One of the greatest Hip-Hop groups of all time, De La Soul are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their debut album 3 Feet High and Rising by releasing their entire catalog for free online today. For long, the group has struggled to get their music released officially on iTunes and other retailers due to sample clearance issues.
Fans will be able to download the entire music beginning Friday, February 14th at 11 a.m. EST until Saturday at noon on their official website.
“It’s about allowing our fans who have been looking and trying to get a hold of our music to have access to it. It’s been too long where our fans haven’t had access to everything. This is our way of showing them how much we love them.”
The group is also working on tons of new music. Preemium Soul On The Rocks, a six-song EP with three beats each from DJ Premier and Pete Rock is set to release in March. That will be followed by a full length album You’re Welcome, due before Summer.
Says Posdnuos on the new album to Rollingstone:
“We have tons of music, but we’re our own worst critics. Certain groups have too many ‘yes men.’ In our group, we have too many ‘no men.’ When we look back on some of the stuff we have, we’re like, ‘Yo, we need to just put this out.’ The album is still called You’re Welcome, but we also have this whole other album that we’re working on that…Wooo, I wish I could talk about it.”