POS
NOBODY’S Love is more important to me than my children (Ayana, Nayo, Kasai, Mateo & Savannah). My Wife Jasmine, My Father Garland Mercer Sr., My Brothers (Garland, Tyrone & Luck), My Cousin Keynovar, My Sisters (Grace, Caitlyn & Riva) NOBODY’S Respect means more to me than My Brothers from another mother (Dave, Mase & Smiles) NOBODY will watch over me more than My Guardian Angels: My mother Hattie & My Aunt Tommie. AND NOBODY will dispute we lost our brothers DJ Timbuk2 & Phife Dawg too soon. NOBODY else to thank (POOF)
DAVE
Peace and love everybody, you’re welcome
MASE
I would like to thank God for the many blessings the creator has given and still given, I want to thank my wife Tina (my best friend) for always being the most supportive especially when times weren’t so good. You’ve made a tremendous sacrifice to really be a great Wife and Mom, I want to thank my children Marcus, Tre, Chauncey, and Dayo for being beautiful strong people who’s becoming great leaders and trail blazers amongst their peers, I want to thank my Mother Dorothy and my brother Anthony and wife Patricia, my niece Ebony, my nephews A.J. and Nico for always being supportive of my path. I want to thank Dave, and Merce for our brotherhood regardless of our differences we’ve shared the same common goal and that was to be a group but this relationship transcended to be more than just a “group” we are “brothers” we are “family” we are “De La”. I want to thank Smiles not only for help holding the business together but for being compassionate and caring to help me navigate through personal situations with a great deal of wisdom. I want to thank Cliff Whyte for being the big brother I never had. I also want to thank my Cuzzin Lamont and his son Jaylen for being such a great inspiration to my family and I as well as always providing good information and positive energy. I want to thank: Yatti & Nikki, Sean Lalla, Brandon, Kwam, Howard & Erin, Cliff Cho, Gilad, Beat Junkies, Beatminerz, Scratch Pickles, Bump Knuckles, Nice&Smooth, Diamond D, Dj Scratch, Z Trip, Manager Laury B, Scratch Bastard, Flipout, J Swing, Shorty Blitz, Rich Medina, Dj Spinna, Inkaone, Dj Expo, Crossphada, Kemit, Rastroots, Sammy B, Red Alert, Chuck Chillout, Davey D, and all the rest of the DJ’s I haven’t mentioned been that’s been supportive of DeLa. I would like to thank the rest of my family and friends from Brooklyn and Long Island who are still in our corner and alway want to see us win….and last but never the less I want to thank HIP HOP!
DE LA SOUL
First we’d like to thank the fans and the contributors to our successful (and then some) Kickstarter campaign. Your support and patience has been equally valued… We’d like to thank our team for keeping the “Get It Done” spirit alive to the very end. Thank you Chris “Smiles” Quinn, Brandon Hixon, Trevor Baptiste, Howard Cho, “Supa” Dave West, Davey Chegwidden, Jordan Katz, J Anders Urmacher, Tony Ferguson and Morgan Garcia
To the amazing people in our corner, thank you!! This album could not have been completed without your help, prowess and guidance: Donato Guadagnoli, Brian Redding, Michelle Bayer, OJ Hays, Deborah Mannis-Gardner, Billy Toulson, Bob Power, Elena Ochipinti, Masahiro Tsuzuki, Robbie Jeffers, Hayley Rosenblum, Alfie Pallao, Pablo Stanley, Harry Allen, Sabrina Dax, Andrew Melby, Ben Acker, Danielle Lesnieski, Ben Allison, Glen Phillips, Rhettmatic, Bootie Brown, Greg “Smooche” Cambell, Phillip “Fish” Fisher, DJ Mike Lowe, Howard & Erin Cho, Agnes (Scion), Chris Atlas, Laura Silverman, Sean Lalla, and Sarah Landy, Danielle Czesniewski, Fiona Frawley, Shari Segalini, Zach Gunsel, Paul Trueman, Vincent Clery-Melin, Richard Sanders, Willard Ahdritz, Keith “Wok” Watts, Diane “Shabazz” Varnie, Paul Bouchon, Ron Cerrito, Jessica Savage, Tom Smith, Matt Dixon and Phil McDonald
RHYTHM ROOTS ALLSTARS THANKS:
Our family and friends, Christine Fogleman, John DiMaggio, Masa, Woody Jackson, Vox Recording Studios, Jared Tankel, Benjamin Tierney, Jeri Yoshizu, Michael Harris, Yoji Abe, Phillip “Fish” Fisher, Vechel Jaynes, Dan Ubick, Marina Bambino, Alex Chaloff, Nathan Israel, Eryc Trammom, Pancho Tomaselli and Zack at Counterhoop Drums, Josh Polon, Daniel Hall, Brother Ali, Siddiq Sayers, Malik Moore, Eric Dover, Shana Halligan, Jack Black, Corn Mo, and De La Soul for the last 10 years as their live band
SUPA DAVE WEST
I thank God for the ability to hear things big and different …alongside a band of brothers that hear and think the same. This album couldn’t have been made without a certain amount of desire ..vulnerability ..and faith..We did it. May this album touch somebodies life right when they need it the most. Thank you to all my nieces and nephews… Thank you… Jadha, Dinky, LoLo, Rodney, Lee Stone, Duane Covert, Dan Wallace, Walt Taylor and Chuck-T for your love and constant support
