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 Prince Among Thieves. They made a video — sort of a one-act play with a cool, cartoon backdrop that gives a good idea about the overall tone and direction. That embed looks nicer than the Soundcloud band. But the music is better than the skit, so I wanted to put that up top.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds6dbdOjWV8

Also pretty excellent, right? This is all very exciting.