De La Soul’s have dropped their new album ‘Cabin in the Sky’, a tribute to the group’s late member David “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur.
The duo of Posdnuos and DJ Maseo released their 20-track, 10th studio album with an intro by actor Giancarlo Esposito, who calls out all the contributors on the project – including Nas, Q-Tip, Slick Rick, Killer Mike, Bilal, Common, Black Thought, Jay Pharoah, and more. De La Soul also tapped DJ PREMIER, Pete Rock, Supa Dave West, Nottz, for production.
Pos said in a statement: “The main thing was for our partner who’s no longer here, Dave. ‘Cabin In The Sky’ was for him. It’s still the normal muscle memory of trying to make a beautiful, great album that has good lyrics, good sound, good themes as De La has always done. But the album is basically like we’re doing this album with him rhyming from heaven.”
‘Cabin In The Sky’ dropped as part of Mass Appeal’s “Legend Has It” series, which arrives after Slick Rick, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep and Big L shared their recent projects. The final installment of the series, Nas & DJ PREMIER’s long-awaited joint album, will drop on December 12.
Stream Cabin In The Sky: HERE.
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