De La Soul - Classic or Dud?

5 album minimum, i think they go toe to toe with pretty much anyone
xp okay yeah, quik but i dunno if i'd put him over them so much as at the same level

Scarface, Ghostface

love them both, would not give them the same hit/miss ratio as de la

I still listen to the grind date all the time

DE LA releasing ENTIRE CATALOG FOR FREE for 25 hours

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/de-la-soul-to-make-entire-catalog-available-for-free-20140213

Bump so people see it. Huge gift for folks.

nice. the digital unavailability of their stuff has been a long-term bummer

woah!!!!!!

This is awesome as can be. Even so, I'd love to have it on Spotify for usability; pretty sure I have everything on MP3 already but hopefully some outtake stuff to grab.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZorwKAwqPnE
first listen, pretty good

will be furious if "complete catalogue" doesn't mean "complete catalogue" and it's just some studio albums

Like forks said I have everything as well but would be cool with random stuff. Kinda doubt it tho and just think it will be studio lp's. This isn't really for me tho I'm more excited to spread the word and just think its cool for them to do this.

This is basically the opportunity for me to go back and plug holes in my collection since there are a couple of albums I never had my own copies of (3 Feet and Buhloone in particular)

two of the best!

plug holes in

subliminal

ha was gonna say

Buhloone is top tenr ap album for me

Bump

Started a thread cos its important
De La Soul have digitally released their discography FOR FREEEEE for only TODAY

this is amazing! Thanks, De La!

me otm

I vividly remember the spring of 1989. I was on a trip to colonial Williamsburg, and there was a freak blizzard that dumped something like two feet of snow, shutting down the park and basically relegating us to the hotel room, where I mostly plopped in front of MTV, which I did not have at home. I knew that New Kids on the Block was absolutely not for me, that much was certain; "Hangin' Tough" was in circulation. But at the same time, I remember seeing the "Potholes in my Lawn" video a few times, and feeling like I wasn't quite ready for that, either. I think I was in middle school classic rock mode. Obviously I caught up to De La Soul, big time.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1519102394/de-la-souls-new-album

Link to De La's Kickstarter page

into it

These guys deserve my money for giving away their catalog the other year alone. That a lot of those incentives are cool is just icing on the cake.

Somebody snapped up the "Be on a skit" level pretty sharpish.

"These guys deserve my money for giving away their catalog the other year alone."

cant believe they did that TBH.

Stakes Is High/Art Official: MOS are underrated albums imo

"These guys deserve my money for giving away their catalog the other year alone."

cant believe they did that TBH.

can't believe they just uploaded mp3s they got from a Russian pirate site with missing ID3 metadata TBH

Aside from Grind Date, which I guess they can still profit off.

is the grind date really underrated? this thread took me to it, as its the only album of theirs on spotify. it's really great and largely passed me by.

The Grind Date is underrated in the sense that De La had passed out of the mainstream by the time it was released; to my knowledge, the fans who still actively follow the group love it to pieces

the grind date is really underrated

i dont remember it except thinking that it was a good album for that point in their careers. really solid stuff, better beats than some of their stuff prior to that, etc. i liked the impossible mission mix cd thing they put out. the album they did a few years back under an alias, without maseo too, though i dont remember the name.

cot dam, this thing is up to $350k! this may be the best funded De La album ever.

how many samples will that pay for

all of them! watch the funder video!

http://www.wearedelasoul.com/products/53993-god-it-feat-nas

ha I almost forgot to back the album (not that they need it, what with pulling in 4x their goal, but I need that bonus track and a t-shirt)

I'm waiting to the last week.

xpost Feel like The Grind Date was fairly acclaimed at the time, seen as a return to form after the AOI records. It was #31 on the pitchfork EOY list. It also came out right before the sea change in rap coverage in rock/indie/mainstream critical outlets, so that probably influences reputation/legacy.

Like in 2004 the top rap albums on Pitchfork's EOY were The Streets, Madvillain, Ghostface, Dizzee Rascal, Kanye, and De La Soul. And in 2005 they were Kanye, Cam'ron, Clipse, Beanie Siegel, The Game, Young Jeezy.

raised about $601k, yikes

That is great.

As our September delivery date has long come and gone, we'd like to address the delay, the plan moving forward and the expected release date of our album.
Releasing a record independently has been a real undertaking. In addition to artistic satisfaction, the administrative and executive end had to feel right as well. Side artist clearances and appropriating the best distribution for this project has been just as important. With negotiations complete, we are now working on the plan for our awaited release. Thank you all for your patience.
In late December we'll hit you with a treat and release a song entitled "Train Wreck" followed by our first single "Pain" feat. Snoop Dogg, slated for February/March. Album release date is April 29th.
We'll be sure to keep you posted on our progress.
Thanks folks.
Anonymously,
Us.

Eh, it's been a decade; what's another five or six months.

i guess. i just mean to say that nothing crowdfunded comes out on time ever and it would be smarter to buy a finished product if that is your end goal and/or send a check directly.

nothing crowdfunded comes out on time ever

a) this is obviously wildly untrue

b) one would have expected that an entire De La Soul album would run into delays, especially when the funding was so successful that it suggested getting decent distribution would be worthwhile, not just shipping to backers.

a) it's proven by science

b) one would have expected that an album intended to release in 2015 might release in 2015 when that was the stated intention of the artist

can't believe an artist's stated intention for their album release has changed plans for the first time ever!

(they ought to have informed folks ahead of September, definitely.)

(first thing I ever crowdfunded was a lavish hardcover comic that was meant to be exclusive to Kickstarter, but ended up being solicited through Diamond and subsequently available in comic shops something like 6-8 months before mine shipped. I still haven't finished reading it 5 years later bcz of disillusionment. but I've no beef on anything else I've kickstarted or pozibled or w/e)