De La Soul discography explained

Artist:De La Soul
Studio:8
Live:1
Compilation:4
Ep:3
Singles:26

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.

Albums

Studio albums

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:23em;"
Album detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
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
  • RIAA: Gold
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
  • 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]
  • BPI: Silver
  • 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.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
AUS
EUR
[17]
IRE
[18]
NZ
SCO
[19]
UK
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

YearMixtape details
2006Hip-Hop Mixtape
  • Released: October 2006 (free in Mixmag)
2009
  • Released: April 28, 2009
  • Label: Nike, Inc.
  • Formats: Digital download
2014Smell the Da.I.S.Y.
  • Released: March 26, 2014
  • Formats: Digital download

Extended plays

Singles

As lead artist

Title! scope="col" rowspan="2"
YearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
US
Dance

[21]
US
R&B
US
Rap

AUS
[22]
GER
[23]
NED
NZ
SWI
UK
"Plug Tunin'" / "Freedom of Speak"19883 Feet High and Rising
"Jenifa (Taught Me)" / "Potholes in My Lawn"22
"Me Myself and I"198934 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)"199116 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"199376 30 16 73 15 39Buhloone Mindstate
"Ego Trippin' (Part Two)"199474 39
"Fallin'"
(with Teenage Fanclub)
12 59Judgment Night Soundtrack
"Stakes Is High"199653 19 117 27 55Stakes Is High
"Itzsoweezee (Hot)"60 17
"4 More"
(featuring Zhané)
199752
"F.U.N.K.Y. Towel"Joe's Apartment
"Stay Away"
(featuring Pete Rock and Rob-O)
1998
"Oooh."
(featuring Redman)
200044 14 91 52 48 94 29Art 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)
200181 55AOI: Bionix
"Say 'I Gotta Believe!'"
(with PaRappa featuring Double)
2002PaRappa the Rapper 2 Soundtrack
"Shoomp" / "Much More"
(featuring Sean Paul and Yummy Bingham)
200385The Grind Date
"Shopping Bags (She Got from You)'200480
"Rock Co.Kane Flow"
(featuring MF Doom)
167The Grind Date
"Respect"[25] 2006The Impossible: Mission TV Series – Pt. 1
"Forever"[26] Are You In?: Nike+ Original Run
"Get Away"
(featuring The Spirit of the WU)[27]
2013—° rowspan="3"
"The People"
(featuring Chuck D)[28]
2014
"God It"
(with Nas)[29]
2015
"Action"[30] 2016
"Trainwreck"[31] And the Anonymous Nobody...
"Pain"
(featuring Snoop Dogg)
"Royalty Capes"[32]
"Drawn"
(featuring Little Dragon)[33]
"Greyhounds"
(featuring Usher)[34]
"Time for the Summer"
(featuring Ebony Joi)[35]
2019Summertime: The Mixtape Vol. 7
"Remove 45"
(featuring Styles P, Talib Kweli, Pharoah Monch, Mysonne & Chuck D)[36]
2020
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

As featured performer

YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
US
[37]
AUS
[38]
EUR
[39]
GER
[40]
IRE
[41]
NED
[42]
NZ
[43]
SCO
[44]
SWI
[45]
UK
[46]
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 14All 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)
  • BPI: Silver
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

YearTitle[52] 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, MonieLove and Queen Latifah)
1990"The Magic Number"
1991"A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'" (featuringQ-Tip)Benjamin Stokes
"Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)"Mark Romanek
"Keepin' the Faith (Straight Path Mix)" [<small>featuring</small> <small>Vinia Mojica]
1993"Breakadawn"
"Ego Trippin' (Part Two)"Frank Sacramento
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)" [<small>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

Notes and References

  1. De La Soul Chart History: Billboard 200 . . March 14, 2023.
  2. De La Soul Chart History: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums . . March 14, 2023.
  3. Australian chart peaks:
    • Top 50 peaks:Web site: Australian chart peaks . Hung Medien . August 21, 2016.
    • Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Book: Ryan, Gavin. Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. 2011. Moonlight Publishing. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia.
  4. Web site: De La Soul ARIA chart history (albums) to 2024. ARIA. Imgur.com. July 20, 2024. 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. Web site: French chart peaks . lescharts.com . November 7, 2020.
  7. German studio albums chart peaks:
  8. Web site: Dutch chart peaks . dutchcharts.nl . November 7, 2020.
  9. Web site: New Zealand chart peaks . charts.nz . November 7, 2020.
  10. Web site: Switzerland chart peaks . hitparade.ch . November 7, 2020.
  11. UK chart peaks:
    • Web site: UK chart peaks . . December 16, 2015.
    • Book: Roberts, David . British Hit Singles & Albums . 2006. 19th . Guinness World Records Limited . London . 9781904994107.
    • Web site: Chart Log UK 1994–2010 . zobbel - Dipl.-Bibl.(FH) Tobias Zywietz . May 24, 2014.
  12. United States. album. De La Soul. September 8, 2016.
  13. United Kingdom. De La Soul. March 5, 2023.
  14. FNAC Music Steps Onto The Dance Floor. Music & Media. Emmanuel. Legrand. 7. September 14, 1991. March 5, 2023.
  15. De La Soul's Crowd-Funded Album Debuts at No. 1 on Top Rap Albums Chart . . September 9, 2016 . October 26, 2021.
  16. Web site: Hernandez . Victoria . Young Thug's "No, My Name Is Jeffery" Lands In Top 10 Of Billboard 200 . . September 5, 2016 . September 5, 2016.
  17. European compilation albums chart peaks:
  18. Web site: Irish compilation albums chart peaks . irish-charts.com . November 7, 2020.
  19. Scottish compilation albums chart peaks:
  20. UK R&B compilation albums chart peaks:
  21. Web site: De La Soul Chart History. Dance Club Songs. December 3, 2020.
  22. Web site: De La Soul ARIA chart history (singless) to 2024. ARIA. Imgur.com. July 20, 2024. 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. 1991. De La Soul. Ring Ring Ring. single. November 9, 2020. 3480.
  25. De La Soul . 2006 . Respect / You Got It . track listing . Red Lion Entertainment . ROAR 502.
  26. De La Soul . 2006 . Forever . track listing . .
  27. Web site: Get Away (The Spirit of Wu-Tang) - De La Soul - Release Info. Apple Music.
  28. Web site: The People (feat. Chuck D) - De La Soul - Release Info. Spotify.
  29. Web site: De La Soul Team With Nas on "God It" . . April 21, 2015 . April 21, 2015.
  30. Web site: Action! - De La Soul - Release Info. Apple Music.
  31. De La Soul . 2016 . Trainwreck . track listing . AOI Records . 5 060454 942498.
  32. Web site: Royalty Capes - De La Soul - Release Info. Spotify.
  33. Web site: Drawn - De La Soul feat. Little Dragon - Release Info. Spotify.
  34. Web site: Greyhounds - De La Soul - Release Info. Spotify.
  35. Web site: It's Like That - De La Soul - Release Info. Apple Music.
  36. Web site: Remove 45 (feat. Styles P, Talib Kweli, Pharoah Monch, Mysonne, Chuck D & Posdnuos) - Release Info. Apple Music.
  37. As featured performer US singles chart peaks:
  38. As featured performer Australian singles chart peaks:
  39. As featured performer European singles chart peaks:
  40. As featured performer German singles chart peaks:
  41. As featured performer Irish singles chart peaks:
  42. As featured performer Dutch singles chart peaks:
  43. As featured performer New Zealand singles chart peaks:
  44. As featured performer Scottish singles chart peaks:
  45. As featured performer Switzerland singles chart peaks:
  46. As featured performer UK singles chart peaks:
  47. United Kingdom. 11566-1720-1. March 11, 2023.
  48. Web site: 2005 Accreds.pdf. December 6, 2021. Dropbox. en.
  49. Web site: Certificazioni - FIMI. December 6, 2021. www.fimi.it. it-IT.
  50. Web site: GORILLAZ - FEEL GOOD INC.. December 6, 2021. RIAA. en-US.
  51. Web site: The Official New Zealand Music Chart. December 6, 2021. THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART. en.
  52. http://www.mvdbase.com/artist.php?last=De+La+Soul Artist Videography
  53. Web site: De La Soul - The Return of DST . August 6, 2010 . Hypebeast. March 16, 2023.