To celebrate the 25th anniversary of their debut record 3 Feet High and Rising, the iconic trio, De La Soul, is making their entire discography available for free download for 25 hours. Fans can download all seven studio albums, several mixtapes and EPs, a live album, an assortment of compilations, and more. It began at 11 a.m. EST yesterday and runs through today at noon.
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The 8th annual Paid Dues Festival is taking place on March 30th at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino, California. Guerilla Union have announced the full lineup. The event will be headlined by Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock and Ab-Soul, also known as the Black Hippy Collective. It will also include Talib Kweli, De La Soul, Mobb Deep, Scarface, Killer Mike , Tech N9ne, Immortal Technique, Dom Kennedy, and Freddie Gibbs + Madlib. It also showcase newer artists such as Trinidad Jame$, Joey Bada$$, and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis will also be appearing. Full line up below.
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Dancing in the Street: Planet Rock is the 9th episode of the 1995 BBC TV documentary series, Dancing in the Street: A Rock & Roll History (As Told By The People Who Made It). The documentary primarily profiles the emergence of hip-hop and other genres like techno and house. There is commentary from Afrika Bambaataa on the significance of Kraftwerk, Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin discuss the rise of Def Jam, and the Beastie Boys share their thoughts about the early days and recall the PMRC censorship battles of the ’80s. Later, there’s a visit to Long Island to chat with the great De La Soul about the perils of sampling and Maseo demonstrates how to use the MPC.
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In 2009, DJ Mensa released this mix and decided to bless us with it again via Twitter. I know I will be rocking to this for a good little bit. Remember it’s not just about having the song, it’s a story. Enjoy.
A Tribe Called Quest
De La Soul
Jungle Brothers
Leaders of the New School
Black Sheep
Queen Latifah
Monie Love
and more!
Graphic designer Jeff Rochester is no stranger to re-imagining cover art. In 2011 Voices of East Anglia covered his re-imagining of Jazz covers, and now he’s back at it. This time is muses are classic Hip Hop covers.
He chose to use artists ranging from Eric B and Rakim to Madlib, and some more dopeness in between.
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