After much deliberation, preparation and calculation, De La Soul’s first studio album in eleven years, And the Anonymous Nobody is finally available.
The album was originally announced more than a year ago and funded through Kickstarter. It was produced exclusively in-house and features A1 guest appearances from the likes of Snoop Dogg, Usher, 2 Chainz, Jill Scott, Pete Rock, Roc Marciano and several others.
The iconic Hip Hop trio are celebrating nearly 30 years of activity and enjoyed two album anniversaries this year in De La Soul is Dead and Stakes is High, to which HipHopDX interviewed them for both.
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(The article was last updated on May 20, 2016)
After a roller coaster rollout, De La Soul has released the pre-order for its forthcoming album, And the Anonymous Nobody.
The project is set for an August 26 release and is listed as having 17 tracks. Features on And the Anonymous Nobody are to include Snoop Dogg, Jill Scott, Usher and 2 Chainz. The illustrated cover art is designed by Pablo Stanley.
According to a press release, the eighth studio LP from Maseso, Trugoy and Posdnuos is going to be sample-free and blend De La Soul’s classic sound stemming from its 1989 debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, with the sound of today’s industry.
“This album is about lending to the scape of music in 2016, trying to give something, not for the sake of we want to balance what’s going on or fix Hip Hop,” Trugoy, aka David Jude Jolicoeur, says in the press release. “We just want to say something to the creative aspects of music.”
And the Anonymous Nobody will be released independently. The legendary rap trio raised the funds for it via Kickstarter, which brought in more than $600,000.
The release date for the LP has been pushed back due to the creative process and task of creating a truly independent album.
To hold fans over, De La Soul released the For Your Pain & Suffering EP last month. The group understands fans’ frustration at the wait for the album and wants them to know that And the Anonymous Nobody will be worth the wait.
“The title definitely encompasses what the fans have been saying on our comments list for the Kickstarter,” Jolicoeur said to HipHopDX of For Your Pain and Suffering. “We wanted to address their beefs or how they felt. We’ve been taking some time with this record, but there’s no apology for the time that’s been taken. It’s like we realize that these people fund the album and we appreciate that. But then again, we have a project that we’re releasing for the world as well. And there are more fans outside of the 11,000 people who backed the project. We really respect and appreciate that, but at the same time, we gotta do this record right. And I know there’s a lot of impatient people and not only the impatient people, but we’ve made some promises that we’ve broken and for the pain and suffering why not give them some music?”
Pre-order And the Anonymous Nobody here.
De La Soul’s And the Anonymous Nobody cover art, tracklist and album trailer are below:
- Genesis (Intro) f. Jill Scott
- Royalty Capes
- Pain f. Snoop Dogg
- Property Of Spitkicker (f. Roc Marciano)
- Memory Of… (Us) (f. Estelle & Pete Rock)
- CBGBS
- Lord Intended (f. Justin Hawkins)
- Snoopies (f. David Byrne)
- Greyhounds (f. Usher)
- Sexy Bitch
- Trainwreck
- Drawn (f. Little Dragon)
- Whoodeeni (f. 2Chainz)
- Nosed Up
- You Go Dave (A Goldblatt Presentation)
- Here In After (f. Damon Albarn)
- Exodus (Outro)
Album of the year and it’s not even out yet! Tracklist looks good but i wish “God It” witn Nas and the song with Chuck D made the final cut, anyway i will add those two to the album, But one thing is wrong here… 2 Chainz??! who the fuck thought it would be a good idea to put that talentless fraud on a song?
damn, they lookin old as fuck in that picture. they need to find a retirement home stat. oh, and “nobody” is gonna buy this album any way, even with 2 chainz on it. drake’s “views” is album of the year so far.
I’m pretty sure i can use some bullets on you “new generation” fucks.
oh hip hop has an age???? my bad you love mumble rap not hip hop… this is the problem with the hip hop culture as a whole, do you research bro… learn the culture before you jump in it based on the music you hear only on the radio… do you even know how hip hop began???? NYC baby!!!!!! out in the parks, Ha folks like you just criticize… Ha they look old, but 30 yrs deep and still making great music… what have you done new generation???? what!!!!! of I forgot im dealing with an internet thug, you not about that life homie…
They had the second largest kickstarter in history to create the album, so a whole lot of fans already bought it before it was even made. These cats started in the late 80’s. Let’s see if anyone gives a fuck about Drake in 30 years that they’ll fund his future project…
where’s the link to my vinyl copy?
How does anyone link you to a physical copy?
Well…
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01FWSNVQY/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1464776261&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=de+la+soul+vinyl&dpPl=1&dpID=61u0OudzbCL&ref=plSrch
a link to the Amazon page (or any well known retailer of vinyl, like Hard to find etc) for the vinyl would link someone to a place to buy a physical copy.
so really, the only person you made look like a d*ck is yourself.
Well…
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01FWSNVQY/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1464776261&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=de+la+soul+vinyl&dpPl=1&dpID=61u0OudzbCL&ref=plSrch
a link to the Amazon page (or any well known retailer of vinyl, like Hard to find etc) for the vinyl would link someone to a place to buy a physical copy.
so really, the only person you made look like a d*ck is yourself.
Throw some cheese on that bitch
The production is so lush and layered; great headphone music.
I listened it to it twice. I’m a bit disappointed. After being delayed so much I expected it to have better beats. And I don’t really enjoy those rap-rock songs that they included
Respect to all the younger ppl if you fuck with De La. They were the first for many of things in hip hop but, the last to acknowledge that
The album is kinda dope. Definitely 4 stars.