In case you missed it, De La Soul has a kick ass year in store for us. Besides releasing their entire discography for free on valentines day, De La announced that it they would be releasing a full length LP this year as well as an EP (produced entirely by Pete Rock and DJ Premier) and their recent Dilla-produced mixtape "Smell the Da.I.S.Y." which you can download here, or from BitTorrent (which gets you a whole bundle of De La/Dilla goodness along with the mixtape).
Smell the Da.I.S.Y. (which stands for "Da Inner Soul of Yancey," referring to J Dilla's real name, James Dewitt Yancey), features reworked classic De La lyrical content over some unreleased Jay Dee instrumentals. While a few fans were disappointed with this concept, I personally think it's awesome (and nowhere near as bad as that Q-tip/Busta Rhymes The Abstract and the Dragon debacle last year). It's good to see that De La is back. It's still the D.A.I.S.Y. age, yo! Keep an eye out for our coverage of these upcoming De La Soul projects as they release.
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