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A Word: De La Soul is Alive

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News, News Commentary, Politics

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The music of De La Soul is finally available on streaming. When they released their debut album “3 Feet High and Rising” in 1989, the group expanded the idea of what hip hop was and who it was for. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by rapper, composer, and producer Don Will to discuss De La Soul’s impact, endurance, and what a new generation of hip hop fans can learn from them. Guest: Don Will, host of “The Almanac of Rap” podcast Podcast production by Kristie Taiwo-Makanjuola You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for just $1 for your first month. Make an impact this Women’s History Month by helping Macy’s on their mission to fund girls in STEM. Go to macys.com/purpose to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is a word a podcast from Slate. I'm your host, Jason Johnson.

0:08.3

Dayla Soll pioneered a new sound and direction for rap in the 80s and 90s.

0:13.3

Now that their music is finally coming to streaming services, how will Dayla Soll speak to a new

0:18.4

generation of hip-hop fans? They were one of the first groups to help me discover sampling,

0:22.8

and help me discover other music. And in terms of just sampling as an art form alone,

0:27.8

I think they moved it into a whole new dimension. The legacy of Dayla Soll coming up on a word,

0:33.1

with me, Jason Johnson. Stay with us.

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1:15.2

Welcome to a word a podcast about race and politics and everything else. I'm your host,

1:19.8

Jason Johnson. Their government names were David Joo Jolakor, Vincent Mason, and Kelvin Mercer.

1:27.6

But to rap fans, they'll forever be known as Trugoy, Pazdenus, and Maceo, of the legendary

1:33.2

hip-hop group Dayla Soll. Their music helped expand the vision about what rap was,

1:39.0

the message it could carry, and the people it could reach. The classic albums like Three Feet

1:43.5

High and Rising, Dayla Soll is dead and stakes is high. The songs of Dayla Soll struck a chord

1:49.3

with millions of fans from high school lunchrooms all the way to the White House. Here's a clip

1:54.4

of them performing their classic Me Myself and I for President Obama in 2016.

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