First Serve, "Pushin' Aside, Pushin' Along"
Oh my god this so good! It's basically new De La Soul, as "First Serve" is the name chosen by Posdnuos and Trugoy the Dove, two-thirds of the the storied Long Island rap trio, for their new project with French production duo 2+4. Apparently, they're making a concept album (and maybe a movie?) for which they've adopted alter egos (Posdnuos is "Jacob 'Pop Life' Barrow," Trugoy is "Deen Whittier"), that tells the story of a pair of goofy Queens teenagers hoping to make it in rap. Conceptually and musically, First Serve harkens back to De La's old pal Prince Paul's super-awesome, not-nearly-well-enough-known 1999 rap opera, A [...]
