(From Cabin In The Sky album; 2025)
Fave song on this new De La Soul album is the unreleased Dove solo jam produced by Dove. Tell tale signs this song is at least 15 years old include our boi Plug Two mentioning Obama becoming president, and the beat sounding like a Dancehall-inspired song Estelle would have dropped in the late 2000s. No Posdnous, no problems here because Dove going for dolo is way more fun than yer standard late-career De La song. Dave Jolicoeur by name, more jocular by nature. Dove had a problem... seriously: so much later De La music is full of Posdnous' lyrical finger-wagging which is the audio equivalent of taking cod liver oil. F**k being humourless, Plug Two was complicated.
Late-career De La invariably seem to end their albums on a highlight: Rock Co.Kane Flow on The Grind Date and U Don't Wanna B.D.S on the first Art Official Intelligence. The latter always has me wishing Maseo would do another solo track for a Change In Speak. Alas, he's too shy like Kajagoogoo.
(From Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump album; 2000)
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Looking back at my 2025 Rap album purchases, those that haven't been posthumous releases ("Infinite"/"Cabin in the sky") have been from rappers fast approaching pensioner status (Ghostface, Raekwon Buck65 etc) . Don't think I copped a single debut release this year either. I bought two Chuck D fronted (Enemy Radio/PE) albums this year and him and Flav are actual pensioners. Boomer Bap.....
Stupid arse Mass Appeal not releasing the Slick Rick album on CD 🤬
Not heard the new De La Soul album yet, but Estelle's transition to the UK's very own Lauryn Hill always bugged me. Much preferred her as a rapper than an R&B singer.
She was great on that Domestic Science all female posse cut.
Most definitely agree re no Slick Rick CD. And I'm struggling to get excited about the Nas/Premo album too.
Gave that new De La album a spin yesterday and I guess it was fine elevator music but it just lacks that humour / lightness that was present in their music up until '93 I guess.
I did kinda like that Hey Young World remake though, but those might be rose tinted goggles.
And I quite liked Round Trip (For Dave) from last year too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZdG1BhF6Mg
Also new Nine and Dex out. #hive
"The latter always has me wishing Maseo would do another solo track" - no doubt..."Words & Verbs" is one of the greatest De La songs of all time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHgxR1eG7-o
MTV Base staple that song.
I've listened to the new Nine & Dex song a couple of times. I'm still stuck on Power Ranger which might be my favourite song by them so far.
Naszzzzzzzzz.
A true deep cut gem.
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