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De Le Soul 20th anniversasry

De Le Soul celebrate 20th anniversary of The Grind Date with re-release featuring bonus tracks

23 January 2025, 15:42 | Written by Tyler Damara Kelly

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of De La Soul’s seventh studio album, The Grind Date, they've announced a re-release of the original album including bonus tracks and instrumental versions.

Originally released in 2004, The Grind Date, featured artists such as the late MF Doom, Ghostface Killah, Carl Thomas and Common. De La Soul have released “Bigger” featuring Choklate as the first of two new songs on the 20th anniversary edition.

“With the 20th Anniversary of Grind Date we just feel blessed in knowing that we put together this album that, right now, with its re-release feels fresh, it doesn’t feel outdated, the lyrics feel relevant,” says Posdnous (Pos). “It really feels good to know that with the re-release of this album it takes myself and Mase back to knowing that this album was the first album done outside of our Tommy Boy relationship and it stands the test of time alongside that catalog, so yeah it’s a blessing.”

The Grind Date 20th Anniversary Tracklist

  1. The Future
  2. Verbal Clap
  3. Much More (feat. Yummy)
  4. Shopping Bags (She Got From You)
  5. The Grind Date
  6. Church
  7. Doo Good In Church (Skit)
  8. It’s Like That (feat. Carl Thomas)
  9. He Comes (feat. Ghostface Killah)
  10. Days of Our Lives (feat. Common)
  11. Come On Down (feat. Flavor Flav)
  12. No (feat. Butta Verses)
  13. Rock Co. Kane Flow (feat. MF DOOM)
  14. Shoomp (feat. Sean Paul)

Bonus Tracks

  1. Bigger (feat. Choklate)
  2. Respect
  3. Verbal Clap (Instrumental)
  4. Shopping Bags (She Got From You) (Instrumental)
  5. The Grind Date (Instrumental)
  6. Days of Our Lives (feat. Common) (Instrumental)

The Grind Date 20th Anniversary will be released on 21 March, and is available to pre-order now.

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