De La Soul have formally introduced the brand new album Cabin in the Sky. The group’s follow-up to 2016’s And the Anonymous Nobody… is out November 21 by way of Mass Appeal. Main the 20-track effort is the Pete Rock–produced single “The Bundle.” Hearken to the brand new music beneath; scroll right down to see the album cowl by artist Hebru Brantley.
Cabin within the Sky is the primary album from De La Soul since the 2023 death of David Jude Jolicoeur, the founding member who was also called Trugoy, Dave, and Trugoy the Dove. It options 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.
“Cabin within the Sky lives in that area between loss and light-weight,” Posdnuos stated in a press launch. “It’s in regards to the ache we supply 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 all the things we’ve been by way 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.”
In an extra assertion to Pitchfork, Posdnuos defined that he and Maseo began engaged on Cabin within the Sky in February 2025 after Mass Enchantment’s Peter Bittenbender approached them about taking part in the label’s “Legend Has It” campaign.
“We had some music, in fact, with Dave’s voice on it, like ‘Good Well being,’ that was produced by Supa Dave West,” Posdnuous stated, “‘The Bundle,’ which was produced by Pete Rock, which was initially imagined to be part of an concept for an album we had referred to as Premium Soul on the Rocks that may have been completely produced by Pete and Premier. After which we had the music ‘Pattycake,’ which was produced by Jake One. That was simply one thing we had did some time again.”
“So these are the tracks we selected to make use of,” he continued. “At first, with among the tracks we did have with Dave’s voice on it, we thought to possibly have sure producers now make music to it, however then we simply realized, you understand what, let’s go away these tracks as is. With the vitality that Dave had written to that observe, let’s enable that marriage to nonetheless exist.”
