It warms the heart to see the three Plugs from Long Island popping more often in headlines lately. Though De La Soul has been around since the Reagan administration (they formed in 1987, when they were still teenagers), the legendary group seems to disappear from the cultural landscape for great swaths of time. However, with the crowd-funded And The Anonymous Nobody—only their ninth album in all this time—due out on August 26, we have the pleasure of hearing from them more often these days. As such, The Guardian recently published an interview with Kelvin “Posdnuos” Mercer. Among the many nuggets of interest in the conversation is news that the hip-hop trio will once again be popping up on a Gorillaz album.
In discussing their collaborations with Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn (who features on their own upcoming album), Pos said: