Concert information

Review

De La Soul is not dead! You better believe it! The 3 New Yorkers reminisce on stage over their 20-year strong career during ou partner Jazz A La Villette Festival, in a global tour that pays tribute to their first album "Three Feet High And Rising". Their Paris concert at la Grande Halle was off the hook, proof that their beats have not lost impact and that the years have NOT affected their energy and sense of humor. Mad respect!

Many thanks and respect to www.nasdaqdowjones.net for the tracklist

Artist

De La Soul

A la fin des années 80 la nouvelle génération du rap s oriente vers des textes radicaux et une musique agressive. Posdnuos, Trugoy The Dove et Pace master Mase ont grandi à  Brooklyn et dans le Bronx, en 1987 ils sont tout 3 lycéens à  Long Island et forment un groupe de rap alternatif : De La Soul est né.

Ils enregistrent en 1988 une première maquette " Plug Tunin ", puis en 1989 avec l aide du DJ producteur Prince Paul leur premier album : 3 Feet High And Rising dont la pochette représente les 3 musiciens dans un univers bigarré. Le style du trio est audacieux et tranche ouvertement avec le " gangsta rap " et ses codes musicaux. Les samples de De La Soul puisent dans des univers musicaux jusque là  peu utilisés par le Hip Hop, ceux de la pop, du jazz, de la musique psychédélique et du folk. Les paroles abordent avec humour et fantaisie des thèmes éloignés de la rue et du ghetto, comme l amour et la paix tout en étant revendicatives. Les tenues vestimentaires du trio ne respectent pas non plus les conventions du rap, les membres du groupe arborant des chemises à  fleurs. Le groupe proclame le D.A.I.S.Y age, (ère de la marguerite) en référence à  l acronyme " DA Inner Sound, Y all ". Ils intègrent rapidement la Zulu Nation. Aux cà´tés des Jungle Brothers, d A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes ou encore Black Sheep, les De La Soul sont parmi les leaders du collectif de rappeurs Native Tongues qui revendique cette démarche musicale joyeuse et positive. more>>>

Label

Tommy Boy Music

After borrowing $5,000 from his parents, the label was an outgrowth of Tom Silverman's Disco News bi-weekly publication (later titled Dance Music Report), which spanned 14 years, beginning in September 1978.

As a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Records
In 1985, Warner Bros. Records bought 50% of the label, eventually buying the whole thing in 1990. Silverman and Monica Lynch became Vice Presidents of Warner as well. Warner allowed Tommy Boy to use independent distribution as it saw fit, with the option to put artists through the major-label channel through Warner Bros. Records or its sister label Reprise Records. Silverman bought 50% back from Warner Bros. in 1995. Also in 1995, the first incarnation of Penalty Recordings, a joint venture with Neil Levine, was created, but it was absorbed by Tommy Boy in 1999. The imprint Tommy Boy Gospel was launched in 1998 under the direction of Max Siegel and Marvie Wright. The same year, Tommy Boy Black Label (specializing in underground hip hop music) and Tommy Boy Silver Label (specializing in dance music) were founded as well. Tommy Boy, as part of Warner, also provided independent distribution to sister imprints that already had label deals with WEA, including American Recordings’ Ill Labels, Mute Records’ NovaMute, and Cold Chillin' Records’ Livin’ Large. During this time, label had distribution deals with labels such as Timber Records, Outcaste Records, and 75 Ark Records as well.

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Venue

Grande Halle de la Villette

Converted from old slaughterhouses, in the 19th distrist of northern Paris, this cultural complex is truly unique, bringing together nature and architecture, leisure and culture. With 25 hectars of grass and gardensm the Parc of La Villette is the biggest green area of Paris. The Grande Halle, or "main hall", is host to a number of festivals, concerts - some of the greatest musicians in the world have played here. Quite simply amazing.

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Promoter

Jazz à la Villette

More than 200 artists, 50 bands, 15 totally exclusive projects and creations... Jazz à  la Villette is not a dusty jazz festival or a sepia picture of the world of black music. It celebrates cross-over and musical diversity.

The 2009 edition of the festival includes a world-class selection of artists:

Seun Kuti & Fela's Egypt 80 / Amadou & Mariam feat. The Magic Numbers / Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou + DJ RKK (Radio Nova) Special Afromix / Ornette Coleman Quartet / Bunky Green / Ron Carter Foursight Quartet/ Mario Canonge & Alain Jean-Marie
/ Josef Nadj / Les Corbeaux / Hélène Labarrière & Friends / Stormy Weather / Yael Naim Hommage à  Joni Mitchell / Ornette / Hélène Labarrière & Friends / John Zorn Shir Hashirim feat. Clotilde Hesme & Mathieu Amalric / Hélène Labarrière & Friends / Las Ondas Marteles / Hypnotic Brass Ensemble / Jazz à  la Villette for kids / Peter & Lupus / Marc Ducret Grand Ensemble / Big Four feat. Joey Baron / Hélène Labarrière & Friends / Elysian Fields feat. Don Byron / Limousine / Daniel Darc / Jacques Coursil / De La Soul / The Herbaliser / Carl Craig presents Tribe feat. Doug Hammond, Phil Ranelin, Marcus Belgrave, Wendell Harrison / Jean Louis
/ Etienne Jaumet Solo / Hank Jones Solo / Jacky Terrasson solo / Jacques Schwarz-Bart Abyss / Bibi Tanga & The Selenites / Son of Dave / Adolphus Bell / Hank Jones & Cheick Tidiane Seck / Mahmoud Ahmed /Alemayehu Eshete / Nils Petter Molvaer / Sophie Hunger / Alain Jean-Marie & Daniel Maximin Connivences antillaises / Ahmad Jamal, Yusef Lateef & Archie Shepp / Benjamin Dousteyssier Septet

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Styles

• Hip Hop
• Hip Hop
• Jazzy

Sounds like

A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, The Pharcyde