How De La Soul’s Legendary Catalog Finally Made It To Streaming Platforms

How De La Soul’s Legendary Catalog Finally Made It To Streaming Platforms

Complex - Music·2023-03-04 13:02

De La Soul’s legendary catalog, including their first six albums, is finally available on digital streaming platforms, punctuating a long-fought battle to make their discography more accessible.

De La Soul has been trying to get their catalog to streaming for several years now—since 2019 to be exact—after they acquired the masters to their music, but the main obstacle has been not coming to an agreement with their longtime record label, Tommy Boy, on an equitable way to earn money from the new streaming service revenue. However, after Tommy Boy was purchased by the music publishing company Reservoir Media, the process was swiftly streamlined and within 18 months under Reservoir, their catalog finally became available on DSPs on March 3.

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