US EditionDe La Soul Reflect on Trugoy & The Group’s First Album Without Him During Late-Night Visit to the Billboard Office
De La Soul's tenth album features 20 songs with orchestral arrangements and contributions from hip-hop legends, honoring David Jolicoeur's legacy after his 2023 passing.
- On November 21, 2025, De La Soul released Cabin In The Sky through Mass Appeal, their tenth studio album honoring late founding member David `Trugoy the Dove` Jolicoeur after his 2023 passing.
- Mass Appeal approached De La Soul earlier this year to join its `Legend Has It` series, prompting the group to record a new album after their 2016 Grammy-winning release.
- Spanning 20 songs, Cabin In The Sky combines cinematic orchestral arrangements, segments of poetry and spoken word, a Giancarlo Esposito voiceover, and guest verses from Nas, Slick Rick, Q-Tip, Pete Rock, Black Thought, DJ Premier, and Killer Mike.
- Surviving members say Jolicoeur's spirit is felt across the record, and Posdnuos says he is proud and expects fans will love it; notably, the track `Different World` features poet Gina Loring and showcases Posdnuos's vulnerable writing.
- Amid debates over algorithms and attention spans, the band insists traditional rollouts and in-person promotion still matter, citing Clipse and Cardi B's success with classic rollouts this year.
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De La Soul returns, bruised but no worse for the wear, with their first album in nearly a decade, Cabin In The Sky. The pioneering Long Island rap trio’s eighth and last album And the Anonymous Nobody… came out in 2016; since then, the group has experienced both triumphs and loss. After a decades-long struggle to regain control of the publishing rights to their beloved catalog, De La was able to secure their ownership and bring their groundbreak…
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De La Soul Drops 10th Studio Album With Nas, Q-Tip and More
Iconic hip hop group, De La Soul, has returned with a new project. Cabin In The Sky, marks De La Soul’s first studio album in nine years, following 2016’s and the Anonymous Nobody, which earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Album. It’s also the first album since the passing of founding member Dave “Trugoy the Dove” Jolicoeur at the age of 54 in 2023. The album is being released via Mass Appeal as part of the label’s celebrated “Legend Has It”…
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