De La Soul exceeded their exceptions of Kickstarter fund!
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In March De La Soul announced their Kickstarter to fund their upcoming album. With the help of fans and some A-list artist like their selves De La Soul was able to exceed their goal of $110,000 in 24 hours by bringing in $180,974. With still 30 days left to take contributions. Today the contributions ended with a raking of $600,874 from 11,169 funders. De La Soul made a Kickstarter record, if you ask them.
This will be their first LP since 2004’s The Grind Date. The album will feature all samples from their past records redone by live instrumentation.
De La Soul stated:
“Over the last three years, we’ve hired some of LA’s finest studio musicians and recorded them in free-styled, unrehearsed, jam sessions,” the group described. “They played everything from banjo to upright bass, sometimes up to a dozen musicians at once; simply allowing sounds to integrate.”
The group has already started to put their funding to great use and released “God It” featuring Nas.
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One of Hip Hop’s hall of fame groups is headed back into the studio to drop more gems for the people…and YOU might be the next guest feature! De La Soul Launches A Kickstarter For Their New Album–their first in 11 years!!!
3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul Is Dead, and Stakes Is High are all classic albums in the canon of the culture, to this day bringing sounds, elements, and a swag that was all their own and pioneered way beyond the Native Tongues era. The Long Island natives have just announced the upcoming release of their latest project and the strategy to get the funds up. De La Soul Launches A Kickstarter For Their New Album which is the latest in what’s become a string crowd-funding approaches by artists since TLC successfully exceeded their goals on the platform, even receiving donations from A-List stars and legends.
While many disagree with the crowd-funding strategy of platforms like this and argue setting up your own independent site with the same capability is smarter–especially when you’re a legend and your name carries more weight–one thing no one can be mad at is a come-back. De La Soul Launches A Kickstarter For Their New Album and sure maybe they’re not going the savvy route of a Nipsey Hussle or even tech-savvy like a Curren$y, but hey, moves are being made.
The coolest part of De La Soul Launches A Kickstarter For Their New Album??? The donation prizes!
“As with all Kickstarter projects, donations come with special prizes. There are the requisite shirts, physical copies of music and concert tickets, but there are also some more alluring kickbacks. One lucky fan will spend a day in the studio with De La Soul, enjoying a private listening session and then recording a skit with the group that will appear on the album. The price tag? $7,500.”
…that’s dope! (Insider: They’ve also got a master plan to avoid sample lawsuits). Welp…De La Soul Launches A Kickstarter For Their New Album and the deadline for raising $110,000 is May 2nd otherwise ALL funds will be returned to the fans. So far over 1,300 funders have raised at over $97,000…you bout to drop a coin in the bucket for this or nah??? #Salute to legends tho!
Check the vid below, the gallery up top, the link and the special video promo for the Kickstarter campaign here!!!
