De La Soul's music may finally be coming to streaming music platforms. We discuss that, unreleased DMX music and more on episode 49 of Ambrosia For Heads' What's The Headline:



0:00 Intro

1:25 There is no catalog of music more important than De La Soul’s missing from streaming services

2:33 Tommy Boy Records, home to De La Soul’s music, was recently purchased by Reservoir

3:20 The executive who signed Nas and Big L is now in charge of De La Soul’s Tommy Boy catalog

4:10 Reservoir is a SPAC that is becoming a music powerhouse

7:41 The history of Tommy Boy Records—Queen Latifah, Naughty By Nature, Digital Underground, Coolio, House Of Pain and more

11:38 Reviewing De La Soul’s 3 Feet High & Rising and the Native Tongues era

17:35 Why the group completely changed its sound for its second album, De La Soul Is Dead

19:47 De La Soul pivoted again with Buhloone Mindstate, ditching samples or live instruments

22:20 De La Soul introduced the Hip-Hop world to J. Dilla on Stakes Is High

23:20 Why De La Soul is Hip-Hop’s version of The Beatles

24:15 De La Soul concludes is Tommy Boy Records catalog with their masterful AOI album series

26:38 Why De La Soul has stayed relevant for 30 years

31:10 Inside the heated dispute between De La Soul and Tommy Boy Records over making their music available for streaming

32:30 Many of the samples on the early albums were not cleared

33:50 Breaking down the economics of record deals and why they are so onerous

37:30 The deal De La Soul signed with Tommy Boy was very unfavorable to them

38:44 In 2019, De La Soul sat down with Tommy Boy to renegotiate their deal, with some help from AFH

40:39 The talks broke down and De La Soul went to the public

42:00 Devil’s advocate: Tommy Boy Records’ defense

46:00 The time has come for economic terms in the music industry to fundamentally change

49:10 Why Reservoir’s purchase of Tommy Boy Records finally will allow De La Soul’s music to be released on streaming services

51:10 Having De La Soul’s music on Spotify, Apple and other services will cement the group’s legacy

54:14 Producer Dame Grease says he has 50 unreleased DMX records that he want to put out

56:00 Should more DMX music be released?

57:14 Comparing Swizz Beatz’s and Dame Grease’s catalogs with DMX

59:25 The public reaction to DMX’s Exodus album has been mixed

1:01:40 Who should be in charge of DMX’s musical legacy

1:10:20 JAY-Z share his favorite stories about DMX on The Shop with LeBron James

1:18:07 New music from Lloyd Banks, Peter Rosenberg, Children of Zeus and more