De La Soul - AOI: Bionix coloured Her influences trace back to

Her influences trace back to cratedigging through her father's records and uncovering jazz through the music of Ella Fitzgerald

hit the gray skies of the pandemic’s year-and-a-half mark like a double rainbow

The album was released on September 2

the larger stages and bigger rooms naturally drove us towards a louder

Shortly thereafter

De La Soul - AOI: Bionix coloured Her influences trace back to2LP, Reissue Chrysalis (2023) WW 2001's Bionix served as the second installment in Da La Soul's Art Official Intelligence series following 2000's Mosaic Thump and sixth studio effort overall. Lead single "Baby Phat" (feat. Yummy Bingham and Devin the Dude) is an ode to larger sized women while "Held Down" (feat. Cee Lo) finds Posdnuos in an introspective mood as he muses on fatherhood, religion, and fame. Slick Rick also makes an appearance here on