{"id":145538,"date":"2025-03-27T18:08:42","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T22:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/03\/27\/de-la-souls-posdnuos-on-the-group-s-longevity-i-want-to-be-like-mick-jagger-moving-around-until-the-grave\/"},"modified":"2025-03-27T18:08:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T22:08:42","slug":"de-la-souls-posdnuos-on-the-group-s-longevity-i-want-to-be-like-mick-jagger-moving-around-until-the-grave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/03\/27\/de-la-souls-posdnuos-on-the-group-s-longevity-i-want-to-be-like-mick-jagger-moving-around-until-the-grave\/","title":{"rendered":"De La Soul\u2019s Posdnuos on the Group\u2019 s Longevity: \u2018I Want to be Like Mick Jagger, Moving Around Until the\u00a0Grave\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tPosdnuos, founding member of hip-hop legends De La Soul<\/a>, has the mind-set of a classic rock icon who continues to record and tour after most people that age opt for retirement.<\/p>\n

\n\tTalking to Billboard<\/em>\u2018s Behind the Setlist podcast after a session in the recording studio, Pos (born Kelvin Mercer) says that being mindful of his health is critical to the group\u2019s longevity. \u201cWe\u2019re in the gym, running, doing the cardio and staying healthy. I love to run around onstage like a fool. So I\u2019m always in spin class and lifting weights so I can keep my cardio up, man. I want to be like [The Rolling Stones frontman] Mick Jagger, moving around until the grave.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tAt this point, De La Soul is to hip-hop what British invasion bands are to rock & roll. The Stones\u2019 debut album came out a quarter-century before De La Soul released its first album, 3 Feet High and Rising<\/em>, in 1989. More than 35 years and eight more studio albums later, De La Soul is where The Stones were in 2000: respected elders and innovators with a historic catalog and an appetite to remain relevant.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019m really happy that we have a brand that we can still put out there,\u201d Pos says. \u201cWhenever we raise the flag, people want to come in and partake in whatever we\u2019re offering.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tDe La Soul has remained busy since the death of bandmate Trogoy the Dove<\/a> (born David Jolicoeur) in December 2023. After a long absence from digital platforms because of a legal dispute, the group\u2019s celebrated catalog appeared at streaming services<\/a> in 2023.\u00a0\u201cWe carried on pretty well\u201d while being absent from services such as Spotify and Apple Music, says Pos. \u201cDid we not gain certain fans at a certain time? Definitely, because you gotta realize we missed the entire download era and streaming until about two years ago. But with us still putting out music, we saw how people were so engaged, and even younger people engaged in our music.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the Internet age, De La Soul is never more than a Google search away. The group found a new wave of admirers after collaborations with Gorillaz that produced the hit song \u201cFeel Good Inc.\u201d in 2005 and \u201cCrocadillaz\u201d in 2023. Thanks to an abundance of metadata about music, people curious about the musicians on the tracks could easily find information about group \u2014 although they got to know him as Kelvin Mercer. \u201cI\u2019m a government name with young people,\u201d says Pos.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe interview focused on De La Soul\u2019s Jan. 16 show at Lincoln Center in Manhattan and also covered the group\u2019s album and EP reissues. Listen to the entire conversation with Posdnuous using the embedded Spotify player below or go to Spotify<\/a>, Apple Podcasts<\/a>, iHeart<\/a>, Amazon Music<\/a>, Podbean<\/a> or Everand<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n