De La Soul - AOI: Bionix coloured and Brill Building choruses

and Brill Building choruses

Hailed upon its 2020 release as "vital and comfortable taking new chances" (Rolling Stone) and "cheery

Her influences trace back to cratedigging through her father's records and uncovering jazz through the music of Ella Fitzgerald

Featuring production from Doc McKinney and Illangelo and the essential tracks "The Zone" with Drake

the larger stages and bigger rooms naturally drove us towards a louder

De La Soul - AOI: Bionix coloured and Brill Building choruses2LP, Reissue Chrysalis (2023) WW 2001's Bionix served as the second installment in Da La Soul's Art Official Intelligence series following 2000's Mosaic Thump and sixth studio effort overall. Lead single "Baby Phat" (feat. Yummy Bingham and Devin the Dude) is an ode to larger sized women while "Held Down" (feat. Cee Lo) finds Posdnuos in an introspective mood as he muses on fatherhood, religion, and fame. Slick Rick also makes an appearance here on