De La Soul’s again catalogue may quickly be accessible to stream

De La Soul’s again catalogue may quickly be accessible to stream on-line.

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Tommy Boy Music, the hip-hop and digital music label which launched music from De La Soul, Queen Latifah, Home of Ache, Masters of Work and extra, has been bought to music rights firm Reservoir for £70 million ($100 million).

As reported in Variety, the sale now raises questions concerning the again catalogue of De La Soul, which has been beneath dispute attributable to contract negotiations between the group and Tommy Boy for some years.

A consultant from Reservoir subsequently advised Selection that the brand new label possession desires to carry De La Soul’s again catalogue to streaming platforms.

“We have now already reached out to De La Soul and can work collectively to the carry the catalog and the music again to the followers,” the assertion stated.

Again in 2019, Tommy Boy revealed plans to place De La Soul’s music on-line, however this was stopped after the group alleged “unbalanced, unfair phrases” referring to the contract. 

The group, made up of Posdnuos, Trugoy and Maseo, took to social media in 2019 to announce that after seven months of “stalled negotiations” with Tommy Boy, they had been unable to “attain an settlement and earn Tommy Boy’s respect for our music/legacy.”

“Our [catalogue] is not going to see the sunshine of day by means of our involvement or consent,” they stated on the time.

After the announcement was made about Reservoir shopping for Tommy Boy yesterday (June 3), De La Soul posted a cryptic update on Instagram, writing: “Awoke feeling a way of better peace of thoughts….”

Of the group’s 9 studio albums, six had been launched by Tommy Boy Data, beginning with their traditional debut album, ‘3 Toes Excessive and Rising’, and ending with 2001’s ‘AOI: Bionix’.