De La Soul – AOI: Bionix (Black 2LP Vinyl)

De La Soul – AOI: Bionix (Black 2LP Vinyl)

Available to pre-order now, released August 4th. As this is an import we’ll have copies a week later.

Please note : If you pre-order an item and add more items in stock, we will ship the order together when the pre-order arrives. Release dates are subject to change and will be updated on the website.

140 gram, 2LP black vinyl in a custom printed jacket

The first single, “Baby Phat” featuring Yummy Bingham and Devin the Dude, was an ode to larger sized women. Elsewhere, “Held Down”, featuring Cee-Lo, found Posdnuos in an introspective mood as he mused on fatherhood, religion, and fame. Slick Rick also made an appearance on “What We Do (For Love)”; a humorous song about puberty and sexual discovery. The album featured skits with a character by the name of Reverend Do Good, which worked as social commentary as well as the intros and outros of the songs. The final Reverend Do Good skit acts as one final advertisement for Ghost Weed as heard on De La Soul’s previous album, Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump. A mischievous teenager takes a hit of the substance, then morphs into Slum Village frontman J Dilla, who provides the intro and outro to the marijuana-themed song “Peer Pressure” (which he also produced).

Tracklisting

1 Intro
2 Bionix
3 Baby Phat
4 Simply
5 Simply Havin’
6 Held Down
7 Rev. Do Good #1
8 Watch Out
9 Special

1 Rev. Do Good #2
2 The Sauce
3 Am I Worth You?
4 Pawn Star
5 What We Do (For Love)
6 Rev. Do Good #3
7 Peer Pressure
8 It’s American
9 Trying People