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De La Soul Makes ALL of their Music Available for Free

February 14, 2014 urbanradionation

READ OUR UPDATE ON THIS POST BELOW… De La Soul is giving away their entire catalog for free today, February 14th in anticipation of the 25th anniversary of their game-changing debut 3 Feet High & Rising next month. The music will be downloadable at the group’s official site wearedelasoul.com for a brief 25-hour window starting at 11am EST (and ending Saturday at 12 noon). In an interview with Rolling Stone, Posdnuos revealed: (story continues below) “It’s about allowing our fans who have been looking and trying to get a hold of our music to have access to it. Its been too long … Continue reading De La Soul Makes ALL of their Music Available for Free

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>Sampling and Copyright Laws Make Hip Hop Not What It Use To Be

March 28, 2011May 14, 2011 urbanradionation

>Many classic albums, like the ones pictured here by Public Enemy and De La Soul, produced in the 80’s simply could not be made today because of judicial rulings made in courts across America in the late 90’s and early 00’s. It would cost too much to pay the owners of the publishing rights for the music sampled in these songs. When people realized that Hip Hop was making major money in the music industry, the natural course of action was for everyone to want a piece of the pie. Lawyers got involved (who seemed to be the only ones … Continue reading >Sampling and Copyright Laws Make Hip Hop Not What It Use To Be