De La Soul and similar artists

Louis VI - Jazz Got Me (Ft. Mick Jenkins)

Sounds like: De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Chance The Rapper

Louis VI is a new artist from the UK, merging his love of hip-hop and grime with his background in jazz, the results are spectacular. Following on f...

Tom Misch

It Runs Through Me (Ft. De La Soul)

Sounds like: Loyal Carner, Jordan Rakei, Daniel Casesar

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Singer-songwriter Tom Misch is readying the release of his debut album, Geography, and this week has dropped latest single "It Runs Through Me." A po...

The Streets

Lets Push Things Forward

Sounds like: Summers Son, Dizzee Rascal, Oghorse

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Wanted to put this song on the Shuffle. While it's from 2002, it's been one of those favorites of mine that live in the background, sometimes forgotte...

Summers Sons

The Feeling

Sounds like: The Streets, Oghorse, De La Soul

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Held on to "The Feeling" for a while. Had to stop crying every time I heard it, felt it. Kind of how I had to stop crying every time I thought about t...

Jay-Z

The Story of O.J.

Sounds like: De La Soul, J. Dilla, Slum Village, A Tribe Called Quest

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Oldish, I know, but this track alone almost coerced me into purchasing a subscription to TIDAL. Christsake, "The Story of O.J." has just turned the co...

Black Eyed Peas

Positivity

Sounds like: Murs, De La Soul, Jurassic 5, Scratch Bandits Crew

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By 1999 The Black Eyed Peas were, to many, already highly uncool. Where I came from, I’d get teased endlessly if I mentioned listening to them let alo...

Suff Daddy

Suff Gucci (Mane Remix)

Sounds like: Spaze Windu, a Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang Clan

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They say that lobsters hide away when they're making new shells, that the reason they go and make new shells is because they get uncomfortable and str...

De La Soul

Drawn (Ft. Little Dragon)

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Dela

Stakes is High

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Barney Artist

Leave (Prod. Alfa Mist & Jordan Rakei)

Sounds like: Alfa Mist, Tom Misch, Jordan Rakei, IAMNOBODI, 2nd Exit, Nas, De la Soul

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When a beat is produced by Jordan Rakei and Alfa Mist it would be quite easy to just talk about it and it alone. Atmospheric and jazzy with loose keys...

J-Zone

Go Back To Sellin' Weed

Sounds like: De La Soul, Quelle Chris

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For many in the inner city, the only exits from a life of limited opportunity and marginalization are sports, drugs, and entertainment, like the great...

Joey Bada$$

Ready (Prod. by Statik Selektah)

Sounds like: de la soul, ab-soul, vince staples

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The dream team is back. Joey Bada$$, who last week gave a speech at New York University, has once again teamed up with producer Statik Selektah for on...

Barney Artist

Lonely Place

Sounds like: Nas, De la Soul, Alfa Mist, Jordan Rakei, Tom Misch

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Barney Artist's style brings me back to the days of listening to the lo-fi, jazz-inspired groups like De la Soul, Pharcyde, and A Tribe Called Quest. ...

Jimi Tents

Landslide

Sounds like: Nas, Q-Tip, De La Soul

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Based in Brooklyn, this 19-year-old phenom has the poise and lyrical prowess to become a very well-known name in hip-hop for many years to come. His ...

Young Fathers

Old Rock N Roll

Sounds like: M.I.A., De La Soul, Roots Manuva

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Scottish three-piece Young Fathers have returned with a incredible video for their recent single, "Old Rock N Roll." The powerful song fits a LOT int...

De La Soul

God It (Ft. Nas)

Sounds like: A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Jungle Brothers

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De La Soul is currently in the midst of recording the crowdfunded And The Anonymous Nobody, their first album in over 10 years. While you think they'd...

Young Fathers

Low

Sounds like: De La Soul, Jungle, Alt J

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Only time will tell as to whether Edinburgh hip-hop trio Young Fathers' Mercury Award success will result in a similar sales boom to that of Alt J or ...

Walter J. Liveharder

Salty Dawgz (Ft. Plug 2 of De La Soul)

Sounds like: MF Doom, De La Soul, Chance The Rapper

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Walter J. Liveharder is so Chicago you can call him pothole. Heepitomizes Chicago hip-hop--he's hard working, fastidious, prolific, and willing to tak...

Busta Rhymes

Thank You (Ft. Q-Tip, Kanye West & Lil' Wayne)

Sounds like: A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, De La Soul

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"Thank You" is the first taste from Extinction Level Event 2, Busta Rhymes' forthcoming sequel to 1998's Extinction Level Event: The Final World Fron...

De La Soul

Get Away (Ft. The Spirit of The Wu)

Sounds like: J Dilla, Wu Tang Clan, Madlib

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When I first heard Stakes Is High, I was in my first year in college, and that album blew my head wide open. I had liked 3 Feet High and Rising, was a...