De La Soul "s Maseo Announces Solo Project, Featuring Mac Miller, KRS-One

Exclusive: The man who helped co-produce and scratch on numerous classics confirms that Prince Paul and De La Soul are doing a full album together.

De La Soul "s member Maseo recently spoke at Los Angeles " Red Bull Music Academy event. The veteran deejay and producer alluded to an upcoming solo project. "I "m working on a project called DJ Conductor, where I "m producing new artists and my friends that I "ve been wanting to work with for a long time," said the Brooklyn, New York native in parts of the Red Bull interview exclusively published by HipHopDX. "I "ve got songs with KRS-One, got a song with Freddie Foxxx, got a song with Mac Miller, Fashawn, a couple of cats that I "m inspired by, and I "m finally doing something that I "ve been needing to do for a long time."

Having made records for over 20 years, Mase added, "The new talent always drives me; it "s always been the thing that drives me."

However, Maseo entered the game as a student of Prince Paul, who juggled the late 1980s and early 1990s as a member of Stetsasonic and producing (along with Maseo) De La Soul "s first three albums. Maseo confirmed that the producer and trio are indeed reuniting, "Of course, we "re making a De La [Soul] album with Prince Paul. I "m in a good place with where things are."

Maseo recalled Paul "s advice early in the protege "s career as, "Have experiences that I haven "t with this hip hop thing and number two, turn around and do the same thing for somebody else that I "m doing for you."

Video to Maseo "s Red Bull lecture will premiere later this week.

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