De La Soul discography

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De La Soul discography
De La Soul Demon Days Live crop.jpg
Trugoy (left) and Posdnuos (right)
Studio albums8
Live albums1
Compilation albums4
EPs3
Singles26

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[]

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

[1]
US
Rap

[2]
AUS
[3]
EUR
[4]
FRA
[5]
GER
[6]
NED
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
UK
R&B

[11]
3 Feet High and Rising 24 1 40 20 28 13
  • US: 1,000,000[a]
  • UK: 300,000[a]
De La Soul Is Dead
  • Released: May 14, 1991
  • Label: Tommy Boy (#TB1029)
  • Formats: LP, CS, CD
26 24 12 18 12 20 6 17 7
Buhloone Mindstate
  • Released: September 21, 1993
  • Label: Tommy Boy (#TB1063)
  • Formats: LP, CS, CD
40 9 40 37
Stakes Is High
  • Released: July 2, 1996
  • Label: Tommy Boy (#TB1149)
  • Formats: LP, CS, CD
13 4 91 68 45 42 5
Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
  • Released: August 8, 2000
  • Label: Tommy Boy (#TB1436)
  • Formats: LP, CS, CD
9 3 32 23 26 16 25 25 22 3
  • US: 81,000 (First week sales)[14]
  • UK: 200,000[a]
AOI: Bionix
  • Released: December 4, 2001
  • Label: Tommy Boy (#TB1362)
  • Formats: LP, CD
136 31 119 60 162 22
The Grind Date
  • Released: October 5, 2004
  • Label: Sanctuary (#06076-87512)
  • Formats: LP, CD
87 17 10 148 89 181 35
And the Anonymous Nobody...
  • Released: August 26, 2016
  • Label: AOI Records (#AOI001)
  • Formats: LP, CD, download
12 3 1 25 42 22 19 31 12 16 2
  • US: 23,000 (First week sales)[15]
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums[]

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

Compilation albums[]

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUS
[3]
EUR
[16]
IRE
[17]
NZ
[8]
SCO
[18]
UK
[10]
UK
R&B

[19]
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[]

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

Extended plays[]

Singles[]

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[1]
US
R&B

[1]
US
Rap

[1]
AUS
[3]
EUR
[20]
GER
[21]
NED
[7]
NZ
[8]
SWI
[9]
UK
[10]
UK
R&B

[22]
1988 "Plug Tunin'" 3 Feet High and Rising
"Jenifa (Taught Me)/Potholes in My Lawn" 22
1989 "Me Myself and I" 34 1 1 41 16 1 22 22
"Say No Go" 32 11 56 7 11 18
"Eye Know" 78 44 17 17 28 14
"The Magic Number/Buddy" 22 39 7
1990 "Buddy/Ghetto Thang" 18 2
1991 "Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" 22 3 4 8 8 2 5 1 10 De La Soul Is Dead
"A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays"" 43 54 26 37 22 4 17 22
"Keepin' the Faith" 83 20 12 50
"Millie Pulled a Pistol on Santa/Keepin' the Faith"
1993 "Breakadawn" 76 30 16 73 15 39 Buhloone Mindstate
1994 "Ego Trippin' (Part Two)" 74 39
1996 "Stakes Is High/The Bizness" 53 19 27 55 10 Stakes Is High
"Itzsoweezee (HOT)" [A] 60 17
1997 "4 More" (featuring Zhané) 52 12
2000 "Oooh." (featuring Redman) [B] 44 14 91 52 48 94 29 4 Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
"All Good?" (featuring Chaka Khan) 96 41 6 34 77 76 76 64 33 6
"Thru Ya City" (featuring DV Alias Khirst) 90 23
2001 "Baby Phat"
(featuring Devin the Dude and Yummy Bingham)
81 55 14 AOI: Bionix
2003 "Shoomp/Much More"
(featuring Sean Paul and Yummy Bingham)
85 25 The Grind Date
2004 "Shopping Bags (She Got from You)" 80 21
"Me Myself & I" (re-release) 105 32 The Best of De La Soul
"Buddy/The Magic Number" (re-release) 109 36
"Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" (re-release) 119 39
"Rock Co. Kane Flow" (featuring MF Doom) 167 The Grind Date
2013 "Get Away" (featuring The Spirit of the WU) Non-album single
2016 "Trainwreck" And the Anonymous Nobody...
"Pain" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
"Royalty Capes"
"Drawn" (featuring Little Dragon)
"Greyhounds" (featuring Usher)
2019 "It's Like That" (featuring Carl Thomas) Non-album single
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Peaked at 13 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
  2. ^ Peaked at 25 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.

As featured performer[]

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
US
[24]
AUS
[25]
EUR
[26]
GER
[27]
IRE
[28]
NED
[29]
NZ
[30]
SCO
[31]
SWI
[32]
UK
[33]
1990 "Mama Gave Birth to the Soul Children"
(Queen Latifah and De La Soul)
37 14 All Hail the Queen
1994 "Fallin'"
(Teenage Fanclub and De La Soul)
12 59 Judgment Night (soundtrack)
2002 "Say "I Gotta Believe!""
(Parappa vs De La Soul featuring Double)
PaRappa the Rapper 2 (soundtrack)
2005 "Feel Good Inc."
(Gorillaz featuring De La Soul)
14 3 2 8 4 87 2 60 12 2 Demon Days
2009 "Thou Shalt Always Kill"
(Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip featuring Pos Plug Won)
35 116 Non-album single
2010 "Superfast Jellyfish"
(Gorillaz featuring Gruff Rhys and De La Soul)
Plastic Beach
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[]

Year Title[39] Director
1988 "Potholes in My Lawn"
1989 "Me Myself and I"
"Eye Know"
"Say No Go" Mark Pellington
"Buddy (Native Tongue Decision)"
1990 "The Magic Number"
1991 "A Roller Skating Jam Named 'Saturdays'" Benjamin Stokes
"Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)" Mark Romanek
"Keepin' the Faith"
1993 "Breakadawn"
"Ego Trippin' (Part Two)" Frank Sacramento
1996 "Stakes Is High" Kennedy
"Itzsoweezee (HOT)"
2000 "Oooh." Jeff Richter
"All Good?" David Nelson
2001 "Baby Phat" Darren Grant
2004 "Shopping Bags (She Got from You)" Lenny Bass
2012 "Must B the Music" Matt Stawski
2013 "Get Away" Lenny Bass, Kris Mercado
2016 "Pain"
"Memory of (US)"
2017 "Drawn"

Guest appearances[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c d Sales figures based on certification alone.

References[]

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  2. ^ "EPMD Chart History". Top Rap Albums. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  3. ^ a b c d Australian chart peaks:
    • Top 50 peaks:"Australian chart peaks". Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
    • Top 100 peaks to December 2010: Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010. Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing.
  4. ^ European studio albums chart peaks:
  5. ^ "French chart peaks". lescharts.com. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  6. ^ German studio albums chart peaks:
  7. ^ a b "Dutch chart peaks". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  8. ^ a b c "New Zealand chart peaks". charts.nz. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Switzerland chart peaks". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  10. ^ a b c UK chart peaks:
  11. ^ UK R&B albums 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 "Certified Awards Search". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 9 November 2020. Note: User needs to enter "De La Soul" in the "Search BPI Awards" field and press Enter
  14. ^ "De La Soul's Crowd-Funded Album Debuts at No. 1 on Top Rap Albums Chart". Billboard. September 9, 2016. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ European compilation albums chart peaks:
  17. ^ "Irish compilation albums chart peaks". irish-charts.com. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  18. ^ Scottish compilation albums chart peaks:
  19. ^ UK R&B compilation albums chart peaks:
  20. ^ European singles chart peaks:
  21. ^ German singles chart peaks:
  22. ^ UK R&B singles chart peaks:
  23. ^ "New Zealand single certifications – De La Soul – Ring Ring Ring". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  24. ^ As featured performer US singles chart peaks:
  25. ^ As featured performer Australian singles chart peaks:
  26. ^ As featured performer European singles chart peaks:
  27. ^ As featured performer German singles chart peaks:
  28. ^ As featured performer Irish singles chart peaks:
  29. ^ As featured performer Dutch singles chart peaks:
  30. ^ As featured performer New Zealand singles chart peaks:
  31. ^ As featured performer Scottish singles chart peaks:
  32. ^ As featured performer Switzerland singles chart peaks:
  33. ^ As featured performer UK singles chart peaks:
  34. ^ "Award". BPI. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  35. ^ "2005 Accreds.pdf" (PDF). Dropbox. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  36. ^ "Certificazioni - FIMI". www.fimi.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  37. ^ "GORILLAZ - FEEL GOOD INC". RIAA. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  38. ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART. Retrieved 2021-12-06.
  39. ^ Artist Videography (through 2011). MVDBase. Accessed October 22, 2011.
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