De la Soul is not Dead! Wednesday June 24th, 2008

Hey Everyone!

I hope you are well and having a great start your summer. For those that are in the midwest I hope that you are coping as best as you can with the floods that are occuring. I have been busy on the road these days so I apologize for not being as frequent with the blogs as I normally am. Today I decided to put a little twist to my blog and do an interview. I recently linked up with Pos aka Plug 1 from De La Soul. A lot of people that I have come in contact with lately thought that they have not being doing anything for a while. This interview will get you abreast of what is going on with the talented trio.





Harlemite: What up man? What's good?

Pos: peace Fam. We doing good and staying busy god bless!!


Harlemite: You were just in Dubai doing shows. How was that experience?

Pos:DUBAI WAS HOT LITERALLY!!ABOUT 110 DEGREES.BUT THE PEOPLE FROM THERE SHOWED US ALOT OF LOVE.ALOT OF THE DEVOUTED MUSLEM BROTHERS NEW OUR MUSIC AND KNEW IT WELL WHICH WAS VERY SUPRISING. WE GOT TO SEE ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF AMAZEMENT GOING ON THERE AS WELL AS VISIT MUCH MORE TRADITIONAL AREAS THERE.

Harlemite: A lot of people have been asking about the whereabouts of De La Soul these days...What have you guys been up to?

Pos: TOURING AND RECORDING.WE JUST GOT OFF TOUR FOR THE LAST MONTH THROUGH OUT LONDON,ENGLAND,DUBAI AND BAHRAIN.WE HAD A COUPLE OF KEY SHOWS IN LONDON WITH AN 11 PIECE BAND(RHYTHYM ROOTS ALL STARS) THAT WAS AMAZING AND THE REST OF THE SHOWS THOUGH WITH OUT THEM WAS JUST AS EXCELLENT.ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS WAS GETTING UP WITH PUBLIC ENEMY IN BARCELONA AND HANGING OUT AS WELL AS PERFORMING TOGETHER AT THE SAME FESTIVAL AS WELL FINISHING UP A STUDIO ALBUM WE ARE PE ARE ALSO WORKING ON OUR OWN DE LA ALBUM DROPPING FEB 09 WHICH WILL BE THE ANNIVERSARY OF 3 FEET HIGH.WE HAVE BEEN PICKED TO BE HONOURED THIS YEAR FOR HIP HOP HONOURS AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ROCK THE BELLS TOUR WE ARE APART OF. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AND BOB DOROUGH(WRITER/PERFORMER/CREATOR OF THE SCHOOL HOUSE ROCK PROJECT) ON WHAT IS BEING CALLED SCHOOL HOUSE RIGHTS WHERE WE INTERPRET THE HUMAN RIGHTS BILL IN TO SONG AND RAP.THERES A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS BEING WORKED OUT NOW AS WELL FOR US TO WORK ON SO AS I SAID BRO..BLESSED!!!


Harlemite:What do you think about the state of hip-hop these days?

Pos:RAP HAS BEEN STALE AS A WHOLE FOR A WHILE BUT THERE ARE GREAT MOMENTS THAT MAKE IT WORTH WHILE AS ALWAYS.


Harlemite: Are you in to politics? What do you think about the nomination of Barack Obama for the Democratic Party?

Pos:IT 'S DUE TIME AND HOPEFULLY HE WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO BRING THE USA INTO A BETTER PLACE THAN WHERE IT HAS BEEN


Harlemite: As far as a lot of the touring you guys have been doing, what are some of your favorite places that you have been to?

Pos:ENGLAND,JAPAN,CONGO(KINSHASA)SO MANY


Halremite:A lot of people don't know that you have done a lot of the production for your albums. Are you doing production for any other artists?

Pos: AT THE MOMENT JUST FOCOUS ON MUSIC FOR THE GROUP BUT DO LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING OUTSIDE OF THE FAMILY WITH OTHERS


Harlemite: What are you listening to in your IPod these days?

Pos:OUR NEW MUSIC IN THE MAKING.AND OTHER SONGS FOR OHER PROJECTS I'M ABOUT TO RHYME ON.BIG POOH'S SOLO PROJECT,JLIVE,COULTRAIN, AND OF COURSE THE CLASSICS


Harlemite:What do you like doing better writing rhymes or producing?

Pos:MUSIC IS EASIER FOR ME.I LOVE LYRICS THOU CUZ I TRULY STRIVE TO KEEP UP WITH TOP MC'S LIKE DAVE(PLUG 2),BLACK THOUGHT, MOS DEF AND OTHERS...

Harlemite: Is there anything people should look out for in the near future?

Pos:I'M ON THE JLIVE JOINT CALLED "UPGRADE"PRODUCED BY ODDISSEE AND LOOK FOR ME ON THE NEW SPINNA ALBUM AND JAKE ONE. DAVE AND MY SELF ARE ON THE PROJECT BY ESLAM JAWAD WHO APPEARED ON THE GOOD THE BAD THE QUEEN PROJECT THAT DAMON AUBURN PUT OUT. ALSO WORKING ON SOME MORE APPAREL WITH NIKE SO LOOK FOR IT


Harlemite: Sounds great. Thanks for your time and good luck with everything!

Here are some more classic De La Soul videos

De La Soul-Shopping Bags




This is a video they are featured with the Gorillaz called "Feel Good"

Great video!


Itsoweezee

De La always gives you great, creative videos!

They are one of the most innovative hip hop groups of all time. Those who are younger, do your research and get learn more about them. Hip Hop did not start with the Notorious B.I.G. Post a comment and let me know your thoughts and also who are some of the most innovative groups of all time. It does not just have to be in the hip-hop genre of music.

Harlemite shouts out: Fred Matthews, Chris Johnston, Ryan O'Flaherty, Coach White, Sandra Del-Valle Ortiz, Jess martinez, Melissa Chusid, Daniel Davis, Lex, Thomas, Glen "G-Man" Holt, Robert" Apache" Paschall, Kyrie Hobart, Madeleine Jenni, Jeff Coles, Brian Mcrae, Mike Dillon, Brett Kaplan, Pos, Dave, Maceo, Smiles, Sal, Courtney Brown, SDotSkills, Kevin Sakoda, Sherice Kirkland, Venus, Gloria, Tanya Espy, Joachim Rogers, Amber Brashear, Dara, Jamahl, and Janet Oberle.


Harlemite Quote of the Day: "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts"-Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Talk to you tomorrow!