De La Soul Reveals Album Title Devoted To Trugoy The Dove
Excellent news for OG Hip-Hoppers who stay for lyricism and artistic content material, as De La Soul not too long ago revealed that they’re prepping to launch their first album in virtually a decade.
In line with HipHopDX, the remaining members of De La Soul, Posdnuos and Maseo (R.I.P Trugoy The Dove) appeared at Comedian Con final Friday (Oct. 10) alongside fellow Hip-Hop legends comparable to Nas, Slick Rick, Raekwon and Ghostface Killah to advertise their new Marvel comedian e-book, Legend Has It.
Throughout the dialogue, De La spoke about their upcoming ninth LP and revealed that the title was impressed not solely by an old-fashioned film, however by the passing of their beloved brother, Trugoy The Dove (David Jolicoeur). Explaining how recording within the studio wasn’t the identical with out their day-one teammate, Posdnous recalled, “I got here and obtained [Maseo] out of the outlet. We had been all damaged, however I kinda took on that position in Beat Avenue the place I used to be like, ‘Yo, man, we gotta deal with Dave like Ramon — we gotta preserve him alive, we gotta rejoice him.’”
Have fun his reminiscence, they’ll with their subsequent album, whose title was impressed by the dearly departed.
Per HipHopDX:
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.
May one other Grammy nod be within the playing cards for De La Soul’s new album? We don’t know, however given their need to make Trugoy proud, we wouldn’t be shocked in the event that they dropped a brand new traditional come November.
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