De La Soul decided to run a Kickstarter campaign to fund their latest album (shout out to Complex for the heads up), and unsurprisingly, the group reached their goal of $110,000 within a few days. But the campaign is still running here, and you might want to consider getting involved, not just because you love De La Soul (which we know you do), but because the prizes they are selling are bona fide awesome, including the opportunity for the fiscally endowed to share a dinner with the group or even feature on a skit on the forthcoming record.
The Kickstarter page also gives some pretty pithy details on the album. Apparently, the group have been holed up in Vox Studios recording improvised jams with folks like Damon Albarn, Imagine Dragons, David Byrne, 2 Chainz, and other artists who are apparently too exciting for even the band to mention yet. De La Soul are now going to create the instrumentals from the 200+ hours of amassed freestyle sessions for the forthcoming record, which will be their first in 11 years.
Good times are coming.
• De La Soul: http://www.wearedelasoul.com
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