De La Soul discography

This article is a detailed listing of releases by the hip hop group De La Soul. They have one platinum and two gold records, and one Grammy Award. The group have sold over 5 million albums in the US.

De La Soul discography
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Studio albums8
EPs3
Live albums1
Compilation albums4
Singles26

Albums

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Studio albums

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List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[1]
US
R&B

[2]
AUS
[3][4]
EUR
[5]
FRA
[6]
GER
[7]
NED
[8]
NZ
[9]
SWI
[10]
UK
[11]
3 Feet High and Rising 15 1 129 40 22 20 13 80 9
De La Soul Is Dead
  • Released: May 14, 1991
  • Label: Tommy Boy (#TB1029)
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming
26 24 12 18 12 20 6 17 7
Buhloone Mindstate
  • Released: September 21, 1993
  • Label: Tommy Boy (#TB1063)
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming
40 9 120 40 37
Stakes Is High
  • Released: July 2, 1996
  • Label: Tommy Boy (#TB1149)
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming
13 4 105 91 68 45 42
Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
  • Released: August 8, 2000
  • Label: Tommy Boy (#TB1436)
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming
9 3 32 23 26 16 25 25 22
  • US: 81,000 (First week sales)[15]
AOI: Bionix
  • Released: December 4, 2001
  • Label: Tommy Boy (#TB1362)
  • Formats: CD, LP, cassette, digital download, streaming
136 31 105 119 60 162
The Grind Date
  • Released: October 5, 2004
  • Label: Sanctuary (#06076-87512)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
87 17 148 89 181
And the Anonymous Nobody...
  • Released: August 26, 2016
  • Label: AOI Records (#AOI001)
  • Formats: CD, LP, digital download, streaming
12 3 25 42 22 19 31 12 16
  • US: 23,000 (First week sales)[16]
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Title Album details Notes
Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996
  • Released: May 15, 2004
  • Label: Rhino (#8122-78201)
  • Formats: CD

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[3]
EUR
[17]
IRE
[18]
NZ
[9]
SCO
[19]
UK
[11]
UK
R&B

[20]
Remixes
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Sony (#SRCS 5633)
  • Formats: CD
De La Remix
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Tommy Boy (#TB3783)
  • Formats: LP, CD
Timeless: The Singles Collection
  • Released: May 27, 2003
  • Label: Rhino (#R2 73860)
  • Formats: CD
69 40
The Best of De La Soul
  • Released: June 9, 2003
  • Label: Rhino (#R2 73664)
  • Formats: LP, CD, download
70 56 28 17 3
De La Mix Tape:
Remixes, Rarities and Classics
  • Released: June 8, 2004
  • Label: Rhino (#R2 78202)
  • Formats: LP, CD
The Impossible:
Mission TV Series – Pt. 1
  • Released: October 20, 2006
  • Label: AOI Records (#DLS-MX001.IM)
  • Formats: LP, CD
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Mixtapes

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Year Mixtape details
2006 Hip-Hop Mixtape
  • Released: October 2006 (free in Mixmag)
2009 Are You In?: Nike+ Original Run
  • Released: April 28, 2009
  • Label: Nike, Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download
2014 Smell the Da.I.S.Y.
  • Released: March 26, 2014
  • Formats: Digital download

Extended plays

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Singles

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As lead artist

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List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[1]
US
Dance

[21]
US
R&B

[1]
US
Rap

[1]
AUS
[3][22]
GER
[23]
NED
[8]
NZ
[9]
SWI
[10]
UK
[11]
"Plug Tunin'" / "Freedom of Speak" 1988 3 Feet High and Rising
"Jenifa (Taught Me)" / "Potholes in My Lawn" 22
"Me Myself and I" 1989 34 1 1 1 16 1 22 22
"Say No Go" 3 32 11 143 7 11 18
"Eye Know" 78 17 17 28 14
"The Magic Number" / "Buddy" 39 7
"Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" 1991 16 22 3 4 8 2 5 1 10 De La Soul Is Dead
"A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"" 6 43 54 37 22 4 17 22
"Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa" / "Keepin' the Faith"
"Breakadawn" 1993 76 [a] 30 16 73 15 39 Buhloone Mindstate
"Ego Trippin' (Part Two)" 1994 [b] 74 39
"Fallin'"
(with Teenage Fanclub)
12 59 Judgment Night Soundtrack
"Stakes Is High" 1996 [c] 53 19 117 27 55 Stakes Is High
"Itzsoweezee (Hot)" [d] [e] 60 17
"4 More"
(featuring Zhané)
1997 52
"F.U.N.K.Y. Towel" Joe's Apartment
"Stay Away"
(featuring Pete Rock and Rob-O)
1998 Non-album single
"Oooh."
(featuring Redman)
2000 [f] 44 14 91 52 48 94 29 Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
"All Good?"
(featuring Chaka Khan)
96 17 41 6 34 76 76 64 33
"Thru Ya City"
(featuring DV Alias Khirst)
90
"Baby Phat"
(featuring Yummy Bingham)
2001 81 55 AOI: Bionix
"Say 'I Gotta Believe!'"
(with PaRappa featuring Double)
2002 PaRappa the Rapper 2 Soundtrack
"Shoomp" / "Much More"
(featuring Sean Paul and Yummy Bingham)
2003 [g] 85 The Grind Date
"Shopping Bags (She Got from You)' 2004 80
"Rock Co.Kane Flow"
(featuring MF Doom)
167 The Grind Date
"Respect"[28] 2006 The Impossible: Mission TV Series – Pt. 1
"Forever"[29] Are You In?: Nike+ Original Run
"Get Away"
(featuring The Spirit of the WU)[30]
2013 —° Non-album singles
"The People"
(featuring Chuck D)[31]
2014
"God It"
(with Nas)[32]
2015
"Action!"[33] 2016 Non-album single
"Trainwreck"[34] And the Anonymous Nobody...
"Pain"
(featuring Snoop Dogg)
"Royalty Capes"[35]
"Drawn"
(featuring Little Dragon)[36]
"Greyhounds"
(featuring Usher)[37]
"Time for the Summer"
(featuring Ebony Joi)[38]
2019 Summertime: The Mixtape Vol. 7
"Remove 45"
(featuring Styles P, Talib Kweli, Pharoah Monch, Mysonne & Chuck D)[39]
2020 Non-album single
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
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Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[40]
AUS
[41]
EUR
[42]
GER
[43]
IRE
[44]
NED
[45]
NZ
[46]
SCO
[47]
SWI
[48]
UK
[49]
1990 "Doin' Our Own Dang" (Jungle Brothers featuring De La Soul, Q-Tip, Queen Latifah and Monie Love) Done by the Forces of Nature
"Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children"
(Queen Latifah featuring De La Soul)
37 14 All Hail the Queen
2005 "Feel Good Inc."
(Gorillaz featuring De La Soul)
14 3 2 8 4 87 2 60 12 2 Demon Days
2010 "Superfast Jellyfish"
(Gorillaz featuring Gruff Rhys and De La Soul)
Plastic Beach
2018 "It Runs Through Me"
(Tom Misch featuring De La Soul)
Geography
2019 "Rocket Fuel"
(DJ Shadow featuring De La Soul)
Our Pathetic Age
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Music videos

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Year Title[55] Director
1988 "Potholes in My Lawn"
1989 "Me Myself and I"
"Eye Know"
"Say No Go" Mark Pellington
"Buddy (Native Tongue Decision)"
"Doin' Our Own Dang"

(Jungle Brothers featuring De La Soul, Q-Tip, Monie Love and Queen Latifah)

1990 "The Magic Number"
1991 "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'" (featuring

Q-Tip)

Benjamin Stokes
"Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" Mark Romanek
"Keepin' the Faith (Straight Path Mix)" [featuring

Vinia Mojica]

1993 "Breakadawn"
"Ego Trippin' (Part Two)" Frank Sacramento
1994 Fallin' (with Teenage Fanclub) Josh Taft
1996 "Stakes Is High" Kennedy
"Itzsoweezee (HOT)"
1997 "F.U.N.K.Y. Towel"
2000 "Oooh." (featuring Redman) Jeff Richter
"All Good?" (featuring Chaka Khan) David Nelson
2001 "Baby Phat" (featuring Devin and Yummy) Darren Grant
2002 "Say 'I Gotta Believe!'

(PaRappa featuring De La Soul and Double)

Fish from the Fishbowl
2004 "Shopping Bags (She Got from You)" Lenny Bass
2005 "Feel Good Inc."

(Gorillaz featuring De La Soul

2010 "Superfast Jellyfish" (Gorillaz featuring De La Soul)
2012 "Must B the Music" Matt Stawski
2013 "Get Away" Lenny Bass, Kris Mercado
2016 "Pain"
"Memory of (US)" [featuring Pete Rock and Estelle]
2017 "Drawn" (featuring Little Dragon) J Anders Urmacher
"Whoodeeni" (featuring 2 Chainz)
2018 "It Runs Through Me"

(Tom Misch featuring De La Soul)

Joshua Osbourne
2019 "Rocket Fuel"

(DJ Shadow featuring De La Soul)

Guest appearances

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Breakadawn" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number one on the Dance Singles Sales chart.[25]
  2. ^ "Ego Trippin' (Part Two)" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 47 on the Dance Singles Sales chart.[25]
  3. ^ "Stakes Is High" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 3 on the Dance Singles Sales chart.[25]
  4. ^ "Itzsoweezee (Hot)" did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 13 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.[26]
  5. ^ "Itzsoweezee (Hot)" did not enter the Dance Club Songs, but peaked at number 10 on the Dance Singles Sales chart.[25]
  6. ^ "Oooh." did not enter the Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 25 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.[26]
  7. ^ "Shoomp" did not enter the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, but peaked at number 43 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales chart.[27]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "De La Soul Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "De La Soul Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums". Billboard. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Australian chart peaks:
    • Top 50 peaks:"Australian chart peaks". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
    • Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  4. ^ "De La Soul ARIA chart history (albums) to 2024". ARIA. Retrieved July 20, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  5. ^ European studio albums chart peaks:
  6. ^ "French chart peaks". lescharts.com. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  7. ^ German studio albums chart peaks:
  8. ^ a b "Dutch chart peaks". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  9. ^ a b c "New Zealand chart peaks". charts.nz. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Switzerland chart peaks". hitparade.ch. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  11. ^ a b c UK chart peaks:
  12. ^ a b c "American album certifications – De La Soul". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
  13. ^ a b c d "British certifications – De La Soul". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 5, 2023. Type De La Soul in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  14. ^ Legrand, Emmanuel (September 14, 1991). "FNAC Music Steps Onto The Dance Floor" (PDF). Music & Media. p. 7. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
  15. ^ "De La Soul's Crowd-Funded Album Debuts at No. 1 on Top Rap Albums Chart". Billboard. September 9, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  16. ^ Hernandez, Victoria (September 5, 2016). "Young Thug's "No, My Name Is Jeffery" Lands In Top 10 Of Billboard 200". HipHopDX. Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  17. ^ European compilation albums chart peaks:
  18. ^ "Irish compilation albums chart peaks". irish-charts.com. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  19. ^ Scottish compilation albums chart peaks:
  20. ^ UK R&B compilation albums chart peaks:
  21. ^ "De La Soul Chart History". Dance Club Songs. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  22. ^ "De La Soul ARIA chart history (singless) to 2024". ARIA. Retrieved July 20, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  23. ^ German singles chart peaks:
  24. ^ "New Zealand single certifications – De La Soul – Ring Ring Ring". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  25. ^ a b c d "Dance Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  26. ^ a b "Bubbling Under Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  27. ^ "De La Soul – Chart History: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles Sales". Billboard. Retrieved August 1, 2022.
  28. ^ Respect / You Got It (track listing). De La Soul. Red Lion Entertainment. 2006. ROAR 502.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  29. ^ Forever (track listing). De La Soul. Nike+ Sport Music. 2006.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  30. ^ "Get Away (The Spirit of Wu-Tang) - De La Soul - Release Info". Apple Music.
  31. ^ "The People (feat. Chuck D) - De La Soul - Release Info". Spotify.
  32. ^ "De La Soul Team With Nas on "God It"". Pitchfork. April 21, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2015.
  33. ^ "Action! - De La Soul - Release Info". Apple Music.
  34. ^ Trainwreck (track listing). De La Soul. AOI Records. 2016. 5 060454 942498.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  35. ^ "Royalty Capes - De La Soul - Release Info". Spotify.
  36. ^ "Drawn - De La Soul feat. Little Dragon - Release Info". Spotify.
  37. ^ "Greyhounds - De La Soul - Release Info". Spotify.
  38. ^ "It's Like That - De La Soul - Release Info". Apple Music.
  39. ^ "Remove 45 (feat. Styles P, Talib Kweli, Pharoah Monch, Mysonne, Chuck D & Posdnuos) - Release Info". Apple Music.
  40. ^ As featured performer US singles chart peaks:
  41. ^ As featured performer Australian singles chart peaks:
  42. ^ As featured performer European singles chart peaks:
  43. ^ As featured performer German singles chart peaks:
  44. ^ As featured performer Irish singles chart peaks:
  45. ^ As featured performer Dutch singles chart peaks:
  46. ^ As featured performer New Zealand singles chart peaks:
  47. ^ As featured performer Scottish singles chart peaks:
  48. ^ As featured performer Switzerland singles chart peaks:
  49. ^ As featured performer UK singles chart peaks:
  50. ^ "British certifications". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  51. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  52. ^ "Certificazioni - FIMI". www.fimi.it (in Italian). Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  53. ^ "GORILLAZ - FEEL GOOD INC". RIAA. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  54. ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  55. ^ Artist Videography Archived October 25, 2004, at the Wayback Machine (through 2011). MVDBase. Accessed October 22, 2011.
  56. ^ "De La Soul - The Return of DST". Hypebeast. August 6, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2023.