Morning Becomes Eclectic
Morning Becomes Eclectic
MBE Feb. 13: We celebrate Trugoy The Dove (De La Soul) and Novena Carmel
Honoring the sampladelic legacy of De La Soul’s Trugoy The Dove. Plus, learn what was spinning the day Novena Carmel was born.
Honoring the sampladelic legacy of De La Soul’s Trugoy The Dove. Plus, learn what was spinning the day Novena Carmel was born.
A long night of crate-digging leads us to this moment. News of De La Soul co-founder David Jolicoeur’s death broke yesterday. Among the seminal exemplars of hip-hop at it’s funkiest, most positive, and most sampladelic — De La Soul’s way of constructing sound is worthy of endless scrutiny. We’re digging deep for the samples that make up their DNA including James Brown, Grand Funk Railroad and Jeff Beck. Plus, more classic De La cuts featuring Dave aka The Dove aka Trugoy (yogurt spelled backwards) front and center à la the 1996 release “Itzoweezee.”
Plus, we celebrate our Aquarian queen Novena Carmel with specially selected tunes to serenade her, birthday style. And you’ll learn the number one song on the Billboard Top 40 from the day Ms. Carmel was born. Hint: It’s a good one.
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