Best Of Hard Knock TV – De La Soul Interview
De La Soul talks Competition in Hip Hop, Native Tongues, Buddy, Hits vs Classics
Exclusive in-depth interview at Paid Dues.
In part 1, De la reminisces about the making of their track “Buddy” and shares that the amazing moments that were captured in videos like Buddy happened because they were not thinking about how much money they were going to make, instead they were enjoying the people around them, making music and having a good time.
As the interview progresses De La Soul talks about up coming tour with LL Cool J, Ice Cube and Public Enemy called The Kings Of The Mic and how they are looking forward to the competition on stage.
Pos goes on to explain that friendly competition is good for keeping everyone on there toes when performing.
Pos tells the story of how when Big Daddy Kane performed before LL Cool J he would want to “Crush this shit” even though Kane was cool with LL. LL would be under pressure when he came to perform because Kane had just ripped the crowd.
De la thinks that now days popularity is championed over good music and artists approach performing from a mindset of self gratification instead of challenging each other to see who can get the crowd the liveliest.
De la also brings up the point that they hear a lot of hits these days but not too many classics that people are going to be listening 10 years from now.
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