{"id":109621,"date":"2016-08-30T11:29:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T09:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=109621"},"modified":"2016-08-30T11:29:52","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T09:29:52","slug":"mass-appeal-presents-de-la-soul-is-not-dead-trailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/mass-appeal-presents-de-la-soul-is-not-dead-trailer\/","title":{"rendered":"Mass Appeal Presents &#8220;De La Soul Is Not Dead&#8221; Trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/amM26jvs3bM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Coming straight outta Amityville, Long Island, the seminal hip hop trio De La Soul \u2014 comprised of MCs Posdnuos, Trugoy the Dove, and DJ Maseo, plus visionary producer Prince Paul \u2014 changed the sound of rap forever. De La\u2019s innovative use of eclectic samples, bugged-out album skits, and multi-layered lyrical wordplay left a stamp on the music that will never die. Their \u201cBuddy\u201d remix became ground zero for the birth of the Native Tongues movement, helping launch the careers of A Tribe Called Quest and giving further shine to rising talents Queen Latifah, Monie Love, and The Jungle Brothers.<\/p>\n<p>Last Friday, De La Soul dropped and the Anonymous Nobody\u2026, their first album in 12 years, and also the first album by any major rap group to be fully funded by crowd-sourcing. Their Kickstarter raised over $600,000\u2014by far the biggest budget they\u2019ve ever seen for an album. This phenomenal show of support is a testament to the fierce loyalty of De La\u2019s devoted fanbase. But that\u2019s not the only reason it\u2019s a big year for Plugs One, Two and Three. Mass Appeal is releasing a documentary online called De La Soul Is Not Dead.<\/p>\n<p>The short film not only looks into the history of De La Soul, but also explores the nagging legal and sample clearance issues that has prevented them from releasing their classic albums such as De La Soul Is Dead (1991) and Stakes is High (1996) on digital platforms like iTunes, Apple Music, or Spotify. Due to this blackout, the current generation of hip hop fans may not fully appreciate their genius and so we\u2019re hoping this documentary helps fill in some those holes. De La Soul Is Not Dead comes out next week on Wednesday (September 7) and in the meantime, please check the trailer above.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"109622\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/mass-appeal-presents-de-la-soul-is-not-dead-trailer\/2016-08-30-11-28-53-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-08-30-11.28.53-am.png?fit=635%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"635,356\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mass Appeal Presents &amp;#8220;De La Soul Is Not Dead&amp;#8221; Trailer\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-08-30-11.28.53-am.png?fit=540%2C303&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-08-30-11.28.53-am.png?fit=635%2C356&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-08-30-11.28.53-am.png?fit=640%2C303&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mass Appeal Presents &quot;De La Soul Is Not Dead&quot; Trailer\" width=\"640\" height=\"303\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-109622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-08-30-11.28.53-am.png?resize=540%2C303&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/2016-08-30-11.28.53-am.png?w=635&amp;ssl=1 635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coming straight outta Amityville, Long Island, the seminal hip hop trio De La Soul \u2014&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-sw5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}