Na•tive /ˈnā-tiv/

From a Buhloone Mindstate 🎈🧠 to a Cabin in the Sky ☁️🏠⛅️

📸 scan: @elleissavage (Instagram)

Before the algorithm… there were no rules. This episode of The Plug w/ Justin Jay - Posdnuos of De La Soul talks about coming up in a time where you could experiment freely—drop a remix, flip a sound, and accidentally create something timeless.

Rough Trade celebrates 50 years in 2026 with 50 vinyl releases, each marking a year in its history. Representing 1989, 3FH&R arrives on half magenta/half yellow vinyl with custom jacket, inserts & notes. Ltd 2000. Available @roughtrade1976.bsky.social’s US Locations: www.roughtrade.com/en-us/stores

🔸 Soul / Lakecia Benjamin
🗓️ Tuesday, July 7 - 8:30 pm
📍 Ancient Theater of Vienna
👉 Information & tickets on jazzavienne.com
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NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts has been nominated for a Webby Award. Please support them with a vote 🗳️: vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

Wishing a very Happy Birthday to our big brother Prince Pablo! DJ Prince Paul 🌼🎂🌼

Cover of issue #602 from April 18 1991 of Rolling Stone magazine. There's a "New Faces '91" oval badge in the middle overlapping four artist photos (clockwise from top left): Chris Isaak; The Charlatans UK: Nuno Bettencourt of Extreme; De La Soul.

This is a photo from the interior of the magazine showing part 1 of 2 pages of a short article on De La Soul. There is a large black & white photo of the three Plugs, that takes up most of the page, with their disembodied heads floating above a checkered background (perhaps a chessboard).

This photo is a 1½ page spread showing the part 2 of the short article on De La Soul. There is a quarter page black and white photo in the bottom left corner, a portrait of all three Plugs, this time as a combined torso shot, but the heads of all three have been distorted, stretched upwards as if seen reflected in a fun house mirror.

@wearedelasoul.com TBT
Rolling Stone cover and article from 1991

#ThanksDave 🕊️

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It’s Ace’s World 🌼🌼🌼 www.instagram.com/reel/DWcQyNV...

Paris 1989 www.instagram.com/p/DWddOsqiHj...

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The Plug Podcast: Posdnuos breaks down how “Three Is the Magic Number” made it into a Spider-Man film—and how fans rediscovered them through Shazam. Plus, a powerful tribute to Dave (Trugoy the Dove) ❤️
Listen to the full conversation on THE PLUG W/ JUSTIN JAY wherever you get your podcasts.

The Plug Podcast: Posdnuos and Maseo got inspired by Beat Street and turned the death of their friend Dave into a celebration of his creativity and spirt. #DeLaSoul #RIPDave

Can’t forget about the rest of the west! San Diego, Long Beach and Mountain View, we’re running it back alongside Nas and The Roots this August. Tickets for A Great Night in Hip-Hop available now. 🎫 wearedelasoul.com/tour 🔗 in bio.

Even now, Dave is in the room. For Pos, creating Cabin in the Sky pushed him to go deeper, add more feeling, more everything, for Dave.

More from the latest @2mothers1achepod with @posplugwon.bsky.social, out now on Apple, Spotify, YouTube and wearemerrickstudios.com

Peace lives in the conversations we don’t put off. In laughter, in memories, in staying close to the ones we love, every chance we get.

Not everything needs to be posted, most relationships can’t be explained in a paragraph. Grief should not have an audience.

Don’t miss this episode of 2 Mothers 1 Ache pod with Posdnuos - listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Everybody wish Plug 3 DJ Maseo (@djmaseoofdelasoul.bsky.social) a MEGA Happy Birthday! 🎂🫡

📸: Gladys Smith @sunflower_sessions_photography (Instagram)

For Pos, healing meant facing the grief, speaking on it, and pouring that love into the music - making sure Dave's presence is felt in every moment. Grief doesn't go away. But expressing it can change how it lives with you.

From growing together as artists to navigating life after losing someone who helped shape your world, Pos reflects on grief, healing, and what it means to keep moving forward. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.

ILLADELPH… Roots Picnic returns to Belmont Plateau May 30th - 31st and we’re performing! Get your tickets now at rootspicnic.com

De La Soul: Tiny Desk Concert YouTube video by NPR Music

@wearedelasoul.com great performance, thank you for sharing your talents with us

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R.I.P. (Remain In Power) our good friend Lord Sear. We will miss you.

#tinytalk @npr.org • De La Soul looks back on the story behind their J Dilla-produced track, "Stakes Is High," and explains why carrying on after Dave’s passing became a way to celebrate his life.⁠
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Host: @djcuzzinb • Bobby Carter/NPR⁠
Producer: @alanteserene • Alanté Serene/NPR

Remember to set your clocks one hour forward before bed tonight for #DeLaSavings ⏰

De La Soul: Tiny Desk Concert YouTube video by NPR Music

You deserve a #musicbreak, and this one is sooo good 💜
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#tinydesk #saveNPR

In honor of the 150th Anniversary of Alexander Graham Bell receiving a patent for the telephone... here's one of my favorite telephone songs... what's one of yours?

@wearedelasoul.com #RIPDave

🗣️You wanna call me up? Take my number down
It's 222-2222
I got an answering machine that can talk to you

#ThankYouDave ☁️🏠⛅️