De La Soul have introduced a brand new album, ‘Cabin within the Sky’, and launched a brand new single, ‘The Package deal’. Discover all the main points under.
The album, which marks the follow-up to 2016’s ‘And the Nameless No one…’, shall be launched on November 21 by way of Mass Enchantment, as a part of the label’s seven new albums from iconic rap stars this 12 months.
It will likely be their first file since the 2023 loss of life of founding member David Jude Jolicoeur, who was also referred to as Trugoy, Dave, and Trugoy the Dove.
“’Cabin within the Sky’ lives in that area between loss and lightweight,” Posdnuos stated in a press launch. “It’s concerning the ache we stock and the enjoyment that by some means nonetheless finds us. This album is remedy and celebration on the similar time. There’s a vulnerability in these songs, as a result of every part we’ve been by means of has introduced us to this second, to this album, honoring what we’ve misplaced and lifting up what nonetheless stays. That duality. That’s life, and that’s De La.”
‘Cabin within the Sky’ is led by the only, ‘The Package deal’, which you’ll take heed to under. The remainder of the album contains contributions from producers DJ Premier, Tremendous Dave, and Pete Rock, in addition to company Killer Mike, Little Dragon’s Yukimi, Widespread, Nas, and the Roots’ Black Thought.
Talking to Pitchfork, Posdnuos stated that he and Maseo began engaged on the file in February 2025 after Mass Enchantment’s Peter Bittenbender approached them about collaborating within the label’s “Legend Has It” marketing campaign.
Via the marketing campaign, there have been new albums from Slick Rick, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep, and the late Massive L. The label is planning yet one more file, a collaboration between Nas and DJ Premier.
“It was my mission to guarantee that Dave’s true power was felt all through your entire file,” he Posdnuos stated.
NME spoke to De La Soul final March, the place the band opened up on the lack of Trugoy The Dove. Talking about his favorite reminiscence of Trugoy, Maseo stated: “One in every of our favorite motion pictures was Beat Avenue. It was one thing we cherished over our profession, and it will at all times come on the tour busses. The conversations and quotes from the film and all of that, we’d throw backwards and forwards by means of the years, me, Pos and Dave.
“So for Pos to come back to me and be like, ‘Yo, Dave is our Ramon, man. Now we have to have a good time Ramon. Now we have to show this complete launch of the catalog into celebrating our Ramon.’ When he stated that, he was proper. The moments are nonetheless bittersweet, however that was undoubtedly one thing that was capable of give me some mild and inspiration to wish to proceed to hold the flag.”
In different information, De La Soul are set to characteristic on the brand new Gorillaz album, ‘The Mountain’, and have been introduced as headliners at the 2026 Snowbombing Pageant in Austria.
