De La Soul

The Music News That Defined 2023

PUBLISHED Dec 19, 2023

As Hollywood ground to a halt due to actors' and writers' strikes, 2023 was a comparatively smooth time for the music industry. It was a ye...

De La Soul and Wu-Tang Clan Celebrated Hip-Hop's Past — and Looked to Its Future — in Calgary

Scotiabank Saddledome, October 14

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2023

50 years since its inception, hip-hop is alive and well in Calgary. That was clear from the tens of thousands who piled into the Scotiabank...

De La Soul's Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

PUBLISHED Mar 7, 2023

One of the most influential hip-hop groups of all time, De La Soul's status as icons in the culture is unquestionable. The originators of t...

Watch De La Soul Celebrate Catalogue Release with Common, Queen Latifah in NYC

PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2023

Today, De La Soul's catalogue of full-length albums made its long-awaited arrival in the streaming world, and to mark the occasion, the for...

Gorillaz Expand 'Cracker Island' with Deluxe Edition Featuring De La Soul, Del the Funky Homosapien

PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2023

Last week, Gorillaz released their album Cracker Island — a tight and focused 10-song set. Now, the current Exclaim! cover stars have made...

De La Soul's Maseo and Posdnuos Remember Trugoy the Dove: "You Were the Heart of Our Group"

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2023

De La Soul's Vincent "Maseo" Mason and Kelvin "Posdnuos" Mercer have shared tributes to their late group mate David "Trugoy the Dove" Jolic...

Watch Damon Albarn Pay Tribute to Trugoy the Dove

PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2023

Damon Albarn has memorialized De La Soul's Trugoy the Dove with a short piano loop. Albarn — whose band Gorillaz are on the cover of Excla...

De La Soul's Trugoy the Dove Dead at 54

PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2023

David "Trugoy the Dove" Jolicoeur — the American artist best known as one third of influential hip-hop trio De La Soul, has died. Multiple...