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‘Hip-hop was like dog years. You’d be over by your third album’: De La Soul on grief, Gorillaz and never giving up
Two years after the death of Trugoy, the remaining duo are still feeling raw. They relive the daisy age they built together – and explain how their late bandmate inspires them
3 Feet High fielded anthems of oddball individualism (Me, Myself and I), anti-drug messages (Say No Go) and a sublime love song that stitched together Steely Dan’s jazz-rock licks and Otis Redding’s plaintive whistle (Eye Know), while Prince Paul translated the trio’s playfulness and in-joking into the skits that linked the tracks together. His family were adamant: ‘If you stop, Dave stops.’” They have continued to tour as a duo, often flanked by kindred spirits such as Yasiin Bey, Talib Kweli and Dres from Black Sheep; they say new De La Soul music will come out at some point. Maseo says there have been “strong discussions” over reuniting with Prince Paul to cut new tracks, while a long-promised album with Pete Rock and DJ Premier and the unreleased third volume in the Art Official Intelligence trilogy weighted towards DJing and instrumentals – both recorded before Trugoy died – could be released.
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