Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: De La Soul’s back catalog will soon be available on streaming services. Well this time, it appears it’ll actually happen, with the legendary hip-hop trio announcing that their music will finally hit the digital realm on March 3.
De La Soul started teasing the news on social media and their website. A post on Facebook featured an image that read simply “De La Soul streaming on 3/3/23.” Meanwhile, on Instagram, the group shared a video of a giant billboard — in conjunction with Amazon Music — emblazoned with,...
De La Soul started teasing the news on social media and their website. A post on Facebook featured an image that read simply “De La Soul streaming on 3/3/23.” Meanwhile, on Instagram, the group shared a video of a giant billboard — in conjunction with Amazon Music — emblazoned with,...
- 1/3/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
After a long battle to get their back catalog heard in the digital realm, De La Soul’s music will hit all streaming platforms later this year, the group announced on Instagram Live.
The group, who cut ties with their label of 30 years Tommy Boy last year after negotiations fell apart on streaming rights, have partnered with Reservoir Media, the music rights company who acquired Tommy Boy in June.
“We’re trying to work hard and diligently along with the good folks at Reservoir to get this done. We sat...
The group, who cut ties with their label of 30 years Tommy Boy last year after negotiations fell apart on streaming rights, have partnered with Reservoir Media, the music rights company who acquired Tommy Boy in June.
“We’re trying to work hard and diligently along with the good folks at Reservoir to get this done. We sat...
- 8/10/2021
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
De La Soul have announced that, after 30 years with Tommy Boy Records, the legendary rap group has cut ties with the record label following a months-long negotiation over the streaming rights of their back catalog.
In February, plans to bring De La Soul’s Tommy Boy-era LPs – including classics like 1989’s 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul Is Dead and Buhloone Mindstate – to streaming services were delayed by clearance issues related to the albums as well as what De La Soul deemed was an unfair split of the streaming...
In February, plans to bring De La Soul’s Tommy Boy-era LPs – including classics like 1989’s 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul Is Dead and Buhloone Mindstate – to streaming services were delayed by clearance issues related to the albums as well as what De La Soul deemed was an unfair split of the streaming...
- 8/11/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
De La Soul are finally escaping digital purgatory, but are still, somehow, trapped in music industry hell. Three days before the 30th anniversary of their debut album 3 Feet High and Rising, the legendary rap group’s catalog will finally be released on streaming services at midnight on Friday. The reason it’s taken so long is still a source of controversy.
The news should be cause for celebration: De La Soul has never gone digital. For as long as downloading mp3s or streaming music has been around, their early...
The news should be cause for celebration: De La Soul has never gone digital. For as long as downloading mp3s or streaming music has been around, their early...
- 2/28/2019
- by Charles Holmes
- Rollingstone.com
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