De La Soul Announce New Album ‘Cabin In the Sky’
The project is the group’s first since the death of founding member Trugoy aka Dave.
Kevin Mercer (L) and Vincent Mason of De La Soul perform on stage during the 79th edition of the Les Nuits de Fourviere at the Theatre Antique de Lyon Fourviere in Lyon, eastern France, on July 5,2025.
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De La Soul has announced the name of their upcoming album, Cabin In The Sky. The project was initially revealed earlier this year as part of Mass Appeal’s ambitious Legend Has It series of albums.
On Friday, Oct. 10, Posdnuos and DJ Maseo participated in a panel alongside Raekwon, Nas, DJ Premier, Ghostface Killah, and Slick Rick at New York Comic Con about the launch of Marvel and Mass Appeal's new comic book collaboration, also called Legend Has It. Pos and Mase shared that their upcoming 10th studio album is called Cabin In The Sky. They explained that the title is an homage to the 1943 all-Black musical of the same name, which stars Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington.
We’re working and working [on the album], and I come across this movie," Pos explained. "And I’m like, ‘Yo, this title is crazy!’ Cabin in the Sky. Immediately, I felt Dave."
David Jolicoeur, aka Trugoy The Dove, passed away in 2023 following years of health issues. He was diagnosed with congestive heart failure in 2017.
“When we lost him… I came and got Maseo out of the hole,” Pos shared, according to HipHopDX. "We were all broken, but I kinda took on that role in Beat Street where I was like, ‘Yo, man, we gotta treat Dave like Ramon — we gotta keep him alive, we gotta celebrate him.’
“Of course, we have songs with Dave on it but — yo, for me, and I’m sure there are people here who are spiritual and understand what I’m saying, it feels like, ‘Dave’s here for me. He’s here.’ There are times where I’m writing rhymes and I’m getting goosebumps ’cause I feel like Dave would be saying, ‘Yo, that’s dope!'”
