De La Soul to Make Entire Catalog Available for Free

[Lou Cypher]

Reminder set.

 

[Rubato Garcia]

Pretty sure the internet beat them to it

 

[rapmusic]

Ah shit! I can finally get Stakes is high back!

 

[genocidecutter]

Downloading

 

[illestni99ainne]

this is awesome news. one of my favorite groups

 

[satyrone]

Reminder set.

 

[VisionBOasis]

The Grind Date was my favorite album in college.

 

[Like Water]

Http://www.wearedelasoul.com

Have at it people. Everyone should at least dl 3 Ft. High And Rising. They deserve much more prestige and prominence than they currently have. 25 years is a hell of an accomplishment.

 

[MrJR]

They going to give it out free and nobody is going to check for them this ain't the 80s nigga nobody wanna hear raps about these niggas visit to a museum

 

[genocidecutter]

Downloading

 

[rip.dilla]

I'm diggin' in brah ..

 

[teammedia]

Pioneering hip-hop group also releasing flood of new music

By Jason Newman

Rolling Stone.com
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/de-la-soul-to-make-entire-catalog-available-for-free-20140213

In honor of next month's 25th anniversary of their debut album 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul are making their entire catalog available for free download for 25 hours on the group's website. The download bonanza will begin on Friday, February 14th at 11 a.m. EST until Saturday at noon.

Where does '3 Feet High and Rising' rank on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time?

"It's about allowing our fans who have been looking and trying to get a hold of our music to have access to it," De La Soul member Posdnuous tells Rolling Stone. "Its been too long where our fans haven't had access to everything. This is our way of showing them how much we love them."

The same things that made 3 Feet High and other De La albums so influential — its creative, if not fully licensed, use of a myriad of samples — has also prevented the group's work from appearing on many digital platforms. "It's been a trying journey," admits Posdnuous. "We've been blessed to be in the Library of Congress, but we can't even have our music on iTunes. We've been working very hard to get that solved." The rapper points to frequent changes at record labels and hazy language in early contracts that have led to long delays in properly clearing the group's catalog.

The release of the group's catalog is the first of numerous upcoming projects. In a few weeks, they'll post new songs to their site alongside You're Welcome, their first album since 2004's The Grind Date that they hope to release before summer. Next month will also see the release of Preemium Soul on the Rocks, a six-song EP with three beats each from DJ Premier and Pete Rock. The group is also planning a visit to Detroit to work on an unreleased beat from J Dilla, the prolific producer who passed away in 2006. "Dilla was the Tupac of producers," says Posdnuous. "He has so many unreleased things that no one has heard. His family knows how vital and important an ingredient his music was to our work."

Video Premiere: De La Soul Solve Puzzle in "Get Away (Feat. the Spirit of the Wu)"

Asked about the status of You're Welcome, an album originally scheduled for release last year, Posdnuous says that it's "coming along amazingly," but points to self-criticism in its delay. "We have tons of music, but we're our own worst critics," admits the rapper. "Certain groups have too many 'yes men.' In our group, we have too many 'no men.' When we look back on some of the stuff we have, we're like, 'Yo, we need to just put this out.' The album is still called You're Welcome, but we also have this whole other album that we're working on that…Wooo, I wish I could talk about it."

Twenty-five years into their career, the group is ready, if somewhat cautiously, to adopt the more-is-more release schedule of its younger peers. "We're just getting in the mode of constantly giving people new music," says Posdnuous. "I'll be the first to say that not everyone can do it. You can put out a new mixtape every week, but it can dilute what you're putting out because you haven't had enough time to see what's going on with your life to write something from a different angle. With us, we've sat a long time without releasing an album. It's high time we start releasing a bunch of stuff because it's there."
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/de-la-soul-to-make-entire-catalog-available-for-free-20140213

dope article

 

[Stew]

Pioneering hip-hop group also releasing flood of new music

By Jason Newman

Rolling Stone.com
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/de-la-soul-to-make-entire-catalog-available-for-free-20140213

In honor of next month's 25th anniversary of their debut album 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul are making their entire catalog available for free download for 25 hours on the group's website. The download bonanza will begin on Friday, February 14th at 11 a.m. EST until Saturday at noon.

Where does '3 Feet High and Rising' rank on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time?

"It's about allowing our fans who have been looking and trying to get a hold of our music to have access to it," De La Soul member Posdnuous tells Rolling Stone. "Its been too long where our fans haven't had access to everything. This is our way of showing them how much we love them."

The same things that made 3 Feet High and other De La albums so influential — its creative, if not fully licensed, use of a myriad of samples — has also prevented the group's work from appearing on many digital platforms. "It's been a trying journey," admits Posdnuous. "We've been blessed to be in the Library of Congress, but we can't even have our music on iTunes. We've been working very hard to get that solved." The rapper points to frequent changes at record labels and hazy language in early contracts that have led to long delays in properly clearing the group's catalog.

The release of the group's catalog is the first of numerous upcoming projects. In a few weeks, they'll post new songs to their site alongside You're Welcome, their first album since 2004's The Grind Date that they hope to release before summer. Next month will also see the release of Preemium Soul on the Rocks, a six-song EP with three beats each from DJ Premier and Pete Rock. The group is also planning a visit to Detroit to work on an unreleased beat from J Dilla, the prolific producer who passed away in 2006. "Dilla was the Tupac of producers," says Posdnuous. "He has so many unreleased things that no one has heard. His family knows how vital and important an ingredient his music was to our work."

Video Premiere: De La Soul Solve Puzzle in "Get Away (Feat. the Spirit of the Wu)"

Asked about the status of You're Welcome, an album originally scheduled for release last year, Posdnuous says that it's "coming along amazingly," but points to self-criticism in its delay. "We have tons of music, but we're our own worst critics," admits the rapper. "Certain groups have too many 'yes men.' In our group, we have too many 'no men.' When we look back on some of the stuff we have, we're like, 'Yo, we need to just put this out.' The album is still called You're Welcome, but we also have this whole other album that we're working on that…Wooo, I wish I could talk about it."

Twenty-five years into their career, the group is ready, if somewhat cautiously, to adopt the more-is-more release schedule of its younger peers. "We're just getting in the mode of constantly giving people new music," says Posdnuous. "I'll be the first to say that not everyone can do it. You can put out a new mixtape every week, but it can dilute what you're putting out because you haven't had enough time to see what's going on with your life to write something from a different angle. With us, we've sat a long time without releasing an album. It's high time we start releasing a bunch of stuff because it's there."
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/de-la-soul-to-make-entire-catalog-available-for-free-20140213

dope article

How the hell u found this shit from over a year ago lol

 

[5 Grand]

I remember De La Soul Is Dead came out the same summer as Niggaz4life (1991). As much as I wanted to like De La Soul Is Dead, the theme was just corny.

By the end of the summer I was bumping Always Into Something, Find Em, Fuck Em And Flee and The Days Of Wayback.

De La Soul is cool in small doses but the concept of 'gangsta rap' pretty much ended their career. I don't think I've ever seen any girls jamming to De La Soul at a nightclub. Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever seen anybody jamming to De La Soul at a nightclub. Buddy was dope though.

 

[Dave2one6]

theyve been doing this for a while now. it took a long time for them to send me the link and the emails are annoying.

 

[RawAce]

So u tellin me this shit wasnt already on torrents?

 

[MECCA1000]

I remember De La Soul Is Dead came out the same summer as Niggaz4life (1991). As much as I wanted to like De La Soul Is Dead, the theme was just corny.

By the end of the summer I was bumping Always Into Something, Find Em, Fuck Em And Flee and The Days Of Wayback.

De La Soul is cool in small doses but the concept of 'gangsta rap' pretty much ended their career. I don't think I've ever seen any girls jamming to De La Soul at a nightclub. Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever seen anybody jamming to De La Soul at a nightclub. Buddy was dope though.

Bruh, I don't mind you telling of how YOU felt at the time...... but please stop trying to make YOUR personal opinion the general consensus

You must forget about the wide variety of hip-hop that was out at the time ...... early 90's, pretty much everybody was eating .

Wasn't just gangsta rap that year that was beating up the streets

De La Soul Is Dead got 5 mics in the source and was well received on the charts, radio, and in the streets

 

[Mally_G]

I remember De La Soul Is Dead came out the same summer as Niggaz4life (1991). As much as I wanted to like De La Soul Is Dead, the theme was just corny.

By the end of the summer I was bumping Always Into Something, Find Em, Fuck Em And Flee and The Days Of Wayback.

De La Soul is cool in small doses but the concept of 'gangsta rap' pretty much ended their career. I don't think I've ever seen any girls jamming to De La Soul at a nightclub. Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever seen anybody jamming to De La Soul at a nightclub. Buddy was dope though.

Bruh, I don't mind you telling of how YOU felt at the time...... but please stop trying to make YOUR personal opinion the general consensus

You must forget about the wide variety of hip-hop that was out at the time ...... early 90's, pretty much everybody was eating .

Wasn't just gangsta rap that year that was beating up the streets

De La Soul Is Dead got 5 mics in the source and was well received on the charts, radio, and in the streets

everyone ate in the 90s, even the R&B and Neo-Soul artists. Even if they were 1off artists with no push by the label, but their songs were good, and when their album dropped for $8, them shits were cult classics, because the masses didn't know anything about them.

radio and video shows showed love to ALL back then

the 90s is the reason why my record/disc collection is so diverse. that era gave everyone shine. Shit, I was even introduced to listening to bands like Portishead, waking up at 4AM with MTV on and the Only You video would be playing.

i just wish radio and video channels would get back to promoting true music and building artists; not just playing what they are being paid to play (250 spins per song per month for $400-500 thousand)

 

[5 Grand]

I remember De La Soul Is Dead came out the same summer as Niggaz4life (1991). As much as I wanted to like De La Soul Is Dead, the theme was just corny.

By the end of the summer I was bumping Always Into Something, Find Em, Fuck Em And Flee and The Days Of Wayback.

De La Soul is cool in small doses but the concept of 'gangsta rap' pretty much ended their career. I don't think I've ever seen any girls jamming to De La Soul at a nightclub. Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever seen anybody jamming to De La Soul at a nightclub. Buddy was dope though.

Bruh, I don't mind you telling of how YOU felt at the time...... but please stop trying to make YOUR personal opinion the general consensus

You must forget about the wide variety of hip-hop that was out at the time ...... early 90's, pretty much everybody was eating .

Wasn't just gangsta rap that year that was beating up the streets

De La Soul Is Dead got 5 mics in the source and was well received on the charts, radio, and in the streets

Have you ever heard De La Soul in a club?

 

[bigev240]

I remember De La Soul Is Dead came out the same summer as Niggaz4life (1991). As much as I wanted to like De La Soul Is Dead, the theme was just corny.

By the end of the summer I was bumping Always Into Something, Find Em, Fuck Em And Flee and The Days Of Wayback.

De La Soul is cool in small doses but the concept of 'gangsta rap' pretty much ended their career. I don't think I've ever seen any girls jamming to De La Soul at a nightclub. Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever seen anybody jamming to De La Soul at a nightclub. Buddy was dope though.

Bruh, I don't mind you telling of how YOU felt at the time...... but please stop trying to make YOUR personal opinion the general consensus

You must forget about the wide variety of hip-hop that was out at the time ...... early 90's, pretty much everybody was eating .

Wasn't just gangsta rap that year that was beating up the streets

De La Soul Is Dead got 5 mics in the source and was well received on the charts, radio, and in the streets

Have you ever heard De La Soul in a club?

Who cares if they weren't played in the club.