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Amityville, New York, United States (1987 – present)
De La Soul is a massively influential hip hop 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 jazz hop subgenre. They are the best known of the early alternative hip-hop 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 debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising (1989), 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, rock 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.
Their debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising (1989), 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, rock 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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Black_over_lord wrote:
Are you in - very good guys, probably, one of the best albums
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davids2002 wrote:
http://soundcloud.com/firstserve/de-la-souls-plug-1-plug-2
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Orange42 wrote:
Buhloone Mindstate and Stakes Is High are my favorites [3]
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VK1990 wrote:
Change in Speak
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IDoubleJI wrote:
Rock Ko Cane Flow>
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Cox_of_Seagulls wrote:
Nike+ Original Run is better than almost any other album by almost any other group.
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davids2002 wrote:
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 wrote:
Buhloone Mindstate and Stakes Is High are my favorites [2]
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DJSMusicfactory wrote:
De La Soul ... come to Brazil!!! Pleeeeease!!! :-)
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j9l737 wrote:
LONG ISLAND.
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pablo_cerve wrote:
Buhloone Mindstate and Stakes Is High are my favorites
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AceHaley4000 wrote:
Buhloone Mindstate and De La Soul Is Dead are both better than 3 Feet High And Rising.
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Reaper10 wrote:
Oooh =) favorite track
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koazey wrote:
I am plug one. I'm nineteen years young.
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Glenniefreedom wrote:
Show in Haarlem was crazy
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UrHomie wrote:
walk around the planet Earth, making money, having fun
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celsoldmjr wrote:
AWSOME!!! bizzness
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barryvs wrote:
Held Down and A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays should be top 15, though it's hard to argue with what's in it.
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jae__moon wrote:
Instrumental hip-hop fans, check this: www.last.fm/music/jae+moon
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bcap11 wrote:
De la soul is from the soul!
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Mar
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Ambivalencia Festival Internacional de Cultura y Música Urbana
Pabellón nº 5 de Feria Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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Jul
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Splash! Festival 2012
Ferropolis, Gräfenhainichen, Germany
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Jul
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Festival Internacional de Benicàssim 2012
Benicassim, Castellón de la Plana, Spain
170 going
278 shouts
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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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31 Mar 2007 | from blog.myspace.com/delasoul
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