De La Soul have formally introduced the brand new album Cabin within the Sky. The group’s follow-up to 2016’s And the Nameless No person… is out November 21 by way of Mass Enchantment. Main the 20-track effort is the Pete Rock–produced single “The Package deal.” Take heed to the brand new tune under; 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 demise of David Jude Jolicoeur, the founding member who was also referred to as 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 house between loss and lightweight,” Posdnuos mentioned in a press launch. “It’s in regards to the ache we feature and the enjoyment that one way or the other 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.”
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 collaborating in the label’s “Legend Has It” marketing campaign.
“We had some music, after all, with Dave’s voice on it, like ‘Good Well being,’ that was produced by Supa Dave West,” Posdnuous mentioned, “‘The Package deal,’ which was produced by Pete Rock, which was initially speculated to be part of an thought for an album we had referred to as Premium Soul on the Rocks that will have been completely produced by Pete and Premier. After which we had the tune ‘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 a few of the tracks we did have with Dave’s voice on it, we thought to perhaps have sure producers now make music to it, however then we simply realized, you recognize what, let’s depart these tracks as is. With the power that Dave had written to that observe, let’s permit that marriage to nonetheless exist.”
