A stunning cultural biography of De La Soul, the era-defining hip-hop trio that touched millions of lives and changed rap forever. De La Soul burst onto the scene with the release of their groundbreaking 1989 album 3 Feet High & Rising, an "anything goes" hip-hop masterpiece hailed as a new masterwork from a bygone era of Black experimentation. Formed in Long Island in 1988 by Kelvin "Posdnuos" Mercer, Dave "Trugoy the Dove" Jolicoeur, and Vincent "Maseo" Mason, De La Soul rebuked classification and appealed to the Black alternative. Their music was positive and psychedelic, their imagery full of flowers and peace signs. It was rap with a broad sonic palette which set the blueprint for an entire generation of artists who followed. But as quickly as De La ascended, they were faced with the pressures of a changing industry and bitter legal battles. Completed in the wake of Dave's passing and the group's arrival on streaming platforms after years in digital purgatory, High and Rising tells the story of one of the most influential rap groups of all time. In the process, acclaimed music journalist Marcus J. Moore braids in a deeply personal coming-of-age story about his journey through life with De La as a backdrop. The first book about De La Soul, High and Rising shows that De La Soul is Black history, American history, world history, our history. This is a tale about staying the course, and how holding true to your virtue can lead to dynamic results.

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A. K. A. the de la Soul Book

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

William\Morrow#& Company

HarperCollins

Clarion Books

United States, United States of America

A stunning achievement that weaves cultural biography with memoir, HIGH & RISING is the first book about De La Soul, the era-defining hip-hop trio whose alternative ethos defied classification, touched millions of lives, and changed rap forever. ?De La Soul burst onto the scene with the release of their groundbreaking 1989 album 3 Feet High & Rising , an anything goes hip-hop masterpiece rooted in the tenets of rap but powered by a wandering imagination that landed in outer space. Between their dusty drums and obscure samples, De Las debut was received as a new masterwork from a bygone era of Black experimentation. Formed in Amityville, Long Island in 1988 by Kelvin "Posdnuos" Mercer, Dave "Trugoy the Dove" Jolicoeur, and Vincent "Maseo" Mason, De La Soul rebuked classification. De La was just De La, the friendly avant-garde trio that dared to be different. They didnt portray themselves as gangsters like N.W.A, or smooth-talking ladies men like Big Daddy Kane or LL Cool J. Instead, De La appealed to the Black alternative, to those who liked rap but also jazz and punk, and maybe owned a skateboard or played in the school band. Their music was positive and psychedelic, their album art and music videos were full of flowers and pink peace signs. Theirs was a rap with a broad sonic palette driven by out-of-the-box sampling which would set a blueprint for artists like A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Pharrell, Kid Cudi, Kanye West, and Kendrick Lamar. But as quickly as De La ascended, they were faced with the pressures of an industry and record label that didnt know what to do with them, legal battles around copyrights and sampling, and disagreements within the group about creative direction. Written by acclaimed New York Times jazz critic and author of The Butterfly Effect on Kendrick Lamar, High & Rising tells the whole storythe positive, the negative, the self-inflicted distress and eventual redemption of the band. In the process the book unpacks the birth of hip-hop and the evolution of alternative rap. Marcus also weaves in a deeply personal coming-of-age story about his journey through life and culture as a fan and young black man. HIGH & RISING is not just a hip-hop tale, its a triumphant book about staying the course, and how staying true to your integrity can lead to dynamic results.

2024-11-19