De La Soul stopped by The Tonight Show to revisit their 1996 track “Stakes Is High” with the help of house band the Roots. The group gave a groove-laced rendition of the track, which comes off their fourth album of the same name. Ahead of the performance, band members Posdnuos …
Read More »De La Soul's Beloved Albums Are Finally Streaming
After years of long delays and legal disputes, De La Soul’s catalog is finally available on streaming services. The bittersweet return follows the death of David “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur at age 54 in February. De La Soul’s back catalog had been stuck in digital purgatory for years thanks to …
Read More »De La Soul Pen Tribute to Trugoy the Dove: 'Fly Into the Light'
Maseo and Posdnuos, the remaining members of De La Soul, paid tribute to their bandmate David “Trugoy The Dove” Jolicoeur on Wednesday. Taking to social media, Maseo and Posdnuos posted letters addressed to Trugoy, who died at the age of 54 on Feb. 12 from causes not immediately revealed. Trugoy, …
Read More »Trugoy the Dove Was a Subtle Genius Who Helped Make De La Soul Relatable
David Jude Jolicoeur, who passed away on Sunday, Feb. 12 at the age of 54, helped revolutionize hip-hop and change the course of popular music. It’s why he’s being mourned so widely in the rap community today, and far beyond it as well. As one-third of De La Soul, alongside …
Read More »De La Soul's Trugoy the Dove Dead At 54
David “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur, one-third of the iconic rap triumvirate De La Soul, has died, Rolling Stone has confirmed. The news was first reported by AllHipHop. He was 54. The cause of death has not been disclosed. Trugoy, who had recently been going by the name Dave, and was …
Read More »De La Soul's Music is Coming to Streaming Services — For Real This Time
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 …
Read More »Gorillaz Brought Out All the Guests at Star-Studded Inglewood Concert
Every Gorillaz concert is an all-star affair, but Friday’s show at the Forum was especially star-studded show as Beck, Tame Impala, Schoolboy Q, Thundercat, Del the Funky Homosapien and De La Soul all came out to perform with Damon Albarn’s cartoon band. Fresh off their standout Life Is Beautiful set, …
Read More »See Billie Eilish Bring Out Damon Albarn for 'Getting Older,' Gorillaz's 'Feel Good Inc' at Coachella
Billie Eilish brought out surprise guest Damon Albarn during her Coachella headlining set Saturday, with the two singers first duetting on “Getting Older” before performing Gorillaz’s “Feel Good Inc.” Along with the Blur frontman, De La Soul rapper Posdnous also appeared on stage to deliver his verses from the 2005 …
Read More »Q-Tip, Rapsody, De La Soul Featured on Phife Dawg's Posthumous Album 'Forever'
The Phife Dawg estate has shared the tracklist for the A Tribe Called Quest MC’s posthumous album Forever, revealing appearances from Q-Tip, Rapsody with Renée Neufville, and De La Soul’s Maseo and Pos, among others. Forever arrives on March 22, six years to the date of Phife Dawg’s death. As …
Read More »DJ Shadow Throws an Epic Pity Party on 'Our Pathetic Age'
The last three years have been somber, sobering and not much fun, with only intermittent beams of sunlight. Maybe it’s a coincidence, but the same goes for Our Pathetic Age, DJ Shadow’s first record since before the 2016 election. Shadow’s music has never been overtly political, but rarely has an …
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