De La Soul is an American rap trio from Long Island, New York. The group consists of Posdnuos, Trugoy, and Maseo.
Since their formation in the late 1980s, De La Soul has become one of the most influential groups in hip-hop history. They are widely praised for their innovative approach to music and for their embrace of jazz and soul in their sound.
Despite the group’s success and popularity, they have yet to make their music available on streaming services such as Spotify. This is due to a long-running dispute between De La Soul and Tommy Boy Records over the rights to the group’s music.
When De La Soul signed with Tommy Boy Records in 1988, they were required to sign away some of their publishing rights as part of the deal. This meant that when it came time for their albums to be released digitally, Tommy Boy had all the power when it came to negotiating with streaming services such as Spotify for royalties. De La Soul were not happy about this arrangement and have been vocal about it since 2011 when they first spoke out against the label’s “oppressive” practices.
In 2015, De La Soul decided to take matters into their own hands by launching a Kickstarter campaign in order to raise enough money to purchase back all of their master tapes from Tommy Boy so that they could release them digitally on their own terms. The campaign was successful and raised over $110,000 from fans who wanted to help make De La Soul’s music available digitally once again.
However, despite having purchased the rights to their own masters, De La Soul still has not made any moves towards releasing their music on streaming services like Spotify due to ongoing legal issues with Tommy Boy Records over royalties and publishing rights. As a result, fans still cannot stream any of De La Soul’s music on Spotify or other streaming services at this time.
It remains unclear if or when these issues will be resolved so that De La Soul can finally make its music available on streaming services such as Spotify. Until then, fans will have to continue relying on physical copies or downloads from online stores if they want access to De La Soul’s classic albums like “3 Feet High And Rising” or “Buhloone Mindstate”. Will De La Soul ever be on Spotify? Only time will tell if these issues can be resolved between both parties so that fans can finally enjoy streaming access to classic albums like 3 Feet High And Rising or Buhloone Mindstate via platforms such as Spotify.