Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five‘s “The Message” was the first prominent Hip Hop song to provide a lyrical social commentary. It took rap music from the house parties to the social platforms later developed by groups like Boogie Down Productions, Public Enemy, N.W.A, and many more.In addition to
Debut album, ‘3 Feet High and Rising,’ was released March 3, 1989, 34 years ago today.NEW YORK, NY (March 3, 2023) – Legendary Hip Hop group De La Soul today announce their entire back catalog is available on all major streaming platforms and digital retailers for the first time. Listeners can now e
When Long Island Hip Hop trio De La Soul arrived in 1989 with their debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, they sounded like nothing else. The album’s colorful, almost collaged production aesthetic and the rappers’ rhyme styles that were equal parts clever and goofily humorous made De La Soul a gentle
“Eye Know” is a 1989 single from De La Soul’s debut album 3 Feet High and Rising.“Eye Know” peaked at number 14 on the UK singles chart. It was not released as a single in the United States. The song is an upbeat love song featuring guitar and horn samples from The Mad Lads’ “Make This Young Lady Mi
The untimely death at age 54 of De La Soul’s David Jude Jolicoeur, known widely as Trugoy the Dove and one of the founding members of legendary Long Island Hip Hop trio De La Soul, has elicited an outpouring of grief from the Hip Hop community on Twitter.😪 Dave Jolicoeur, a.k.a. Trugoy The Dove, fro
“The Magic Number” is the seventh and last single released from 3 Feet High and Rising, the debut studio album by De La Soul.3 Feet High and Rising was released on March 14, 1989, by Tommy Boy Records and Warner Bros. Records. It marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Pri
Skyzoo’s eleventh studio album The Mind Of A Saint – produced entirely by The Other Guys – delves into the innermost thoughts of one Franklin Saint, the lead character in the hit FX show, Snowfall, which follows the early stages of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles in the early 1980s.“When m
The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-HopThe essential oral history of hip-hop, from its origins on the playgrounds of the Bronx to its reign as the most powerful force in pop culture—from the award-winning journalist behind All the Pieces Matter, the New York Times bestselling oral histor
Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm“This book is a must for everyone interested in illuminating the idea of unexplainable genius.” ―QUESTLOVEEqual parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J D
It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made HimFrom a talented young journalist on the rise, a deeply reported, timely new biography of the Notorious B.I.G., publishing for what would have been his 50th birthdayThe Notorious B.I.G. was one of the most charismatic and talented artists of the 1