De La Soul’s New Album Title Is A Tribute To Trugoy The Dove

De La Soul have revealed the title of their new album — and it commemorates their fallen member, Trugoy The Dove.

Posdnuos and Maseo appeared at a New York Comedian Con panel on Friday (October 10) alongside Nas, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, DJ Premier and Slick Rick to advertise Mass Enchantment and Marvel’s new Legend Has It comedian ebook collaboration.

Whereas discussing the group’s upcoming ninth LP, which is due out in November through Mass Enchantment Data, Pos mirrored on Trugoy’s 2023 passing and the way it impacted the recording course of.

“After we misplaced him … I got here and bought [Maseo] out of the outlet. We have been all damaged, however I kinda took on that function in Beat Road the place I used to be like, ‘Yo, man, we gotta deal with Dave like Ramon — we gotta hold him alive, we gotta rejoice him,’” he mentioned.

“In fact, we have now songs with Dave on it however — yo, for me, and I’m positive there are individuals right here who’re non secular and perceive what I’m saying, it looks like, ‘Dave’s right here for me. He’s right here.’ There are occasions the place I’m writing rhymes and I’m getting goosebumps ’trigger I really feel like Dave can be saying, ‘Yo, that’s dope!’”

Posdnuos then revealed that De La’s forthcoming album is titled Cabin within the Sky, a nod to the 1943 all-Black musical movie starring Ethel Waters, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington.

“We’re working and dealing [on the album], and I come throughout this film. And I’m like, ‘Yo, this title is loopy!’ Cabin within the Sky. Instantly, I felt Dave,” he shared.

Cabin within the Sky will function De La Soul’s first album in virtually a decade following 2016’s And the Nameless No person…, which earned a Finest Rap Album nomination on the 2017 Grammys.

The undertaking may also lengthen Mass Enchantment’s Legend Has It…, a year-long collection of releases from a few of New York hip-hop’s most iconic names, helmed by Nas.

Slick Rick‘s comeback album Victory kicked issues off in June earlier than Raekwon (The Emperor’s New Garments), Ghostface Killah (Supreme Clientele 2) and Mobb Deep (Infinite) additionally added to their respective legacies with well-received data.

Additionally on the horizon are Massive L‘s posthumous LP Harlem’s Most interesting: Return of the King (out October 31) and Nas and DJ Premier’s long-awaited joint album, which is ready to reach someday in December (and the title of which has but to be introduced).