| De La Soul discography | |
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| Studio albums | 8 |
| EPs | 3 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
| 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.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | Certifications | |||||||||
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| 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 |
| 26 | 24 | 12 | 18 | — | 12 | 20 | 6 | 17 | 7 |
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| Buhloone Mindstate |
| 40 | 9 | 120 | — | — | — | — | 40 | — | 37 | ||
| Stakes Is High |
| 13 | 4 | 105 | — | — | 91 | 68 | 45 | — | 42 | ||
| Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump |
| 9 | 3 | 32 | 23 | 26 | 16 | 25 | — | 25 | 22 |
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| AOI: Bionix |
| 136 | 31 | 105 | — | 119 | — | — | — | 60 | 162 | ||
| The Grind Date |
| 87 | 17 | — | — | 148 | — | — | — | 89 | 181 | ||
| And the Anonymous Nobody... |
| 12 | 3 | 25 | — | 42 | 22 | 19 | 31 | 12 | 16 |
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| Title | Album details | Notes |
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| Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996 |
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| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||||
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| AUS [3] | EUR [17] | IRE [18] | NZ [9] | SCO [19] | UK [11] | UK R&B [20] | ||||||||
| Remixes |
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| De La Remix |
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| Timeless: The Singles Collection |
| 69 | — | — | 40 | — | — | — | ||||||
| The Best of De La Soul |
| — | 70 | 56 | — | 28 | 17 | 3 | ||||||
| De La Mix Tape: Remixes, Rarities and Classics |
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| The Impossible: Mission TV Series – Pt. 1 |
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| Year | Mixtape details |
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| 2006 | Hip-Hop Mixtape
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| 2009 | Are You In?: Nike+ Original Run
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| 2014 | Smell the Da.I.S.Y.
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| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||
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| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||||||
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| 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 | ||
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| Year | Title [55] | Director |
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| 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'" (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) |
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