This De La Soul albums guide will help you explore the group’s classic catalog and beyond ahead of their music finally hitting streaming in March.

In a clip titled “De La Speaks” that was uploaded to Youtube in 2019 by Black film archivist ReelBlack, an MTV camera crew reports from the album release party for the now-classic De La Soul debut, 1989’s 3 Feet High And Rising. Hosted at The Ukrainian National Home on Second Avenue in New York City, the scene inside the packed party is energetic as dancers fill the floor and hip-hop royalty like DMC, Daddy O of Stetsasonic, KRS-One, Big Daddy Kane, and DJ Red Alert all stop to sing the up-and-coming group’s praises. Vernon Reid, guitar legend and member of pioneering hard rock quartet Living Colour, also takes a second to share his thoughts on De La, offering a brief but profound statement that foreshadowed the group’s influence: “I think De La Soul is like some of the freshest music I’ve heard in a long time and it’s gonna change the world as we know it.”

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