FWD ~ ‘De La Soul Is Dead’ 25th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by Chris Read

African-American, hip hop, History, mUSIC, Post-Stroke 3-22-14), Salon Culture, Soul, Throwback, WELP!, Ye Tumi Academy, ,

In search of musical accompaniment to be played sans earphones at a public laundrymat, I decided to search for De La Soul on Soundcloud ‘jus cuzz’ and voila! I am a Hip Hop head until dearh … Ancestral Vibes through my endeavors to you. Dr. Dontraneil Clayborne De La Soul ‘De La Soul Is Dead’

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STUMBLE UPONS ~ Fela Kuti Vs. De La Soul – Fela Soul (2011)

Africa, Cellphone Blogs, De La Soul, hip hop, Life Anthems, mUSIC, Pre-Stroke (before March 18, 2014), Salon Culture, SALUTE, Tribute, Ye Tumi Academy,

I believe I heardthis track out right or maybe even a track off of this on a ‘mashup’, which emcompassed a lot of similar views and music culture sensibilities. Well, whatever happened exactly pre-Stroke?, I am so happy for this musical gem that was gifted somehow to me on a fitting day. Respect and happy

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LIFE ANTHEMS ~ De La Soul- Patti Dooke featuring Guru of Gang Starr

A Tribe Called Quest), Africa, African-American, De La Soul, Ghana, hip hop, mUSIC, Pre-Stroke (before March 18, 2014),

~ I KNEW I WAS THE FRESHEST GUY at the University of Ghana (1993-4) will I got my brother Leon (formerly Brother Dvooa to mail me De La Soul’s Buhloone Mindstate and A Tribe Called Quest’s Beats, Rhymes and Life while I studied abroad for 8 months from August 1993-February 1994. Hell I was the

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