#delasoul

Rest in power Dave aka Trugoy The Dove

3 Feet High and Rising | 1989 De La Soul Is Dead | 1991 Buhloone Mindstate | 1993 Stakes Is High | 1996 Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump | 2000 AOI: Bionix | 2001 The Grind Date | 2004 Plug 1 & Plug 2 Present… First Serve | 2012 And the Anonymous Nobody… | 2016

On 2.12.23, we lost Dave Jolicoeur fka Trugoy The Dove of the legendary hip-hop group De La Soul…R.I.P.🕊️🎤

“Everybody's sayin'… What to do when suckin' lunatics start diggin' and chewin’, They don't know that the Soul don't go for that Potholes in my lawn… And that goes for my rhyme sheet… Which I concentrated so hard on, see… I don't ask for maximum security… But my dwellin' is swellin' It nipped my bud when I happened to fall Into a spot… Where no ink or an ink-blot Was on a scroll… I just wrote me a new mot… But now it's gone… There's no Suckers knew that I hate To recognize that every time I'm writin' It's gone.” - Trugoy the Dove Rest in Peace | David Jude Jolicoeur CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #cartermagazine #carter #trugoythedove #davidjudejolicoeur #delasoul #3feethighandrising #rip #sip #hiphop #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #staywoke https://www.instagram.com/p/ColHP9HLCXX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Rest in peace, Trugoy the Dove. 🙏🏽✊🏾🖤 #DeLaSoul #jammin #SOULmusic #BlackMusicMatters #beautifulisBLACK https://www.instagram.com/p/ColAAmXuW51/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#trugoythedove #Dave #plug2 My tribute to one of the most amazing rappers, and one of the few whose loss really hit me. I'm so glad #delasoul have finally got their music streaming, because I know a whole new generation is going to fall in love with them through @spotify and other places. I got #delasoulisdead on vinyl back when I was 12 or 13, and I don't know how many hundreds of times I've listened to it. I've even been lucky enough to see them live a couple of times. Dave was part of something truly special; how many people can say they've been part of four all-time classic hip-hop albums? Beyond that, he made the kind of music that your life probably wouldn't be the same if you never heard. I know mine wouldn't. (at Eora Nation) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpq8Qz1PB1p/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Name a better 4 album run… I’ll WAIT! Each album shifted the momentum of hip hop culture in its own way. All 4 are certified CLASSICS! 3 Feet High: woke up all the kids like myself that enjoyed blerd culture + were artists deep down and loved that they combined timeless music mixed with comedy and smart lyrics and a unique STYLE! De La is Dead: from jump let us know you’re entering an alternative universe so hang on tight (because we wanna swat the people who only liked “me myself and I” and misunderstood what “Da.I.s.Y Age” really meant off the train! The story book with the artwork and proving you could be different and still make hits. Buhloone: (my fave De La album) put folks on notice that they are the best Emcee’s and they lowkey influenced how me and mine dressed + carried ourselves it had us dive even deeper into our artistic selves. The song ‘I Am I Be’ is FLAWLESS imo and I think De La’s most important (if not best) song. Stakes: This album to me changed my whole thought process (again) + let me know that they can buck the current trends but at the same time better those trends (those J DILLA beats PROVED this!) and it gave more guidance that substance and art are STILL important and you can still follow those yet let the gun toters know that “we will still bust your a**es with these mic’s” without having to be fake “tough guys”. Each album aged profoundly and we watched them grow not only as artists but as men and they as a group raised the best generation. If you doubt me then go look at the kids of true De La Soul fans. They’ll most likely be the most well rounded + kindest kids in the friend group. To me De La has NEVER had a bad album or showed any signs of slipping even in todays musical mindset. They are one of the few timeless artists of my lifetime. They are MY Beatles and ATCQ are My Rolling Stones (or is it vice-versa?) Meaning they’ve never lost their staying power and have continued to have a great impact to millions of music fans. IG limits the text so I can’t go DEEP but @danteross put the idea in my head asking “best 4 album run?” De La Soul hands down! Thank you Dave, Pos & Maseo! #delasoul #thankyoudave (at Rock and Roll Hall of Fame) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqHL_aPp-Xb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=