Stickers advertising the De La Soul album Timeless: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Two orange, rectangular stickers featuring an orange and black graphic of the band De La Soul in the upper half. The image is of the album cover for the album "Timeless." Below the cover are four (4) white stars, as well as lines of text in black and white ["PROOF THAT THE / LEFT-OF-CENTER / LONG ISLAND TRIO BELONGS / UP THERE WITH THE / HIP-HOP GREATS" / -ROLLING STONE]. In the bottom left corner are two (2) small logos with the production companies Tommy Boy and Rhino. The backing of the sticker is gray with text on the left two-thirds [THE GOOD / SH*T IS / BACK]. On the right third of the back is an advertisement for additional records offered by the same production companies.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2003
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: De La Soul, American, founded 1988
• Type: stickers
• Medium: plastic, paper, ink, adhesive
• Dimensions: H x W: 6 × 4 in. (15.2 × 10.2 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.239.10.1-.2
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Dwandalyn R. Reece and Maya King
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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