After years of legal battles over the rights to the majority of their discography, the entirety of De La Soul’s catalog is finally available on streaming services.
De La Soul’s first six studio albums have been unavailable for ages due to a legal dispute with Tommy Boy Records. After their catalog was acquired by Reservoir Media as part of a purchase of the Tommy Boy catalog, the New York trio have been able to make their music available to the masses once more.
Among the records to hit streaming for the first time is their 1989 debut 3 Feet High and Rising, 1991’s De La Soul Is Dead, 1993’s Buhloone Mindstate, 1996’s Stakes Is High, 2000’s Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump, and 2001’s AOI: The Bionix. Their long-awaited streaming arrival coincides with the 34th anniversary of 3 Feet High and Rising, but it also comes less than a month after the death of David “Trugoy” Jolicoeur, who died at age 54 on Feb. 12.
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