This week we are rocking with the legendary De La Soul, who just dropped a new album called “Cabin In The Sky.” It is part of Mass Appeal’s Legend Has It series, which links up classic rap crews with new projects for a new era.

De La steps back into the spotlight missing a core voice. Trugoy the Dove, also known as Dave, passed two years ago, but he is here posthumously alongside Pos and Mase, trading verses with a who’s who from progressive hip hop and beyond: Nas, Killer Mike, Black Thought, Q-Tip, Yukimi from Little Dragon and more, with production from heavyweights like Pete Rock and DJ Premier.

The cut we are about to get into is classic De La: laid-back, witty, conversational and groove-centered. Here is De La Soul with “The Package” off “Cabin In The Sky” and it is my Pick of the Week.

That was “The Package” from De La Soul, the lead single from their new album “Cabin In The Sky.”

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Hey, what’s going on, Detroit. Chris Campbell here with The Progressive Underground Pick of the Week. This week’s feature comes from Swedish vocalist Yukimi, best known as the frontwoman and creative engine of the Gothenberg-based band Little Dragon.

Fresh off her solo debut “For You,” Yukimi follows up with a new EP titled “Yume,” which means dream in Japanese. It’s a genre-bending collection weaving together jazz, soul, electronic pop, hip hop, roots, and psychedelia across four immersive tracks.

We’re tuning into one of its standouts, a song that moves through love, loss, and renewal. Here’s Yukimi with “All Over Me,” and it’s my Pick of the Week.

That was Yukimi with “All Over Me,” from her recently released EP “Yume,” out now on Ninja Tune Records.

If you’re drawn to the deeper shades of acoustic soul and left-of-center sound, join us every Saturday evening at 6 p.m. for The Progressive Underground. We explore soul, nu-jazz, deep house, electronica, B-sides, and rare groove through a Detroit-centered, global lens.

For The Progressive Underground, I’m Chris Campbell. Until next time, stay inspired and keep grooving. Peace.

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Scoping out new music from Glyders, a psyched-out trio from Chicago on Drag City, plus Yellow Days is back with fresh cut “Sharon” and Celeste might be my favorite singer in the world right now.

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 14, 2025

• “The Seize” – Jordan Rakei
• “Dispose Of Me” – Omar Apollo
• “Road To Nowhere” – Roge
• “Waves” – Ista
• “Believer” – Annahstasia
• “Left For Tomorrow” – Perfume Genius
• “Comin’ Through” – War On Drugs
• “I Found The F” – Broadcast
• “É Preciso Dar Um Jeito, Meu Amigo” – Erasmo Carlos
• “Stone Shadow” – Glyders
• “Gap In The Clouds” – Yellow Days
• “Sharon” – Yellow Days
• “I Love You Too Much” – Stevie Wonder
• “People Always Change” – Celeste
• “Melodies” Girls Of The Internet & Sio
• “Why Don’t You” – Cleo Sol
• “17 Days (Piano & a Microphone 1983 Version)” – Prince
• “How Big Is The Rainbow” – Tune-Yards
• “If You Only Knew” – Gabriels
• “Roy” – IDLES
• “Man Made Of Meat” – Viagra Boys
• “A Vineyard For The North” – Yard Act
• “Mind’s A Lie” – High Vis
• “Love Like Blood” – Killing Joke
• “Circlesz” – GENA, Liv.e & Karriem Riggins
• “Opal (feat. John Medeski, Jorge Roeder & Kenny Wollesen)” – Julian Lage
• “TNT” – Tortoise
• “Ritual Union (Maya Jane Coles Remix)” – Little Dragon
• “What They Say” – Maya Jane Coles
• “Garden” – Maria Somerville
• “Alone (Four Tet Remix)” – The Cure
• “I Shimmer” – Jadu Heart
• “Penthouse Samba” – Marina Zispin
• “Deadly Valentine (Soulwax Remix)” – Charlotte Gainsbourg

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.

 New music from Yukimi of Little Dragon, a selection from Jordan Rakei’s new live album, Madison Cunningham is about to be a superstar and lots more.

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for November 11, 2025

• “All over Me” – Yukimi & Little Dragon
• “Lost My Love (DJ Amir & Re.Decay Jazz Re.Imagined Remix)” – Kenny Cox
• “White Gloves ii” – Khraungbin
• “Mind’s Eye (Live From The Royal Albert Hall)” – Jordan Rakei
• “Witches” – Alice Phoebe Lou
• “Shut Up Kiss Me” – Angel Olsen
• “The Juice” – Causa Sui
• “Diving Woman” – Japanese Breakfast
• “Sin Dones” – Juana Molina
• “Golden Gate (On And On)” – Madison Cunningham
• “Who” – David Byrne & St. Vincent
• “Motorway” – Goat Girl
• “Sad Cowboy” – Goat Girl
• “New York, Let’s Do Nothing” – King Hannah
• “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab (Daniel Avery Remix)” – English Teacher & Daniel Avery
• “Radio Free Europe (Jacknife Lee Remix / 2025)” – R.E.M.
• “One Of The Greats” – Florence + the Machine
• “Elegantly Wasted (feat. Leon Bridges)” – Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “The Revolution Will Not Be Telefonin’” – Tonico 70
• “Groove” – Beans
• “Magica” – El Michels Affair & Rogê
• “Pinball Number Count (feat. Dames Brown & Nicholas Payton)” – Brandon Williams
• “I Can Say To You (Toribio Remix)” – Butcher Brown
• “Brian” – Alfa Mist
• “Dog It” – Digable Planets
• “SPOTTIEOTTIEDOPALISCIOUS” – Kassa Overall
• “Nothing Without You” – Uma
• “Girl Like Me (Kaytranada Remix)” – PinkPantheress
• “Maybe I Got It Wrong” – Ruti
• “Planet Caravan (feat. David Jimenez)” – Brownout & Brown Sabbath
• “A Melhor Saída” – Dora Morelenbaum
• “Sorry Sorry (Francois K Remix)” – Femi Kuti
• “Coltrane (Crooked Man Remix)” – Cymande
• “We Live in Brooklyn, Baby” – Roy Ayers Ubiquity

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.”