De La Soul followers rejoiced when the group’s whole catalog returned to DSPs earlier this month – and the first-week streaming numbers mirror simply how anticipated the return was.
On Friday (March 17), Billboard confirmed the De La Soul catalog registered 12.5 million official on-demand U.S. tune streams within the week ending March 9 and bought 28,000 albums (each digital obtain and bodily copies mixed).
After a protracted delay and authorized battle, De La Soul’s first six albums — 3 Ft Excessive and Rising, De La Soul Is Useless, Buhloone Mindstate, Stakes Is Excessive, Artwork Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump and AOI: Bionix — arrived on streaming platforms on March 3, becoming a member of the remainder of their discography.
3 Ft was essentially the most streamed album for the week and even made its return to a number of Billboard charts. The 1989 LP landed at No. 8 on the High R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart at No. 8 with 26,000 equal album models, No. 4 on the High Rap Albums chart and No. 15 on the Billboard 200. Its lead single and the group’s greatest single thus far, “Me, Myself and I,” led the recap of De La Soul’s most streamed songs, with 1 million on-demand streams.
De La Soul had a troublesome time getting its catalog up on DSPs attributable to pattern clearance points and a contractual dispute with their former label, Tommy Boy. Issues appeared up, nonetheless, after Reservoir Media acquired its discography as a part of its $100million acquisition of Tommy Boy in 2021. Reservoir Media will distribute De La Soul’s catalog through Chrysalis Data.
To commemorate the music’s arrival on streaming platforms, the group gathered in New York Metropolis for a celebration the identical evening. Dubbed The D.A.I.S.Y. Expertise, the bittersweet occasion — which additionally commemorated the life and legacy of Trugoy The Dove – went down at Webster Corridor and a few of rap’s greatest stars stopped by to pay their respects, together with Frequent, Busta Rhymes, Talib Kweli, Queen Latifah and Monie Love.
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Whereas followers are nonetheless mourning the sudden lack of Trugoy, they’ve new music to stay up for as DJ Drama just lately revealed {that a} Gangsta Grillz mixtape with the group is on the way in which.
In a brand new interview with the Rap Radar podcast, Dram casually slipped in a gem that he’s engaged on the venture with the group amid discussing his potential to stay a cross-generational expertise.
“De La Soul’s coming to streaming. I can’t be extra excited,” Dram started. “And we obtained a Gangsta Grillz coming! Little sidebar.”
No different particulars had been revealed.
