US flower power hip-hop heroes De La Soul strikes back with Cabin in the Sky, a raw, unflinching dive into grief, memory and survival. This is a confessional album where pain becomes poetry, loss becomes rhythm and reflection hits like a punch you feel in your chest. Honouring the late Dave "Trugoy the Dove" Jolicoeur and others lost along the way, the silky smooth trio balances mournful lyricism with their signature buoyant groove while weaving their signature soulful samples and sharp wordplay into every track. Cabin in the Sky is both tender and defiant and a truly emotional statement from hip-hop's eternally inventive underdogs. Essential.