AOI: Bionix

AOI: Bionix is De La Soul's sixth full-length album, released in December 2001. The album was the second in a planned three-disc installment, which was originally intended to be a three-disc album. This was the last De La project released on Tommy Boy before the label became defunct.

Overview
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. Plans were made to release the Kev Brown-produced "Special" (featuring Yummy Bingham) as the second single, however Tommy Boy soon folded as a label, cutting short any further promotion of Bionix. Like many Hip-Hop albums, there is an official instrumental version of the album available on vinyl, with artwork.

Interludes
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. A mischievous teenager takes a hit of the substance, then morphs into Slum Village frontman J Dilla, who provides the intro and outro to the marijuana-themed song "Peer Pressure" (which he also produced).

Track listing
Unless Otherwise Noted, Information is taken from Discogs.com
 * 1) "Intro" – 0:29
 * 2) *Produced by De La Soul
 * 3) "Bionix" – 2:43
 * 4) *Produced by Supa Dave West
 * 5) "Baby Phat" – 3:50
 * 6) *Featuring Devin the Dude and Yummy Bingham
 * 7) *Produced by Supa Dave West
 * 8) "Simply" – 4:05
 * 9) *Produced by Supa Dave West
 * 10) "Simply Havin'" – 0:48
 * 11) *Produced by De La Soul
 * 12) "Held Down" – 4:54
 * 13) *Featuring Cee-Lo Green
 * 14) *Produced by Posdnous
 * 15) "Reverend Do Good #1" – 1:05
 * 16) "Watch Out" – 3:37
 * 17) *Featuring Jose "Perico" Hernandez
 * 18) *Produced by Supa Dave West
 * 19) "Special" – 3:36
 * 20) *Featuring Yummy Bingham
 * 21) *Produced by Kev Brown
 * 22) "Reverend Do Good #2" – 1:14
 * 23) *Produced by De La Soul, Kevin Lewis & Troy Hightower
 * 24) "The Sauce" – 2:25
 * 25) *Featuring Philly Black
 * 26) *Produced by Supa Dave West
 * 27) "Am I Worth You?" ("Am I Worthy of You?") – 4:01
 * 28) *Featuring Glenn Lewis
 * 29) *Produced by Supa Dave West
 * 30) "Pawn Star" – 4:06
 * 31) *Featuring Shell Council
 * 32) *Produced by De La Soul
 * 33) "What We Do (For Love)" – 5:04
 * 34) *Featuring Slick Rick
 * 35) *Produced by Megahertz
 * 36) "Reverend Do Good #3" – 2:20
 * 37) *Produced by De La Soul, Kevin Lewis & Troy Hightower
 * 38) "Peer Pressure" – 5:09
 * 39) *Featuring B-Real and J Dilla
 * 40) *Produced by J Dilla
 * 41) "It's American" – 1:09
 * 42) *Produced by De La Soul, Kevin Lewis & Troy Hightower
 * 43) "Trying People" – 4:31
 * 44) *Produced by Def 2 U