Stereogum — The Less You Know, The Better, the long-gestating new album from veteran turntable traveler DJ Shadow, comes with a long, weird, and weirdly impressive list of collaborators: Talib Kweli, Little Dragon, De La Soul’s Posdnous, and, on “I’m Excit... more info

Music For Ants — Fleet Foxes are the youngest band ever to headline a night at Pitchfork Festival, a spot that’s usually reserved for esteemed, decade-spanning bands like Pavement, Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, LCD Soundsystem, Spoon and De La Soul. They also mark the... more info

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The Hip Hop Chronicle — Two unreleased diss tracks from 2pac. The first track that features Daz Dillinger, Threat and Kurupt. Tribe, Mobb Deep and Jeru Da Damaja are some of the artists the late rapper takes shots at. Watch Ya Mouth takes aim at Biggie Smalls, Nas, De La So... more info

Guardian Music — From Marc Bolan to Nico to Buddy Holly, your list of favourite debut releases made for premier readingHow to begin? First impressions are very important. They can be make-or-break, though an artist may be lucky enough to have several cracks at the wh... more info

Guardian Music — The series which started with Cole Porter covers recognises Brazil's recognition as 'a major force in world affairs'In 1989, Leigh Blake and John Carlin were just two friends with a dream. In response to the effect of the Aids epidemic on NYC's artis... more info

Guardian Music — 1988-89: Number 17 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicConfusingly, the Second Summer of Love was really two summers. The first, 1988, was the warm-up as acid house graduated from hipster secret to the dominant sound of Br... more info

Guardian Music — 3 March 1989: Number 22 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop music"Yet our best-trained, best-educated, best-equipped, best-prepared troops refuse to fight. Matter of fact, it's safe to say that they would rather switc... more info

Soul Sides — Damn, De La Soul Is Dead is already 20 years old? F—, I feel old. John Book goes in on discussing the album and I don’t have much to say except for this: De La was the reason I got into hip-hop and by extension, was the reason I got into musi... more info

Popdose — De La Soul dead? Hardly? Their masterful sophomore effort, one of the best hip-hop albums of all time, gets the Flashback '91 treatment on Popdose. more info