Twenty-five years after the release of their sophomore album, De La Soul Is Dead, this documentary visits the group's Amityville, Long Island history and discusses how they linked up with Prince Paul and got their demo to Tommy Boy Records.

De La Soul Is Not Dead takes it all the way back to Amityville, Long Island - a suburban hip hop mecca where three highly creative individuals and high school classmates linked up with DJ Prince Paul and shopped a demo tape to Tommy Boy Records.