De La Soul reveal star-studded tracklist for ‘Cabin in the Sky’ album
De La Soul have revealed the tracklist for their new album Cabin in the Sky ahead of its long-awaited release this month.
Cabin in the Sky is scheduled to arrive on November 21st via Mass Appeal Records. Comprising 20 tracks, the project features Nas, Q-Tip, Black Thought, Common, Slick Rick, Killer Mike, Bilal, Little Dragon’s Yukimi, and many others.
Production on the album comes from Pete Rock, DJ Premier, Super Dave, and more. It also includes the two previously released singles, ‘The Package’ and ‘Day in the Sun (Gettin’ wit U)’.
Cabin in the Sky will serve as the group’s first album in nine years, following 2016’s And the Anonymous Nobody. It will be their first since the passing of Trugoy the Dove in 2023.
Speaking on the album, group member Posdnuos said, “Cabin in the Sky lives in that space between loss and light. It’s about the pain we carry and the joy that somehow still finds us. This album is therapy and celebration at the same time.”
He continued, “There’s a vulnerability in these songs, because everything we’ve been through has brought us to this moment, to this album, honouring what we’ve lost and lifting up what still remains. That duality. That’s life, and that’s De La.”
Maseo added, “The music on this record is not old, just seasoned. It’s what we call adult hip-hop: something rooted in the culture but speaking to where we are now. The beauty is that it still connects with the younger heads too. They can feel the honesty, the craft, and that De La Soul DNA running through it. We’re bridging generations with this one.”
De La Soul’s Cabin in the Sky tracklist:
- Cabin Talk (ft. Giancarlo Esposito)
- YUHDONTSTOP
- Sunny Storms
- Good Health
- Will Be (ft. Yummy Bingham)
- The Package
- A Quick 16 for Mama (ft. Killer Mike)
- Just How It Is (Sometimes) (ft. Jay Pharoah and Gareth Donkin)
- Cruel Summers Bring FIRE LIFE!! (ft. Yukimi of Little Dragon)
- Day in the Sun (Gettin’ wit U) (ft. Q-Tip and Yummy Bingham)
- RUN IT BACK!! (ft. Nas)
- Different World (ft. Gina Loring)
- Patty Cake
- The Silent Life of a Truth
- EN EFF (ft. Black Thought)
- BELIEVE (In Him) (ft. Lady Stout and K Butler and The Collective)
- YOURS (ft. Common and Slick Rick)
- Palm of His Hands (ft. Bilal)
- Cabin in the Sky
- Don’t Push Me