Hey guys, wondering if anyone might have the link to a Fela Soul download (the Amerigo Gazaway De La Soul x Fela Kuti mashup album). The official link is dead, and I desperately need somewhere to listen to this that isn’t Youtube or the vinyl. Cheers.

An episode of CONVOS is up. Sat down with De La Soul (Posdnuos and Maseo) for a real one, talking through the making of their new project Cabin in the Sky, produced in part by Super Dave West, and what it meant to finish it while still feeling Trugoy the Dove's presence in the room.

Some of what we get into:

• Posdnuos breaks down writing "I Am I Be" for Dave, and how he still hears Dave's voice coaching him in the booth to this day
• The story behind the 3 Feet High and Rising cover art, the pink and the flowers, and the backlash they got from street culture at the time for going against the grain
• How Maseo's dad's mixer and a Brooklyn block party turned him into a DJ before hip hop even had a name
• The making of "Cabin in the Sky," the title track built from a Boston sample Dave sent him called "Slip Away," and finding out after the fact what it meant
• A wild tour story about De La getting tested on the road with the Alkaholiks and Souls of Mischief
• Who they still wish they could've worked with (Barry White, Al Green, Stevie Wonder) and the Al Green session that almost happened

Is it a De La Soul Daisy?

The dead daisies?

Hi De La crew,

I've been very interested since the albums came back to streaming to hear all of the OG albums with their original samples in an affordable way.

I've been looking at the original album series CD pack that Rhino released in 2012 - https://www.discogs.com/release/13188256-De-La-Soul-Original-Album-Series

Does anyone have this and can confirm it is the original versions of all these albums? Any disadvantages to this release compared to the original CDs in terms of presentation or content?

Appreciate any help - would love to get the vinyl's but way too expensive to collect all of these..

A collab between De La, Marvel and sold by Mass Appeal. Looks sick!!

I slept on the AOI albums way too long. Mosaic Thump might be their tightest album.

I’m sorry if these are dumb questions, I’m pretty young and I was curious about some stuff.

1. What’s the deal with Stakes is High? I just listened to it for the first time and I loved it, I think probably my immediate favorite so far besides 3 ft high, but I haven’t heard nearly as much about it and I’ve seen some Native Tongues album rankings where it’s way below the first 3. Is it less well regarded by fans or just not talked about as much, was it well received at the time? And if people don’t like it as much why? I’m not tryna argue these are just my initial reactions and I’m curious, I know it’s different from the first 3 and I believe it doesn’t have the Prince Paul production but I feel like it’s just as good.

2. Was Pos beefing with Tip? I’m confused cause there’s the line on I Am I Be where he says the thing about Tongues who lied and the I am friction but Google says that Tip knew about the song and provided the friction line. So did Q-Tip know about the sub and if he did how did they get the I am friction line. Also why was Dave on Award Tour the same year?

3. Is the AOI stuff worth a listen? I’m going through their discography rn and that’s next up but I’ve heard absolutely nothing about it, of course at some point I’ll listen eventually but is it worth putting it in my album binge?

I recently sampled Maseo talking about his friendship with Pos & Dave, writing about my experience of recently connecting with De La despite being immersed in Hip Hop for a long time. I thought the community here might appreciate my unique perspective.

Maseo’s words really struck a chord with me and I collaged them (+ some BTS Gorillaz footage of him and Damon) over a unique track I made on MPC - linked below my written words - [not on streaming, not monetised]

Much to my surprise De La Soul and DJ Maseo both liked and reposted it on Instagram.

Much love to MASEO!

If the world was full of cuts from that same cloth, our tapestry would be full of love, kindness, humility, and dope beats.

In a couple of songs, Pos refers to Dave (I think?) as J. D. Dub. Can anyone explain this? I'm not seeing the connection.

This didn't seem to have been posted already yet.

A good meaty 2 hour episode.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/01VxBK81ITpnBiWBFLWZty?si=37978366e05c4298

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/posdnuos-of-de-la-soul/id1485250501?i=1000762332818

https://www.audible.co.uk/podcast/Posdnuos-of-De-La-Soul/B0GXTX7RJ4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynFMjCrYzZU

https://getpodcast.com/dk/podcast/questlove-supreme/posdnuos-of-de-la-soul_54ac3a02bc

To celebrate joining this group I share a couple of rather average pics of De La at the Liquid Room in Edinburgh Scotland from 2006.

I'm hoping more knowledgeable fans can fill in the gaps of what was released on singles and various artist albums along the way, as well as let me know if any of these are just renamed alternate takes/mixes of album tracks. Thanks if you can.

EXTENDED PLAYS

• Smell the Da.I.S.Y.
• For Your Pain & Suffering

SINGLES

• Stay Away
• Say You Gotta Believe
• The Return of DST
• Get Away
• The People
• God It
• Action!
• Remove 45
• B-SIDES
• Freedom of Speak
• Strictly Dan Stuckie
• Skip 2 My Loop
• Ain't Hip to Be Labeled a Hippie
• Brain Washed Follower
• The Mack Daddy on the Left
• What Yo Mind Can Truly Be
• Lovely How I Let My Mind Float
• Sweet Dreams

SOUNDTRACK CONTRIBUTIONS

• What's More
• Fallin'
• The Hustle
• Can't Call It
• Intro
• Turn It Out
• Say You Gotta Believe

With Pos fresh off performing Feel Good Inc. live with Gorillaz across the UK and Ireland, seemed like the right moment to share this conversation we recorded.

We got deep into a few things this sub will care about:

The streaming blackout — Pos walks through the Tommy Boy / Warner Brothers legal nightmare in detail. The sampling clearance issues, what the lawsuit actually meant for access to their catalog, and how a whole generation of fans grew up with zero legal way to hear De La Soul. He doesn't sugarcoat how bad it got.

Cabin in the Sky — The album was made in the shadow of losing Dave (Trugoy the Dove). Pos talks about the private moment that convinced him carrying on wasn't optional, and what it actually felt like hearing Dave's verses locked into a finished record after he was gone. Heavy conversation.

The new generation pipeline — Gorillaz and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse are genuinely how younger listeners found De La Soul. Pos has a clear-eyed take on that.

Also gets into the Nas, Slick Rick, and Killer Mike features on the album, 35 years of AOI philosophy, and why TikTok virality and what De La built don't really coexist.