First Serve: "Pushin' Aside, Pushin' Along":

Bear with me, because there's some Sean Combs-level nickname-switching going on here. Dave Jolicoeur and Kelvin Mercer, two of the three founding members of De La Soul, have started a new project. They've both taken on a number of nicknames throughout their careers (Trugoy, Posdnuos) but for this project, titled First Serve, they're going by Jacob "Pop Life" Barrow and Deen Whittier, or Plug 1 and Plug 2, respectively. Deep breath.

The duo are readying a proper album for release in April, but in the meantime they've made a mixtape called The Goon Time Mixtape. Grab it on their SoundCloud. Above, listen to a cut from First Serve's upcoming album called "Pushin' Aside, Pushin' Along", and below, watch a video skit from the duo.