Label: Chrysalis
Reissued 8/11/2023, Originally released 2001
AOI: Bionix is de la Soul's sixth full length album, released on December 4, 2001. The first single, "Baby Phat" featuring Yummy Bingham and Devin the Dude, was an ode to larger sized women. Elsewhere, "Held Down", featuring Cee-Lo, found Posdnuos in an introspective mood as he mused on fatherhood, religion, and fame. Slick Rick also made an appearance on "What We Do (For Love)"; a humorous song about puberty and sexual discovery. The album featured skits with a character by the name of Reverend Do Good, which worked as social commentary as well as the intros and outros of the songs. The final Reverend Do Good skit acts as one final advertisement for Ghost Weed as heard on de la Soul's previous album, Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump.
Track listing:
- Intro
- Bionix
- Baby Phat
- Simply
- Simply Havin
- Held Down
- Reverend Do Good #1
- Watch Out
- Special
- Reverend Do Good #2
- The Sauce
- Am I Worth You?
- Pawn Star
- What We Do (For Love)
- Reverend Do Good #3
- Peer Pressure
- It's American
- Trying People