French producer dela moved to Montreal in 2009 and began work on a new beat tape. The beat tape evolved and ended up becoming his sophomore album, Translation Lost. The album was released today, and features multiple vocal accompaniments from Blu, Aliya, and others. One stand out track is the Blu assisted Lucy’s&Looseleaf.
dela says about the song:
“Made this one around Feb 09 too. I had actually sent another beat to Blu (that I later reworked & used for a “I Will” remix). He wrote to it but on second thought he was like naah I don’t know about this one. So I sent another beat and he sent back the recorded joint a few hours later. Initially it was one long verse, but I HAD to add another hook right in the middle because I thought it sounded so dope. I couldn’t find the right spot to cut the verse so ended up doing it cassettewalkmanwithnomorebatteries style.” Listen to the song here.