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  "name": "De La Soul",
  "description": "De La Soul appears once in our Golden Age Hip-Hop list, placing as high as No. 10. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-28",
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    "last": 1989
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      "trackKey": "de-la-soul--me-myself-and-i",
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      "title": "Me Myself and I",
      "year": 1989,
      "label": "Tommy Boy",
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      "whyItMatters": "A Funkadelic loop and a flat refusal to be anybody's idea of a rapper. De La opened the space that every alternative hip-hop act since has occupied.",
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