“I do a lot of things that don’t make sense, What I don’t do is ride the fence.”

Artists and athletes changing their names always creates a pickle. I want to refer to them by their proper name, simply out of respect, but a large part of me remains hesitant on some “His mama named him Clay, so I’m gonna call him Clay” © Coming To America type stubbornness. Read the rest of this entry »

Madlib and Freeway collabo? Nope. The doo-rag and Philly Freezer-style beard threw me off. In the image above, you’re actually looking at Jacob “Pop Life” Barrow and Deen Whitter better known as the latest aliases from the rapping members of De La Soul. Read the rest of this entry »

The Strong Island trio’s working on a new album and breaking out an early listen with a snippet of “Mr.Big.Mouth”? Read the rest of this entry »

As residents of a renown, yet contained community, it is still vital that we protect our own and stick up for one another when outsiders breach our gates. They come in various forms, mostly as leeches, looking to use our trustworthy brand in solely their best interests until our usefulness no longer fits their needs. Nonetheless, monumental achievements in Hip-Hop may have slowed in favor for quick fix social media spoils, but they do still occur on occasion. Read the rest of this entry »

The one they call 4-Ize doesn’t have a lick of sense but possesses some skills in his microphone endeavors. That’s why he’s proclaiming himself as the Professional Ignorant for his album to the streets. But don’t confuse his intentional buffoonery with slacking in the studio. Not only does the ATL Hawk’s LP have a plethora of witty punchlines and Trading Places excerpts to gel the monkey business together, but there is also firepower in the hired help like B.o.B, De La Soul, Gucci Mane, and, of course, Señor Kaos. Read the rest of this entry »

Found in the inbox, courtesy of Ruby Hornet.

“One of the highlights of North Coast Fest was De La Soul’s Saturday night set. After the show we caught up with Maseo of De La Soul to talk “real Hip Hop in 2010″, De La’s early days in Maseo’s basement, as well as the Native Tongues’ next of kin including Kanye West.”

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NBA Free Agent Rafer Alston Opts To Coach [Dime] Read the rest of this entry »

Taking the circuitous route, I just finished reading Fred Wesley’s autobio, Hit Me Fred so that may partially be the reason “Patti Dooke” is making an appearance. Amazing when you think that De La managed to grab some masterful musicians to join them for tracks on Buhloone Mindstate. Read the rest of this entry »

Hip-Hop can be like WWE at times but 4-Ize plays neither hero nor heel. Instead he would rather stand on the top turnbuckle with a megaphone and hit you punchlines that hit you like an elbow drop to the head. Joining him and Don Cannon in the squared circle for their latest summer slam are the likes of GLC, De La Soul and suprisingly Señor Kaos. Read the rest of this entry »

For you vinyl enthusiasts (of the toys, not records), De La & Kidrobot have teamed up to release this set of 3″ figures to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Strong Island trio’s seminal debut, 3 Feet High And Rising. Each one comes with its own accessories & releases on March 18. Read the rest of this entry »

Passing through delivering the dope (music), this time in the form of Mick Boogie and Terry Urban’s host of friends gathering together to pay tribute to the legendary Strong Island trio, De La Soul.

Just in time to give thanks to some Hip-Hop legends, Mick Boogie and Terry Urban present LE DA SOUL: 20 Years Of De La Soul!

Inspired by 20 years of greatness from hip-hop’s most consistent group (and our personal favorite), De La Soul, this project unites the cream of the crop in Hip-Hop, Read the rest of this entry »

Clocking in @ twenty years in the game & still going, De La Soul for your Friday night video. If you’re one of those people with patience, you can view what looks to be the full Paris concert over @ Grandcrew.com. Read the rest of this entry »

As promised, EA Sports delivers a round of songs for the mixtape including never before heard tracks from 88-Keys, Afrika Bambaataa, B.o.B, David Banner, De La Soul, dead Prez, Matt & Kim, Murs, Pete Rock, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Zion I and more. Read the rest of this entry »

Kaos back again with the second leak from his upcoming project. This time around, he teams up with Homeboy Sandman & Tanya Morgan’s Von Pea to pay homage to the Strong Island trio. Read the rest of this entry »

Sans the Henny bottle, Kanye makes a surprise appearance — his first since the VMAs — last night for the Common Foundation Benefit at the Hollywood Paladium. The footage is of ‘Ye alongside Common, Most Def and Talib Kweli for “Get Em High,” “Make Her Say,” “Run This Town,” “Good Life” and “Flashing Lights.” Read the rest of this entry »