build on. After 2004's The Grind Date, De La Soul went on hiatus, but returned in 2016 with the crowd-funded And the Anonymous Nobody. In 2023, after years of legal battles over rights and ownership, De La Soul finally regained access to their back catalog and finally released some of their classic albums on streaming services for the first time.

ORIGIN
Amityville, NY, United States
FORMED
1987
GENRE
Hip-Hop/Rap

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