De La Soul’s and the Anonymous Nobody album available for presale today.

Legendary Hip Hop trio, De La Soul announces their highly anticipated 8th Studio album, and the Anonymous Nobody is available for presale today via A.O.I. Records and Kobalt Label Services.

Presale Trailer: https://youtu.be/ivECVDI1hkI
Presale link: https://delasoul.lnk.to/andtheanonymousnobody

Official Cover Art: designed by Pablo Stanley

The creation of and the Anonymous Nobody has been several years in the making. De La Soul wanted to make a sample-free album similar to 3 Feet High and Rising. In order to do so, and avoid the legalities of sample clearance, they spent years recording live music, converging everything from soul and hip-hop to funk, disco and reggae, and bossa nova, creating their own library of samples. The album is a continuous narrative of the group’s philosophy of music creation, even down to the transitions of songs with sound effects and instrumentals. The features-based record is mixed by Bob Power, Morgan Garcia and De La Soul, and was produced by De La Soul and Dave West. Guest appearances include, Jill Scott, Snoop Dogg, Usher, 2 Chainz, and more.

“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. We just want to say something to the creative aspects of music,” says Dave.

The group’s 2015 Kickstarter campaign garnered an impressive $600K in funding in 33 days; the second most successful in the platform’s history and the Anonymous Nobody will be available everywhere August 26.

Official Track List

1. Genesis (intro) feat. Jill Scott 1:38
2. Royalty Capes 3:50
3. Pain feat. Snoop Dogg 4:44
4. Property Of Spitkicker (feat. Roc Marciano) 5:27
5. Memory Of… (Us) (feat. Estelle & Pete Rock) 5:09
6. CBGBS 1:22
7. Lord Intended (feat. Justin Hawkins) 7:17
8. Snoopies (feat. David Byrne)4:14
9. Greyhounds (feat. Usher) 5:23
10. Sexy Bitch 1:53
11. Trainwreck 3:21
12. Drawn (feat. Little Dragon) 5:36
13. Whoodeeni (feat. 2Chainz) 4:29
14. Nosed Up 4:01
15. You Go Dave (A Goldblatt Presentation) 1:22
16. Here In After (feat. Damon Albarn) 5:35
17. Exodus (Outro) 3:17