What is the best De La Soul album of all time?
De La Soul spent decades proving hip-hop could be playful, poetic, and experimental all at once — from their sample-heavy daisy age debut to raw independent efforts and a long-awaited comeback. Cast your vote.
3 Feet High and Rising
The 1989 debut pioneering sample-heavy daisy age hip-hop with playful, genre-bending creativity that rewrote the rules.
De La Soul Is Dead
The 1991 second album that deliberately subverted their hippie image by deconstructing their own mythology.
Buhloone Mindstate
The 1993 jazz-influenced album featuring guest appearances from Maceo Parker and elements of Japanese hip-hop.
Stakes Is High
The 1996 album critiquing the commercialization of hip-hop with Q-Tip producing the title track.
Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
The 2000 album marking their transition to a harder sound with guest appearances from Redman and LL Cool J.
AOI: Bionix
The 2001 follow-up blending alternative hip-hop with electronica and a more introspective lyrical approach.
The Grind Date
The 2004 independent album showing a return to raw lyricism with production from Just Blaze and 9th Wonder.
And the Anonymous Nobody...
The 2016 album recorded using live session recordings, featuring Estelle, Little Dragon, and Damon Albarn.
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