Who got Soul ???

Since "Stakes Is High" which was my first De La track I had ever heard, then "All Good" with Chaka Khan & "Oooh" with Redman's guest appearance (from their fifth solo "Art, Official, Intelligence: Mosaic Thump")  I had always a lot of respect for them mainly for their top quality music which they create. I mean not only quality of music production but also, of course, their mature lyrics . The members of the group: Kelvin Mercer (Plug One, Posdnuos, Mercenary, Plug Whonder Why), David Jude Jolicouer (Plug Two, Trugoy the Dove, Dave) and Vincent Mason (Plug Three, P.A. Pasemaster Mase, Maseo Baby Huey). How often you have enough of raps like these from Dave's verse "Stakes Is High"??? 

"I'm sick of bitches shakin' asses

I'm sick of talkin' about blunts

Sick of Versace glasses

Sick of slang

...

Sick of brand name clothes

Sick of r&b bitches over bullshit tracks

..."

I just want to say that if you sometimes feel like that, I'm not judging which rap is better (I don't give a f#ck whether it's an old school, new school or is it a boom bap or trap). De La has been always a good alternative to listen something different. They're still spittin' about situations observed around them but with their characteristic De La flair.

But let's get back to the newest (???) track "The Work (2and4 remix)" from the album "De La Soul's Plug 1 & Plug 2 present...First Serve".  Basically that's not De La Soul album as for its music is French Dj a duo  Chokolate & Khalid. On the microphone we hear Posdnous and Dave. In the album, the duo adopts the persona of "First Serve"- a hip-hop band from the late 90's. Plug Whonder Why takes persona of "Jacob 'Pop Life' Barrow" and Trugoy takes persona of "Deen Witter". The ficional band ''First Serve'' is making it in the music industry, then successed, breakup to reformate eventually. Pos and Dave are always imterviewed in character as Barrow and Witter, often quoting De La Soul as an influence and describing De La Soul as "those guys". Below,  beside The Work (2nd4 remix) you can also check it out in the single "Must B The Music".

k.