Where did hip hop for the everyday head go? We're not all pill popping gangsters, we need representation in the music. #FreeDeLa. Hip hop used to be a real voice of the people. All these industry plants are killing the music.
This is the realest comment ever!!!!!! If you want that good old fashioned real hip hop click on the link below. Larry's P.A.I.N by Intercontinental Kint on Apple Music itunes.apple.com/us/album/larrys-p-a-i-n/id1438656217
There are plenty but all the so called "real" hip hop heads complain about the new mainstream shit instead of actually supporting these dope underground artists out there providing the content you say doesnt exist anymore.
Hooked on Chronics I love my 90s hip hop, the 2000’s was super trash but I feel like the music now is much better. Kendrick, J Cole, Wale, Action, Royce, Lupe, Conway... there’s a lot of dope artists. But we’re missing the diversity in the music that we used to have. Pill popping hip pop is dope in the strip club, I got music to get me hype and thug some shit out but there isn’t much dope caviar smooth beats and rhymes. Where is the dope conscious music, or music I could vibe to with my family. Yes, there are gems here and there but they’re few and far between. I agree with diceDiddy we need a new BET with human curated content and programming that feeds the soul.
Hip hop is more that NERD SHIT we wanna hear about everyday shit people don't like all of New York style rappers that shit boring using alot of words don't mean it's word play or your lyrical probably I can say it's only 10 rappers from the whole east coast that's worth listening to and they definitely are not it
Brian Marks That is sooo true! When Sway said that some considered them soft or corney, I was like " Really! What! I never did! I thought they were awesome!"👍😇👼😌
Im born in 93 but educated myself on oldschool rap. When I learned about those dudes I had to listen to the whole catalog. Didn't lay down their music for a long time. Pure greatness.
That's because we sold it out to the outsiders (we don't value black legacy) & the outsiders infiltrated into our hip hop art. They couldn't mind their own business. Damn envies. R.I.P. HIP HOP MUSIC (1980s-2006)🎤🎤🎤.
@stryfetc1 Yup. Like the channel BET. It was black owned for awhile until Bob Johnson (the owner) sold us out by selling it to Viacom for big bucks. Motown owner Barry Gordey sold Motown to the outsiders. I just found that out too myself. Again black folks have a history of selling each other out for profit & not thinking about black legacy. It all falls back on us. We don't love nor respect each other. SMH.
@@TheHistorianKing When Berry Gordy sold Motown for 61mil the label was down and he kept the publishing Motown money is in the catalog he also kept the film and television so any movies or series about Motown have to go through him
So this is why we can't stream their albums. I really would love to stream De La Soul is dead Is album, SMH. and this is why I won't get rid of my CDs. Wow...
De La Soul is dead is the 4th album in The Source Mag history to get 5 mics if I'm not mistaken... I still got my 3ft high and rising i bought in 88 as a 5th grader. Facts!
Maurice Riddick De La Soul is Dead was originally given 3 mics. Years later The Source said they were wrong about the album and gave it 5 mics rightfully so. I remember this vividly because I was outraged about the original rating.
Everyones saying what to do when sucker lunatics start digging and chewing!
5 лет назад+1
🗣️"They (😼🙄😑😾😵😈😡) don't know, that the 😏😎😄 Soul don't go for that (Potholes In My Lawn)" 🎹🎹🎹 🗣️"And that goes for my rhyme sheet. Which I concentrated 🤔so hard on see. I don't ask for maximum security💪🏾. But my dwellin' is swellin'. It lit my bud when I happened 🎹🎹🎹to fall into a spot".
“Trying people” changed my life. Hope De La Soul can get those older albums back. Saw them open for Lauren Hill a few months ago. They stole the show before she even got on stage. They killed it!!!!
Absolutely a bomb album, but they sadly never made money from it because a lot of the samples Prince Paul did on the album were never cleared by the respective artists...
Posdnuos is EASILY the most underappreciated rapper of all time..... Not saying I'm smarter than anybody or anybody that likes him is smarter than anybody but you really really have to pay attention because he's heavy
High School after-prom party 1989. The DJ played Me Myself and I. The whole party was on the floor for that track. My friends and I still talk about it to this day. 3 Feet High and Rising is a masterpiece. Congrats on 30+ years. The Daisy Age continues...
@HonestBrotha so Jay -z spending millions of dollars to build a water pipe lines in Africa so thousands if not millions can have clean water is not caring about black people?
That depends on what your criteria for breaking up is. Gang Starr, Mobb Deep and Run DMC never broke up if you see groups as being defined by all of the particular members and in the cases when one of their members dies that doesn't mean they broke up; it just means they stopped doing music. There are many groups that haven't ever broken up - like Public Enemy
@Ash Wolf I didn't say race had something to do with it. I was talking about having our own outlets, and not depending on other people , regardless it a black person would do something shady.
@@DEVINEJUSTICEALLAH72 We let it go too far...I wonder if it can ever get back to real issues and real life lyrics.. rap these days is soo out of touch and selfishly self absorbed. Rap back then had something TO SAY.
Meaning was our light in the dense jungle to escape Scraped greatness but nowadays lateness are the weights mind soul spirit bold lyrics Turned to mere whispers where boastful yells Sear existence True ignorance Variables tainted took eyes of readers off of books Pictures painted Made center of rank Supreme bacon This is why great minds do not link Think about it Galvanized the mold Money founded Image flounder These few bars are exactly meant for those who see through the picture ....Not at it.... Brave....is my hip hop name
I agree with Nore when he says HipHop needs some form of union that protects the artists and looks after them. If you build it, they will come....De La Soul is beyond Legendary
This is “Mos Def” for the culture ❤️🖤💚 De La is for MY SOUL. Salute to one of my all time favorite Hip Hop groups. Dave Mase and Posdunos thank you 🙏🏾Tommy Boy do the right thing for your soul. You ain’t gonna be blessed being evil.
Mirror, mirror on the wall Tell me, mirror, what is wrong? Can it be my de la clothes Or is it just my de la song? What I do ain't make-believe People say I sit and try But whan it comes to being de la It's just me myself and I It's just me myself and I It's just me myself and I It's just me myself and I Now you tease my plug one style And my plug one spectacles You say plug one and two are hippies No, we're not, that's pure plug bull Always pushing that we've formed an image There's no need to lie When it comes to being plug one It's just me myself and I It's just me myself and I It's just me myself and I It's just me myself and I Proud, I'm proud of what I am Poems I speak are plug two type Please oh please let plug two be Himself, not what you read or write Right is wrong when hype is written On the soul, de la that is, Style is surely our own thing Not the false disguise of showbiz De la soul is from the soul And this fact I can't deny Strictly from the dan called stuckie And from me myself and I It's just me myself and I It's just me myself and I It's just me myself and I Glory, glory hallelu Glory for plugs one and two But that glory's been denied By kizids and dookie eyes People think they dis my person By stating I'm darkly pack I know this so I point at q-tip And he states, 'black is black' Mirror mirror on the wall, Shovel chestnuts in my path Please keep on up with the nuts So I don't get in aftermath But if I do I'll calmly punch them In the fourth day of July 'Cause they tried to mess with Third degree, that's me myself and I It's just me myself and I It's just me myself and I It's just me myself and I It's just me myself and I
I love this group and am so disheartened to hear of their situation. Without this group in Hip Hop, my world view would be a little different. Thanks to these brothers for still pursuing their careers.
Really messed up a all time great group, got no loot for being some of the BEST in this art. Sad industry that feeds off the good but promotes the bad now days.
I was just thinking about this. Because they up there speaking real truth 💯. I hope they stay safe. The most dangerous man is an educated black man and the powers that be don't like you speaking up for black people and black culture.
If Jay z is the most consistent MC of all time De La Soul is definitely the most consistent group of all time. De La has never put out a bad album and none of their albums sound the same as the other. Tribe, Wu Tang, OutKast are more popular but De La has 3ft High, De La Soul Is Dead, Buhloone Mindstate, Stakes Is High, AOI, Bionix, Grind Date, Anonymous Nobody, and two albums coming produced by Pete Rock and Premier! Who has been that consistent?
Rappers want to impress me, they should come together and invest in buying back catalogues from these companies! At least take care of each other especially hip hop royalty#protecttheplugs
So then yall need to wait 5 more years, get your masters back, then someone has to go line by line, every track, every sound, and catalog all the samples that need clearance and pay that so you can actually release your music again digitally. Are you kidding me? You need to keep trying to get your masters, expose all the people that are giving you the runaround, use the power of your fans to your advantage. Or wait another 5 years.
@@jayduecesjaydueces1148 I agree it is easier said then done but nothing worth having is easy. Ownership of your masters is worth every pain staking penny. All of these groups signed these types of deals..it was standard back then. But they could have been a bit more assertive about the business side of it, assuming your record label cleared all the samples instead of you being on their ass just makes me feel like they were alittle bit naive. They worked with these producers that used these samples, they knew more than anyone what samples needed to be cleared. Alot of artists put stuff out without clearing things and got sued but back then some artists felt like it was worth the risk. Some of those became hits and they had money to pay for the samples but thats pulling the cart before the horse.
When I think of "ME, MYSELF & I "many may think of Beyonce but I automatically think of #DeLaSoul. ...though I was only 5-years old #MirrorMirrorOnTheWall #classic #memyselfandI
Sad to see that for as long as these artist have been in the business, none of them wised up, learned the business & created their own. That's why HELLA props are owed to the likes of Master P, E-40, etc.
You gotta realise everyone isn’t cut out to manage their own talent, just like everyone isn’t cut out to make ends meet on the corner. Label dudes take whats “cheap”, sell it for more, and take all the profit. Dudes like De La had talent AND substance but you cant expect them to manage that too, especially from the age they came from.
What is everyone's favourite Native Tongues album? Mine is 'Done by the Forces of Nature' by the Jungle Brothers. My favourite N.T. MC was probably Dres from Black Sheep, because he was funny.
Dela Soul was just as underated as the Strong Island they came from. People slept on those suburban ghetto hoods that spit out so much talent during the golden era of Hip Hop. Acts like Dela Rakim Public Enemy Epmd Craig Mack Leaders of the New School K solo Keith Murray Grand daddy IU MF Doom RA the Rugged Man Bumpy Knuckles Method Man Prodigy may he rest in peace Mariah Carey Ashanti Soul for Real Groove b chill Biz Markie and Roc Marciano. Long Island impact can't not be denied. The Bronx birthed it and the other boros added their flavors but so did L. I. Honestly Strong Island acts had the golden era on lock at one time and I might be bias being I'm from New Cassell Westbury L. I. but I only think Queens can compare with biggest acts that ever came out. Strong Island Rakim Public enemy EPMD and Queens Run DMC LL Cool J and Tribe called Quest. I remember seeing Dela Rakim Freedie Foxx Eric Sermon Flavor Flav and Chuck D all come through my old hood when we had Westbury Day in New Cassey Park during the late 80s. The boros have the concrete jungle and the boro swag but Long Island spit out some official tissue but in a suburban setting. We might of had some nice houses and we'll kept lawns but don't let that fool you because we spit out suburban gangsters and official tissue that bang with the best of them in NY.Ouf hoods were on fire with the crack epedicmic and our escape from the madness was Hip Hop and Groups like Dela Soul showed how fresh fly and smooth Strong Island cats were. Big up to Amityville Westbury Hempstead Roosevelt Uniondale Glen Cove LakeView Long Beach Wyndanche Corom Bellport RiverHead BayShore Brentwood Central Islip Huntington and all of Strong Island. Nassau and Suffolk county we in the building.
sportinlife jones get out your feelings. I'm just pointing facts and Strong Islands impact on the Golden Era of Hip Hop and saluting Dela Soul one of Long Island great acts we spit out. The only one in his feelings is you because your hating on my comment. L. I. love to you brother and your favorite rappers favorite rapper was a L. I. nigga and that's the God of Rap Rakim Allah Wyndance finest. Again Strong Island and Queens ran the Golden Era of Rap and that's facts.
sportinlife jones where you from I know you ain't a Long Island cat but thanks for giving L. I. it's props but chill with the night get to the point because as Black Men we don't always have to go there King.
I was in the 2nd grade in Harlem when they came out and blew my 8 year old mind. I’m literally in tears hearing this story. This feels like someone in my family is hurt. Thank you De La Soul for shaping my childhood
Such a shame. John Fogerty was once asked if he had advice for up and coming musicians and the first thing he said was "get a lawyer. Then get a lawyer for that lawyer." Record companies only exist to profit off the talent. They'll even steal it.
De La Soul just might be the most beloved group in Hip Hop. They survived the G-Funk era, the Bling era and will probably still be touring once the current crop of face tat/funny hair having dopes fade out. To put it short: (for better or for worse) this group changed my life.
One of the reasons I never sample I Own My Masters! I had label try to steal my original works acting like they made it. I start teaching my Music Business & Music Production March 10, 2019. This will be another lesson learned for my students! Business First!
Okay, now I understand how it's so hard to get their albums. I've been wanting to get their stuff on vinyl, but each LP can easily go for $200. I never thought about how everything is so caught-up in legalities. It's truly a testament to their love for the music, that they have persevered and stuck together. Wow!
i saw them live for the first time 4 or 5 years ago in Belgium (dour festival) they are more than a rap group, it's like a rap choir . they sing on tune, together, while each man tearing down his own part. Musicality on fleek
If i had a million dollars i would give De la Soul half just because of the great memories they gave me & my friends. i bought, yes bought every album of theirs on all formats because their music is timeless! Thank u De La & i'll see u in SF next time you're in the city. -PEACE!
Salute ..I'm 49 year's old and a hip hop head ..I remb hearing this song pot holes in lawn and was like what is this this right here is some new shyt and I road with that and then I heard this song I left my wallet in El Segundo..shot out to the whole native tongues yeah I don't get half the credit y'all deserve in My Book !!
De La Soul is the shiz-nitz mad love for these dudes. Notice with all the bs they been through no bitterness just Love. I hold these men in HIGH regard!
Where did hip hop for the everyday head go? We're not all pill popping gangsters, we need representation in the music. #FreeDeLa. Hip hop used to be a real voice of the people. All these industry plants are killing the music.
This is the realest comment ever!!!!!!
If you want that good old fashioned real hip hop click on the link below.
Larry's P.A.I.N by Intercontinental Kint on Apple Music
itunes.apple.com/us/album/larrys-p-a-i-n/id1438656217
There are plenty but all the so called "real" hip hop heads complain about the new mainstream shit instead of actually supporting these dope underground artists out there providing the content you say doesnt exist anymore.
Hooked on Chronics I love my 90s hip hop, the 2000’s was super trash but I feel like the music now is much better. Kendrick, J Cole, Wale, Action, Royce, Lupe, Conway... there’s a lot of dope artists. But we’re missing the diversity in the music that we used to have. Pill popping hip pop is dope in the strip club, I got music to get me hype and thug some shit out but there isn’t much dope caviar smooth beats and rhymes. Where is the dope conscious music, or music I could vibe to with my family. Yes, there are gems here and there but they’re few and far between. I agree with diceDiddy we need a new BET with human curated content and programming that feeds the soul.
Hip hop is more that NERD SHIT we wanna hear about everyday shit people don't like all of New York style rappers that shit boring using alot of words don't mean it's word play or your lyrical probably I can say it's only 10 rappers from the whole east coast that's worth listening to and they definitely are not it
Mead 42 remember the hip hop Dalmatians from brown sugar????? Never though that would actually come true! 😒
the whole world stands with De La Soul. Legendary group. We stand with you! Will only purchase albums you get paid for! Greetings from Switzerland
De La is heavily under appreciated. Their flow and wordplay is better than 99% of the rappers out now.
Brian Marks That is sooo true! When Sway said that some considered them soft or corney, I was like
" Really! What! I never did! I thought they were awesome!"👍😇👼😌
Brian Marks I loved their new album
IMHO, Kelvin "Posdnous, Plug One. MERC" Mercer is the most skillful mc EVER with a record deal. And I mean that unconditionally.
LOL only new niggas think De La Soul is underrated
They were actuall high rated
"Tommy ain't my MF'n Boy" - GZA Genius
@@johanmelvin4451 👀
Native Tongues!... One of the dopest Hip Hop collectives ever assembled...
@Frederic Ko FACTS!!
@Frederic Ko
No doubt... Definitely my favorite but I gotta show love to:
Boot Camp Click
D.I.T.C
Hiero
Hit Squad
Juice Crew...
I'm just saying...
#ATCQfan here!
Them, A Tribe Called Quest and Wu Tang Clan
💪💪💪👑👑👑🏆🏆🏆 🐐
Im born in 93 but educated myself on oldschool rap. When I learned about those dudes I had to listen to the whole catalog. Didn't lay down their music for a long time. Pure greatness.
Not old school fam BUT CLASSIC
It’s really sad that Black culture/art is not owned by Black people.
That's because we sold it out to the outsiders (we don't value black legacy) & the outsiders infiltrated into our hip hop art. They couldn't mind their own business. Damn envies. R.I.P. HIP HOP MUSIC (1980s-2006)🎤🎤🎤.
@stryfetc1 Yup. Like the channel BET. It was black owned for awhile until Bob Johnson (the owner) sold us out by selling it to Viacom for big bucks. Motown owner Barry Gordey sold Motown to the outsiders. I just found that out too myself. Again black folks have a history of selling each other out for profit & not thinking about black legacy. It all falls back on us. We don't love nor respect each other. SMH.
@@TheHistorianKing Same for Russell Simmons and Def Jam.
@@frankstudent Yup. Damn Russell Simmons. SMH.
@@TheHistorianKing When Berry Gordy sold Motown for 61mil the label was down and he kept the publishing Motown money is in the catalog he also kept the film and television so any movies or series about Motown have to go through him
Posdnuos is the Father of many flows and cadences and it's time it gets acknowledged.
Hmmm. Give me an example
The Paragraph President.💯
Facts!!!💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥👑👑👑
"Gave birth to rap remixes back in 88, no disrespect to Diddy just setting it straight." - Pos
@@bayathyasharahla5627 the magic number
De La Soul is legendary 👌
True that
Beyond!
They need to be on Drink Champs or Rap Radar.
There is a strong message here. Own your masters!!!!
"Or your masters will own you." - Prince
Exactly. Don't sign the contact !!!
De La Soul just got their masters back today
So this is why we can't stream their albums. I really would love to stream De La Soul is dead Is album, SMH. and this is why I won't get rid of my CDs. Wow...
RUclips got it
I have all my DeLa stuff on cassette tapes.
@@meyou5789 I listen to it sometimes on RUclips, sometimes I just dont want to go to youtube.
@@longdirtytoenails1076 That is so dope!
@@Blackstar81 When I have kids they might get to have them... maybe...they may not gaf lol
3 feet high and rising is the album that made my start digging for sample. Prince paul was ahead of his time
VERY VERY SLEPT ON. DOPE FUCKING ALBUM!! Dope!!!!!
Stakes is high album was &still fire
Always and forever
Facts! I still listen to that joint.
That was my favorite.
Yup 👌🏽
Superfacts. But that was the beautiful mid 90's.
De La Soul is dead is the 4th album in The Source Mag history to get 5 mics if I'm not mistaken... I still got my 3ft high and rising i bought in 88 as a 5th grader. Facts!
Maurice Riddick Thatz crazy 1988-1989 so sorry long ago man.
@@traviscarter1693 Word i feel old as hell lol. I kept mostly everything i bought. Shoe boxes full of tape, cd books, and crates of records.
@@del7410 ... Yessir! Sophomore/Junior year in H.S.
...Dead is hands-down my favorite De La album in their whole canon.
Maurice Riddick De La Soul is Dead was originally given 3 mics. Years later The Source said they were wrong about the album and gave it 5 mics rightfully so. I remember this vividly because I was outraged about the original rating.
Pot holes in my lawn
It's not wise.... to leave my garden unattended cause eyes.....
pot holes in my lawn? that is my jawn!
Everyones saying what to do when sucker lunatics start digging and chewing!
🗣️"They (😼🙄😑😾😵😈😡) don't know, that the 😏😎😄 Soul don't go for that (Potholes In My Lawn)" 🎹🎹🎹
🗣️"And that goes for my rhyme sheet. Which I concentrated 🤔so hard on see. I don't ask for maximum security💪🏾. But my dwellin' is swellin'. It lit my bud when I happened 🎹🎹🎹to fall into a spot".
Still Bumpin That Classic! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
“Trying people” changed my life. Hope De La Soul can get those older albums back. Saw them open for Lauren Hill a few months ago. They stole the show before she even got on stage. They killed it!!!!
Word
5th dimension sample
That sample flip was ill ✊🏽
Great song!!!
She actually showed up?
3 Feet High and Rising was the 💣 back in the day. I bump it to this day!
@Chris_Gullett LOL no ... if you missed stakes is high your taste may be garbage
They still here, Pac not. And their shows are still packed
@Chris_Gullett
They never sold a lot then, but they've always been steady. If you don't dig em cool
@Chris_Gullett my mistake
Absolutely a bomb album, but they sadly never made money from it because a lot of the samples Prince Paul did on the album were never cleared by the respective artists...
Posdnuos is EASILY the most underappreciated rapper of all time..... Not saying I'm smarter than anybody or anybody that likes him is smarter than anybody but you really really have to pay attention because he's heavy
He's in my top ten for sure.
Everything Remains Raw Podcast Word!!
He Is Lyrically Crazy!!!💯💯💯👑👑👑
He's ill but Dave aka trugoy is my favorite yell
Facts! Hands down, bodied Stakes is High!
I’m just glad they’re still together as a Group! ❤️🖤💚✊🏾
High School after-prom party 1989. The DJ played Me Myself and I. The whole party was on the floor for that track. My friends and I still talk about it to this day. 3 Feet High and Rising is a masterpiece. Congrats on 30+ years. The Daisy Age continues...
I hope jay z or someone bigger buys their catalog for De LA so they can get their music
@HonestBrotha so Jay -z spending millions of dollars to build a water pipe lines in Africa so thousands if not millions can have clean water is not caring about black people?
HonestBrotha you don’t do shit, speaking down on another mans pockets is treacherous
Jay-Z definitely got the cash and lawyer's
@@MrJohnnyLighting Detroit need clean water too. He could buy the whole damn city.
@@MrJohnnyLighting That's black folk in Africa! The point that is being made is Black Folks here!
...De La Soul is the only Hip Hop group that never broke up...#MuchRespectDue
8ball& MJG too
L O X ( M O P) (The Roots)
Beastie boys never broke up.
That depends on what your criteria for breaking up is. Gang Starr, Mobb Deep and Run DMC never broke up if you see groups as being defined by all of the particular members and in the cases when one of their members dies that doesn't mean they broke up; it just means they stopped doing music. There are many groups that haven't ever broken up - like Public Enemy
Wu tang still together for the most part
This is why black people have to own their own outlets, and not depend on the other man.
@Ash Wolf I didn't say race had something to do with it. I was talking about having our own outlets, and not depending on other people , regardless it a black person would do something shady.
Plug Tunin' was waaaaaay ahead of it's time..
Facts bro
David Campbell An Pot holes in my Lawn
Sample here ➡ruclips.net/video/F3110op68w8/видео.html
Are you ready for this
Exactly that's the song that Hip me to those Brothers the rhyme schemes in that song were insane
Seeing De La Soul in 2019 is dope & it takes me back to a time when Hip Hop culture was much more conscious than it is today
Yea man we got the wack shit now dayz.
FACTS!! BACK IN THE DAY WE HAD POOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS,PUBLIC ENEMY,BOOGIE DOWN PRODUCTIONS,BRAND NUBIAN,X CLAN AND ETC. PLEASE BRING HIP HOP BACK!!!!
@@DEVINEJUSTICEALLAH72 We let it go too far...I wonder if it can ever get back to real issues and real life lyrics.. rap these days is soo out of touch and selfishly self absorbed. Rap back then had something TO SAY.
@@DBeautifulOne FACTS!!
Meaning was our light in the dense jungle to escape
Scraped greatness but nowadays lateness are the weights
mind soul spirit bold lyrics
Turned to mere whispers where boastful yells
Sear existence
True ignorance
Variables tainted took eyes of readers off of books
Pictures painted
Made center of rank
Supreme bacon
This is why great minds do not link
Think about it
Galvanized the mold
Money founded
Image flounder
These few bars are exactly meant for those who see through the picture ....Not at it....
Brave....is my hip hop name
It's 2019, and one can put all De La's albums on in a row, and straight have a De La day and night, you will not be disappointed.
That is a Major Factually statement.👍🏿
I agree with Nore when he says HipHop needs some form of union that protects the artists and looks after them. If you build it, they will come....De La Soul is beyond Legendary
OK cool, y'all. We not celebrating the 30th anniversary of the album, we all going to go out and cop that 35th edition in five years, bet?
I agree. Give the legends their just due.
BET!
3 Feet High changed my life! My favorite group of all times!
Timeless classic.
Absolutely!
This is “Mos Def” for the culture ❤️🖤💚 De La is for MY SOUL. Salute to one of my all time favorite Hip Hop groups. Dave Mase and Posdunos thank you 🙏🏾Tommy Boy do the right thing for your soul. You ain’t gonna be blessed being evil.
"Mirror Mirror on the wall tell me mirror what is wrong"
"Can it be my de la clothes, Or is it just my de la song?"........
Guess it was the contract behind the de la song
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Tell me, mirror, what is wrong?
Can it be my de la clothes
Or is it just my de la song?
What I do ain't make-believe
People say I sit and try
But whan it comes to being de la
It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
Now you tease my plug one style
And my plug one spectacles
You say plug one and two are hippies
No, we're not, that's pure plug bull
Always pushing that we've formed an image
There's no need to lie
When it comes to being plug one
It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
Proud, I'm proud of what I am
Poems I speak are plug two type
Please oh please let plug two be
Himself, not what you read or write
Right is wrong when hype is written
On the soul, de la that is,
Style is surely our own thing
Not the false disguise of showbiz
De la soul is from the soul
And this fact I can't deny
Strictly from the dan called stuckie
And from me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
Glory, glory hallelu
Glory for plugs one and two
But that glory's been denied
By kizids and dookie eyes
People think they dis my person
By stating I'm darkly pack
I know this so I point at q-tip
And he states, 'black is black'
Mirror mirror on the wall,
Shovel chestnuts in my path
Please keep on up with the nuts
So I don't get in aftermath
But if I do I'll calmly punch them
In the fourth day of July
'Cause they tried to mess with
Third degree, that's me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
JewBoy still pimpin
Stakes is high is the best DeLa Song ever. Unfortunately, the song also confirmed how hip-hop has become today. RiP to JDilla & DeLa4Ever.
"The dramatic focal point bringing damage to your burrough..."
OG Status: Confirmed
Confirmed!!
Stakes is High is one of the dopest albums period!.... any genre!
Top 10 All Time
I love this group and am so disheartened to hear of their situation. Without this group in Hip Hop, my world view would be a little different. Thanks to these brothers for still pursuing their careers.
Yeah first guys I thoroughly related to in full. Singing my whole life with their songs.
Ditto Fam, D I T T O! Be Safe;-).
Really messed up a all time great group, got no loot for being some of the BEST in this art. Sad industry that feeds off the good but promotes the bad now days.
So is it because they sampled music and never got permission is the reason why they can't release their old stuff digitally?
the 9 dislikes are from Tommyboy......
The Grind Date is one of my favorite De La Soul album of all time!
That joint w MF Doom 🔥
Church!
@@QueensBeryRules Rock Co.Kane Flow
If you had to choose one though........Stakes Is High or The Grind Date ?
Much More
And sadly if one of them were to die the powers that be will somehow make their entire catalogue available digitally.
I was just thinking about this. Because they up there speaking real truth 💯. I hope they stay safe. The most dangerous man is an educated black man and the powers that be don't like you speaking up for black people and black culture.
Maseo gettin more mic time on this interview..than all de la albums combined lol
A record produced by pete rock and premier? Gotta buy that on vinyl for sure
pete rock ft INI & de la soul- stay away
They are geniuses AF. Even my son likes them and he wasn’t even born when they were out.
If Jay z is the most consistent MC of all time De La Soul is definitely the most consistent group of all time. De La has never put out a bad album and none of their albums sound the same as the other. Tribe, Wu Tang, OutKast are more popular but De La has 3ft High, De La Soul Is Dead, Buhloone Mindstate, Stakes Is High, AOI, Bionix, Grind Date, Anonymous Nobody, and two albums coming produced by Pete Rock and Premier! Who has been that consistent?
Big Sheed epmd , Public enemy , gangstarr
EPMD, PE, and Gangstarr are all time greats no doubt but none of them are putting out albums with consistent quality to this day like De La.
The Bizness with common is by far my favorite de la song!! That beat was so hard!! Everyone killed their verse!!
Rappers want to impress me, they should come together and invest in buying back catalogues from these companies! At least take care of each other especially hip hop royalty#protecttheplugs
Kenyatta Thompson great idea 💡
Rap music today sucks donkey balls.
The most original and creative crew in Hip Hop. Hands down
Hope they get that publishing someday.
Damn!!!!!! That's crazy, their album is older than I am!!!! That's longevity.
Respect to the legends of the soul!!!!
peace + love
Me my self and I❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤🖤🖤
My Shit 💯
🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊
These cats are humble
Rest In Power Trugoy, thanks for the musical memories 🙏🏿❤️
🤡
@@balle733 WTF is this?
@@carlthomas5307 Bozo da clown
@@balle733 referring to who?
"Warn a brotha" been robbing us
Prince went to war with them on behalf of all recording artists.
So then yall need to wait 5 more years, get your masters back, then someone has to go line by line, every track, every sound, and catalog all the samples that need clearance and pay that so you can actually release your music again digitally. Are you kidding me? You need to keep trying to get your masters, expose all the people that are giving you the runaround, use the power of your fans to your advantage. Or wait another 5 years.
M3records exactly
Easier said than done but I do agree
@@jayduecesjaydueces1148 I agree it is easier said then done but nothing worth having is easy. Ownership of your masters is worth every pain staking penny. All of these groups signed these types of deals..it was standard back then. But they could have been a bit more assertive about the business side of it, assuming your record label cleared all the samples instead of you being on their ass just makes me feel like they were alittle bit naive. They worked with these producers that used these samples, they knew more than anyone what samples needed to be cleared. Alot of artists put stuff out without clearing things and got sued but back then some artists felt like it was worth the risk. Some of those became hits and they had money to pay for the samples but thats pulling the cart before the horse.
De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest!!!!!!!!!The true GODsThank You so much!
When I think of "ME, MYSELF & I "many may think of Beyonce but I automatically think of #DeLaSoul.
...though I was only 5-years old #MirrorMirrorOnTheWall #classic #memyselfandI
Potholes in my lawn is one of my favorite all time hip hop records
Gza warned us
😂
"Tommy Ain't My Muthakukn Boy,
When you fake moves on a niqqa you employ"
What song this from ?
@@ShutterSpeedGaming Labels Bro! - Liquid Sword Gza albums!
@@davidcampbell215 thanks bro! I heard this before a few times now imma listen again lol the Wu got so much music man!
Back in 95
De La Soul Forever, man, since 3 Feet High and Rising to Anonomous Nobody. True Originals.
Sad to see that for as long as these artist have been in the business, none of them wised up, learned the business & created their own. That's why HELLA props are owed to the likes of Master P, E-40, etc.
Its too hard tho , even prince couldnt do it as much as he wanted and fought for .
J. J. You have to That Tank is thorough!
You gotta realise everyone isn’t cut out to manage their own talent, just like everyone isn’t cut out to make ends meet on the corner. Label dudes take whats “cheap”, sell it for more, and take all the profit. Dudes like De La had talent AND substance but you cant expect them to manage that too, especially from the age they came from.
Independent,black own and running shit! that's the MASTER P way!
This was a great interview, really informative, but really sad at the same time.
DE LA SOUL IS HIP HOP! LEGENDARY STATUS! 4 EVER!
I rock “Plug Tunin” to this day!!! The energy!! The vibe!! Never ever duplicated! 💯
Plug Tunin, Potholes in My Lawn and Tread Water.
kcire10 10 yesssss! Tread water!!! Heck yeah
Googled #MeMyselfandI Results: G. EAZY 1st , Beyonce 2nd , but absolutely disrespectful #DeLaSoul was not even on the 1st pg. of results. smh
that's on you tho, i get 9 hits
Since hearing this I want to hear a project from De La Soul and The Roots.
32:12. Only records that De La is getting paid for up to now are Grind Date and Anonymous Nobody. Thanks for the question Antwon from Middletown.
845 Putting it down.
I'm on it 👍🏾✊🏾
Nice. *From Grind Date up to Anonymous Nobody. #freeDeLa
Maseo's laugh is life. 😁
I lost it when they said De La, Wu Tang and P.E. on tour...then I realized this is 3yrs old🤦♂️
What is everyone's favourite Native Tongues album? Mine is 'Done by the Forces of Nature' by the Jungle Brothers. My favourite N.T. MC was probably Dres from Black Sheep, because he was funny.
J-Boogie Brown Low End Theory...enough said!!!
Black Sheep - A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing, still bumping this classic in 2019✊🏾💯
Been loving De La since 1993. It's funny how Mase, the DJ, talks more than the MCs in the group in this interview!
Picture This: A De La Soul album with Pete Rock & Premier on the production... I don't need that now but "Right Now"!- Peace
BWOOOOYYYYY....I CAN'T FUCCIN' WAIT!!!!!
Glad all of their music will finally be on digital March 3, 2023! Legendary group!
I felt Sway's "Oh shit!" when "Plug Tunnin'" came on. 💯
Many of us remember first hearing that.
Being a nerdy kid in the hood, De La Soul's music always spoke to me, and to a certain degree they spoke for me.
Can we boycott buying their stuff unless they get paid a decent amount?
It’s a damn shame these guys are getting jerked like this. Hip Hop Pioneers deserve better than this.
Dela Soul is Hip hop royalty!!! Facts!
SuperFact
Tommy Boy should be muted and boycotted along with all the other music executives that preyed on our culture and music!
Dela Soul was just as underated as the Strong Island they came from. People slept on those suburban ghetto hoods that spit out so much talent during the golden era of Hip Hop. Acts like Dela Rakim Public Enemy Epmd Craig Mack Leaders of the New School K solo Keith Murray Grand daddy IU MF Doom RA the Rugged Man Bumpy Knuckles Method Man Prodigy may he rest in peace Mariah Carey Ashanti Soul for Real Groove b chill Biz Markie and Roc Marciano. Long Island impact can't not be denied. The Bronx birthed it and the other boros added their flavors but so did L. I. Honestly Strong Island acts had the golden era on lock at one time and I might be bias being I'm from New Cassell Westbury L. I. but I only think Queens can compare with biggest acts that ever came out. Strong Island Rakim Public enemy EPMD and Queens Run DMC LL Cool J and Tribe called Quest. I remember seeing Dela Rakim Freedie Foxx Eric Sermon Flavor Flav and Chuck D all come through my old hood when we had Westbury Day in New Cassey Park during the late 80s. The boros have the concrete jungle and the boro swag but Long Island spit out some official tissue but in a suburban setting. We might of had some nice houses and we'll kept lawns but don't let that fool you because we spit out suburban gangsters and official tissue that bang with the best of them in NY.Ouf hoods were on fire with the crack epedicmic and our escape from the madness was Hip Hop and Groups like Dela Soul showed how fresh fly and smooth Strong Island cats were. Big up to Amityville Westbury Hempstead Roosevelt Uniondale Glen Cove LakeView Long Beach Wyndanche Corom Bellport RiverHead BayShore Brentwood Central Islip Huntington and all of Strong Island. Nassau and Suffolk county we in the building.
@Wesley Robinson, yes to all of this! I live on the West Coast now but I miss New York so much: The 5 boroughs and Long Island.
sportinlife jones get out your feelings. I'm just pointing facts and Strong Islands impact on the Golden Era of Hip Hop and saluting Dela Soul one of Long Island great acts we spit out. The only one in his feelings is you because your hating on my comment. L. I. love to you brother and your favorite rappers favorite rapper was a L. I. nigga and that's the God of Rap Rakim Allah Wyndance finest. Again Strong Island and Queens ran the Golden Era of Rap and that's facts.
Kisha McCormick thank you sister. Yes NY in the building. 5 boros Strong Island and upstate NY especially Buffalo and Rochester.
sportinlife jones where you from I know you ain't a Long Island cat but thanks for giving L. I. it's props but chill with the night get to the point because as Black Men we don't always have to go there King.
Meant to say chill with the nigga get to the point comments
Much Respect To The Legendary De La Soul!!! Still Slappin' Plug Tunin!!!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Eye know...DE LA SOUL will always be on my top 10 rap groups!
I was in the 2nd grade in Harlem when they came out and blew my 8 year old mind. I’m literally in tears hearing this story. This feels like someone in my family is hurt. Thank you De La Soul for shaping my childhood
Plug tunin changed my whole outlook on hip hop...and made me dig in the crates deeper.
De La was a HUGE influence on me back when I first heard them in 1989, they really helped steer me into all manner of music.
My favorite is “Peer Pressure” prod by and feat J Dilla and B - Real 🔥🔥🔥💯
Real banger
Such a shame. John Fogerty was once asked if he had advice for up and coming musicians and the first thing he said was "get a lawyer. Then get a lawyer for that lawyer." Record companies only exist to profit off the talent. They'll even steal it.
De La Soul just might be the most beloved group in Hip Hop. They survived the G-Funk era, the Bling era and will probably still be touring once the current crop of face tat/funny hair having dopes fade out. To put it short: (for better or for worse) this group changed my life.
I wondered why Alexa would only play 1 song from De La Soul.
"Look at little Derwin! Look at him go!"
In a time when a generation was hearing negativity, De la soul/native tung presented a timeless alternative. Absolute gold.
One of the reasons I never sample I Own My Masters! I had label try to steal my original works acting like they made it. I start teaching my Music Business & Music Production March 10, 2019. This will be another lesson learned for my students! Business First!
I can live to be 110, and still never understand the music industry.
Okay, now I understand how it's so hard to get their albums. I've been wanting to get their stuff on vinyl, but each LP can easily go for $200. I never thought about how everything is so caught-up in legalities. It's truly a testament to their love for the music, that they have persevered and stuck together. Wow!
Kendrick Lamar also comes from de la soul lineage
charles richardson As does OutKast
charles richardson they are better than Kendrick, always gotta mention some radio shit
3 feet high and rising is so good even the skits are classics
i saw them live for the first time 4 or 5 years ago in Belgium (dour festival) they are more than a rap group, it's like a rap choir . they sing on tune, together, while each man tearing down his own part. Musicality on fleek
Aye, I've seen them in Belgium too but At Couleur Café, it was super dope, Maseo even pointed his finger at me, I had De La Soul written on my face
@@khoikidd lucly you 😎😎😎😎
I love Dave doing his best mannequin impression the first 8 min. He didn't move.
Salute to De La Soul! Ring Ring Ring!!!
Ya man
If i had a million dollars i would give De la Soul half just because of the great memories they gave me & my friends. i bought, yes bought every album of theirs on all formats because their music is timeless! Thank u De La & i'll see u in SF next time you're in the city. -PEACE!
Salute DeLaSoul ! Been down since Pot Holes in my Lawn
Salute ..I'm 49 year's old and a hip hop head ..I remb hearing this song pot holes in lawn and was like what is this this right here is some new shyt and I road with that and then I heard this song I left my wallet in El Segundo..shot out to the whole native tongues yeah I don't get half the credit y'all deserve in My Book !!
Got hype when they mentioned that tour.......too bad you gotta buy a plane ticket to the UK to see it!!!!🤬🤬🤬
De La Soul is the shiz-nitz mad love for these dudes. Notice with all the bs they been through no bitterness just Love. I hold these men in HIGH regard!