The New York Times – Music:
A playlist celebrating a staggeringly great year in music: Pixies, Janet Jackson, De La Soul, Madonna, Indigo Girls and more.
Category: De La Soul
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16 Songs to Soundtrack Your Fourth of July Barbecue
The New York Times – Music:
Listen to a genre-crossing hourlong summer playlist featuring Lana Del Rey, Funkadelic and Tom Petty.
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Celebrating De La Soul, With Questlove
The New York Times – Music:
A conversation about the group’s impact and legacy as its music finally arrives on streaming services, just weeks after the death of one of its rappers, Dave Jolicoeur.
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De La Soul’s Music Is Finally Back. It’s a Bittersweet Victory.
The New York Times – Music:
The influential rap trio’s catalog has long been absent from streaming services. Now its first six albums will be available, just weeks after the death of one of its members.
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Trugoy the Dove of De La Soul’s 10 Essential Songs
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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.
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De La Soul’s Dave Jolicoeur, a.k.a. Trugoy the Dove, Dies at 54
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The trio expanded the stylistic vocabulary of hip-hop in the 1980s and ’90s, but its early experiments with sampling led to legal troubles, and the group’s longtime exclusion from streaming.
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Selena Gomez’s Boldly Revealing Ballad, and 9 More New Songs
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Hear tracks by Yves Tumor, Yo La Tengo, Sipho and others.