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1996's Stakes is High served as Da La Soul's fourth studio effort overall and the first sans Prince Paul. The album was critically lauded for its music, lyricism, and it's overall message concerning the artistic decline rap music began to face in the mid-

De La Soul's transitional third studio release, 1993's Buhloone Mindstate, saw the group evolve into a new sound as they continued to grow stylistically and musically. There were several moments on the record which proved the band had matured. "I Be Blowi

In 1987, a trio known as De La Soul formed from Long Island, NY roots and changed the landscape of hip-hop as we knew it. Now, for well over 30 years they have rocked us with their De La songs full of inscrutable samplings, whimsically irreverent lyrics,

"Dance Craze" is a 1981 concert film recorded at various venues throughout 1980 at the height of the 2Tone movement featuring exclusive live recordings by The Specials, Madness, The Selecter, The Beat, Bad Manners, and The Bodysnatchers. This new expande

True innovators of the punk era, The Specials began the British ska revival craze, combining the highly danceable ska and rocksteady beat with punk's energy and attitude, and taking on a more focused and informed political and social stance than their pre