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Amityville, New York, United States (1987 – present)

De La Soul is a massively influential group, hailing from Amityville, New York, United States. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky, surreal lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the subgenre. They are the best known of the early acts. The members are Kelvin Mercer (Posdnuos, Mercenary, Plug Wonder Why, Plug One), David Jude Jolicœur (Trugoy the Dove, Dave, Plug Two) and Vincent Mason (Pasemaster Mase, Maseo, Plug Three). The three formed the group in 1987, while still in high school and caught the attention of producer Paul Huston (Prince Paul) with a demo tape of the song “Plug Tunin’”.

Their album, 3 Feet High and Rising (), was a critical smash that saw the group labeled hippies due to the message of peace and love. They quickly became prominent members of the Universal Zulu Nation, along with A Tribe Called Quest, Black Sheep, Queen Latifah, Jungle Brothers and others. They were also members of the famed Native Tongues Posse and mentioned the group often in their music (though they have since left the group for various reasons). “Me Myself and I” became a huge hit, further cementing the group’s popularity. However, group The Turtles sued the group for sampling “You Showed Me” without permission on De La Soul’s “Transmitting Live from Mars”. From that point on, sampling required permission from the sources before it was released.
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  • 0a170

    AOI & bionix were dope too

    Sunday evening
  • Cox_of_Seagulls

    Mr. Big Mouph II is awesome! The new album is gonna kick ass.

    last week
  • TheMukeyMu

    from da soul yo

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  • infant-tango

    Thought about his momma. Thought about his father--just a fiend! but nobody could help the boy when he hit the concrete.

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  • KHsonicdude23

    Watch the way I navigate, HA HA HA HA HA

    13 days ago
  • davids2002

    ain't nothing street about me, more like a light post, shining above all, who are y'all to boast?

    13 days ago
  • The_Wirftgu

    Day Law Sole

    15 days ago
  • Black_over_lord

    Are you in - very good guys, probably, one of the best albums

    19 days ago
  • davids2002

    http://soundcloud.com/firstserve/de-la-souls-plug-1-plug-2

    24 days ago
  • Orange42

    Buhloone Mindstate and Stakes Is High are my favorites [3]

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  • VK1990

    Change in Speak

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  • IDoubleJI

    Rock Ko Cane Flow>

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  • Cox_of_Seagulls

    Nike+ Original Run is better than almost any other album by almost any other group.

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  • davids2002

    It goes to show how good and consistent De La Soul really are that everybody has their own favourite album by them. Really hope their new album comes out this year, it's been too long since we had a proper lp by them, but yeah..... Buhloone Mindstate and Stakes Is High are my favorites [3]

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  • The_Wirftgu

    Buhloone Mindstate and Stakes Is High are my favorites [2]

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  • DJSMusicfactory

    De La Soul ... come to Brazil!!! Pleeeeease!!! :-)

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  • j9l737

    LONG ISLAND.

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  • pablo_cerve

    Buhloone Mindstate and Stakes Is High are my favorites

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  • AceHaley4000

    Buhloone Mindstate and De La Soul Is Dead are both better than 3 Feet High And Rising.

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  • Reaper10

    Oooh =) favorite track

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West Coast Run!!!!

10 Apr 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/delasoul

The West Coast run was pure success...special thanx to some folks out therewho attributed to it..Prince Paul, Dres, Brandon Hixton, Bijan, Santiago. If you missed it, you missed Prince Paul, …

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