Happy De La Weekend™️ to those who celebrate! It is indeed a joyous occasion – after many years, De La Soul’s classic albums are now finally on streaming services. It is a long and winding tale of underhanded music industry dealings, record company bankruptcy, and hard to clear music samples that will probably somehow be made into a limited series on Netflix. It is a homecoming of sorts for any veteran fan of rap music. As for my own appreciation of De La, let’s go back to the beginning.