De La Soul

Artists have been known to play number games within their lyrics from time to time. Only some singers are able to carry metaphorical word problems but rappers love to implement math in a bar or two. Some are simple enough to grasp while others make listeners pull out the notepad and calculator...

Legendary DJs Maseo of De La Soul and Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest recently traveled to Los Angeles to perform together at the Red Bull Music Academy, as part of the Boombox 5th Annual Celebration of the Life & Music of J Dilla. I...

The Library of Congress has announced the 25 records that the research library will be selecting for preservation in the National Recording Registry, and this year's group includes a hip-hop favorite: De La Soul's 1989 classic, '3 Feet High and Rising...

WireImage, Getty Images Soundset 2011 is graduating from its underground roots with the announcement of surprise headlining performances from Big Boi and influential Native Tongues group De La Soul. Big Boi and De La will join usual-headliners Atmosphere and Brother Ali over Memorial Day weekend at the fourth installment of the Shakopee, Minn...

After releasing the second installment in their 'Art Official Intelligence' series in 2001, De La Soul is finally making good on the promise to deliver the third and final disc. The legendary trio has announced that they are currently prepping the release of 'Art Official Intelligence III,' which they plan on dropping later this year...

As hip-hop grew into a legitimate genre that sold millions of albums, a battle developed between producers sampling old records and copyright holders that tried to stop the flow of music. A documentary film entitled 'Copyright Criminals' explores this clash between sampling and the law...

De La Soul didn't have to tell the audience at the inaugural North Coast music festival that they've been around for 22 years -- their music proved it. The Long Island, N.Y. trio decided they were "taking it back to the basement" for their set Saturday evening set -- knocking off old school gems like 'Me, Myself and I,' 'Potholes in My Lawn' and 'Buddy' off 1989's critically lauded '3 Fe

Lupe Fiasco has been added to his hometown's inaugural North Coast Music Festival, taking place over Labor Day weekend at Chicago's Union Park. The three-day event will be heavy on the hip-hip: De La Soul, Nas & Damian Marley and Jay Electronica are among the MCs joining Lupe on the bill. Fl...

Brooklyn Bodega and Berklee School of Music are teaming up to bring a little bit of J Dilla's legacy to the borough's annual hip-hop festival. Because this year's festival will focus closely on the Detroit born producer, on July 6, members of the school's J Dilla Ensemble, including a faculty advisor, dj, and Berklee alum Raydar Ellis, will all participate in a panel discussion on Dilla's techniqu

In what could very well be the greatest reunion in recent memory, hip-hop collective Native Tongues have officially reformed. The group, originally consisting of De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers and Black Sheep, has come back together on Black Sheep's new single 'Birds of a Feather,' which features Tribe's Q-Tip, De La's Trugoy the Dove and Jungle Brothers' Mike Gee...