De La Soul have released their 1989 hit single The Magic Number on streaming platforms.
Arriving more than 30 years since it featured on their debut album ‘3 Feet High And Rising’ (1989), the track has been made widely-available ahead of their catalogue’s digital debut in March.
The single regained popularity after it appeared in last year’s ‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’, starring Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield and Tobey Maguire.
Additionally, The Magic Number will be released as a limited-edition 7″ vinyl and cassingle, both of which are available via the band’s website.
They’ve also shared an animated lyric video for the release.
Coinciding with the reissue of their iconic debut album, the hip-hop collective will also release ‘De La Soul Is Dead’ (1991), ‘Buhloone Mindstate’ (1993), ‘Stakes Is High’ (1996), ‘Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump’ (2000) and ‘Art Official Intelligence: Bionix’ (2001) digitally from March 3.
Announcing the move, the trio – starring Posdnuos, Trugoy and Maseo – penned on Instagram: “The De is finally here”.
Only the group’s three most recent albums are currently on Spotify, having initially been withheld due to a dispute with their label, Warner Records, owing to samples on the recordings only being cleared for physical media distribution.
In 2017, the catalogue was purchased by Tommy Boy Records and two years later the group first announced a move to streaming. However, it was once again delayed before Tommy Boy was acquired by Reservoir Media, after which rapper Talib Kweli confirmed De La Soul now owns the rights to the masters.
The hip-hop collective is due to tour the UK in April, with tickets on sale now.
