Streaming platforms were initially sold as an all-encompassing music library — every song at one's fingertips! — yet there are inevitable gaps within their discographies. For hip-hop fans, few ...

Back when Coachella catered almost exclusively to hipsters, a friend made an irresistible offer. He would drive us the two hours east into the desert with the promise that he could sneak us in with ...

With a platinum plaque, two gold records, and a Grammy Award to their names, you would think rap trio De La Soul’s catalog would be available for enjoyment across streaming platforms. But, ...

If there’s one theme that can be said to be a constant through De La Soul’s 11-year career, it’s the persistent desire to confound expectations: those of their fans, both new and old; those of their ...

Before De La Soul, says Hank Shocklee, “‘beautiful’ and ‘rap’ weren’t two words that went together.” Shocklee would know: As a founding member of Public Enemy’s production team, the Bomb Squad, he’s ...

In 1991, only one album into its career, De La Soul tried to pull off an unusually audacious move. The hip-hop trio’s 1989 debut, 3 Feet High and Rising, was a dense but accessible bricolage of ...

The Long Island rapper David Jolicoeur, known for his freewheeling rhyme style, has died at 54, just weeks before his trio’s catalog arrives on streaming services. By Christopher R. Weingarten David ...

The announcement states, “The Reservoir and Chrysalis teams have worked with De La Soul, and their record label, AOI, to bring their music to digital streaming services. Reservoir is pleased to share ...