{"id":49018,"date":"2016-09-09T11:07:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T16:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/?p=49018"},"modified":"2016-09-09T11:07:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T16:07:38","slug":"de-la-soul-the-anonymous-nobody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/2016\/09\/09\/de-la-soul-the-anonymous-nobody\/","title":{"rendered":"De La Soul: The Anonymous Nobody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium alignright wp-image-49019\" src=\"http:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/homepage_large.03daf518.jpg?fit=300%2C300\" alt=\"homepage_large.03daf518\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/homepage_large.03daf518.jpg 320w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/homepage_large.03daf518-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/homepage_large.03daf518-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/homepage_large.03daf518-125x125.jpg 125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The eccentric and always unorthodox hip-hop crew, De La Soul has finally returned to the music scene by dropping their first full-length album in over 11 years. If you are unfamiliar with De La Soul, they are a three-man rap crew that consists of artists, Posdnous, Dave, and Maseo. The crew was formed in 1987 hailing from Long Island, New York. Soul gained a lot of recognition and praise in 1989 from their first release <em>3 Feet High and Rising<\/em>, some call it a musical masterpiece and definitely one of the most legendary albums in hip-hop history. If you haven\u2019t heard any De La, first, you\u2019re missing out. Second I recommend listening to <em>3 Feet High and Rising<\/em> before checking out this new album. It\u2019s like trying watch \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d by starting at season four&#8211;you won\u2019t get the full experience.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Anonymous Nobody<\/em> is everything you\u2019d expect from De La Soul. A beautiful blend of old-school hip-hop, soul, rock, and jazz. The pure lyricism in this album is what Soul fans have been waiting for, each song telling a different story or lesson, something that hip-hop seemingly lacks today. Along with the diverse sounding tracks, Soul makes a great effort in reaching out to other artists to feature on the long-awaited album. Some notable artists include: Snoop Dogg, Pete Rock, Usher, 2 Chainz, and more. I guess the wait was worth it for De La Soul because in less than two weeks, the album hit number one on iTunes for hip-hop albums.<\/p>\n<p>This album has done something that hip-hop hasn\u2019t been able to do in recent years; shining a light back on old-school hip-hop. Give this album a listen and hey, you might even learn a thing or two from the wise threesome.<br \/>\n<b><br \/>\nRecommended If You Like: Q-Tip, The Pharcyde, Black Star<br \/>\nRecommended Tracks: 3(Pain), 5(Memory of&#8230; (US)), 8(Snoopies), 13(Whoodeeni)<br \/>\nDo Not Play: 13(Whoodeeni)<br \/>\nWritten by Benji Bloom on 09\/08\/2016 <\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De La Soul has finally returned to the music scene by dropping their first full-length album in over 11 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15741,"featured_media":49019,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[5296,5297,5298],"class_list":["post-49018","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hip-hopelectronic-rotation","tag-benji-bloom","tag-de-la-soul","tag-the-anonymous-nobody"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/homepage_large.03daf518.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49018","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15741"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49018"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49018\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kjhk.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}