Spotifree alternative7/4/2023 I don’t know if it’d impact the same way (now).” Not sampling James Brown, but sampling Liberace I think it was shocking (when) we came out (that) we sampled Liberace. … I think the innocence that we had back then was brave, but we were in a time where innocence was so cool. “I think the element of that time of what was taking place in music, hip-hop, and our culture, I think it welcomed that and opened up minds and spirits to see and try new different things. “It’s a hip-hop masterpiece for the era in which it was released,” Jolicoeur told Billboard earlier this year. In 2010, “3 Feet High and Rising” was added to the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for its historic significance. In Rolling Stone, critic Michael Azerrad called it the first “psychedelic hip-hop record.” Some even called them a hippie group, though the members didn’t quite like that. Sampling everyone from Johnny Cash and Steely Dan to Hall & Oates, De La Soul signaled the beginning of alternative hip-hop. Trugoy, Jolicoeur said, was backwards for “yogurt.” More recently he’d been going by Dave.ĭe La Soul’s debut studio album “3 Feet High and Rising,” produced by Prince Paul, was released in 1989 by Tommy Boy Records and praised for being a more light-hearted and positive counterpart to more charged rap offerings like N.W.A’s “Straight Outta Compton” and Public Enemy’s “It Takes a Nation of Millions” released just one year prior. Jolicoeur was born in Brooklyn but raised in the Amityville area of Long Island, where he met Vincent Mason (Pasemaster Mase) and Kelvin Mercer (Posdnuos) and the three decided to form a rap group, with each taking on distinctive names. Their existence said to me, a black geek from Connecticut that yes, hip-hop belongs to you too, and Trugoy was the balance, McCartney to Pos Lennon, Keith to his Mick. “Luke Cage” showrunner and hip-hop journalist Cheo Hodari Coker wrote on Twitter that, “You don’t understand what De La Soul means to me. This is crazy” and DJ Semtex wrote that it was “heart wrenching news.” Young Guru added, “Rest in peace my brother.
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