Discography and Biography of De La Soul. Listen to all their hits.
De La Soul Songs

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De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York. The band is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres. The members are Posdnuos, Dave and Maseo. The three formed the group in high school. With its playful wordplay, innovative sampling, and witty skits, the band's debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, has been called "a hip hop masterpiece." It is the band's biggest commercial success to date, with their subsequent albums selling progressively less, despite receiving high praise from critics. They were influential in the early stages of rapper/actor Mos Def's career, and are a core part of the Spitkicker collective. They are the second longest standing Native Tongues Posse group, after the Jungle Brothers. In 2006, the group won a Grammy for their collaboration with Gorillaz on the single "Feel Good Inc."

Below is a list of De La Soul songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Big Life 7
chart position: RandB #1, US dance #1, UK #22, US #34
written by: Paul Huston, Posdnuos (as Kelvin Mercer), David Jolicoeur, Maseo (as Vincent Mason), Philippe Wynne
album: 3 Feet High and Rising
comments: [hip hop, funk]
De La Soul Me Myself and I
1989 Big Life
2 record label: Big Life 14
chart position: RandB #18, UK #7
written by: Paul Huston, Posdnuos , David Jolicoeur, Maseo , Mike Gee ,Africa Baby Bam & J. Davis
album: 3 Feet High and Rising
comments: [hip hop]
De La Soul The Magic Number -- Buddy
1989 Big Life
3 record label: Big Life 10
chart position: RandB #32, UK #18, US dance #3
written by: Daryl Hall, John Oates, Sara Allen, Steve Scipio, David Jolicoeur, Posdnuos , Paul Houston & Maseo
album: 3 Feet High and Rising
comments: [hip hop]
De La Soul Say No Go
1989 Big Life
4 record label: Tommy Boy 965
chart position: RandB #22, UK #10, US dance #16
written by: Posdnuos (as Kelvin Mercer), Paul Huston, David Jolicoeur, Maseo (as Vincent Mason) and Glenn Skinner
album: De La Soul Is Dead
comments: [hip hop]
De La Soul Ring Ring Ring (Ha Ha Hey)
1991 Tommy Boy
5 record label: Big Life 55
chart position: RandB #43, UK #22, US dance #6
written by: Posdnuos, Paul Huston, Maseo, Kamal Fareed and Rodney Mathews
album: De La Soul Is Dead
De La Soul A Roller Skating Jam Named Saturdays
1991 Big Life
6 record label: Big Life 13
chart position: UK #14
written by: Paul Huston, Posdnuos , David Jolicoeur and Maseo
album: 3 Feet High and Rising
comments: [hip hop]
De La Soul Eye Know
1989 Big Life
7 record label: Tommy Boy 586
chart position: RandB #30, US #76, UK #39
written by: Posdnuos, Paul Huston, David Jolicoeur, Maseo, Stevie Wonder, Susaye Greene, Smokey Robinson
album: Buhloone Mindstate
comments: [hip hop]
De La Soul Breakadawn
1993 Tommy Boy
8 record label: Tommy Boy 2118
chart position: RandB #44, UK #29, US #125
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: K. Mercer, David Jolicoeur, V. Mason and R. Noble
album: Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
comments: [hip hop]
De La Soul featuring Redman Oooh
2000 Tommy Boy
9 record label: Tommy Boy 779
chart position: UK #52
written by: Posdnuos, David Jolicoeur, Maseo, G. Scott, N. Hall, M. Small, E. Matthew and D. Payne
album: Stakes Is High
De La Soul 4 More
1997 Tommy Boy
10 record label: Big Life 14
chart position: RandB #18, US dance #27
written by: Posdnuos, Paul Huston, David Jolicoeur, Maseo, Mike Gee , Philip Hall and Q Tip
album: 3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul Buddy
1989 Big Life
11 record label: Tommy Boy 1149
chart position: RandB #70, UK #55
written by: Posdnuos, David Jolicoeur, Maseo and J. Yancey
album: Stakes Is High
De La Soul Stakes Is High
1996 Tommy Boy
12 record label: Big Life 64
chart position: UK #50
album: De La Soul Is Dead
De La Soul Keepin' the Faith
1991 Big Life
13 record label: Tommy Boy 757
chart position: RandB #60, US #113
written by: Posdnuos, David Jolicoeur and Maseo
album: Stakes Is High
comments: [hip hop]
De La Soul Itzsoweezee (Hot)
1996 Tommy Boy
14 record label: Sanctuary Urban
chart position: UK #80
written by: Posdnuos, David Jolicoeur, Maseo and Madlib
album: The Grind Date
De La Soul Shopping Bags (She Got from You)
2004 Sanctuary Urban
15 record label: Tommy Boy 2178
chart position: RandB #41, US #96, UK #33, US dance #17
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Posdnuos, David Jolicoeur, Maseo, Chaka Khan and Dave West
album: Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
comments: [hip hop]
De La Soul featuring Chaka Khan All Good
2000 Tommy Boy
16 record label: AOI Records 8001
chart position: UK #85
written by: Posdnuos (as Kelvin Mercer), David Jolicoeur and Maseo (as Vincent Mason)
album: The Grind Date
De La Soul Shoomp
2003 AOI Records
17 record label: Tommy Boy 2222
chart position: UK #90
album: Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump
De La Soul Thru Ya City
2001 Tommy Boy
18 record label: Tommy Boy 728
chart position: RandB #53, US #101
written by: Posdnuos, David Jolicoeur, Maseo and L. Lynn
album: Stakes Is High
comments: [hip hop]
De La Soul (featuring Common Sense) The Bizness
1996 Tommy Boy
19 record label: Sanctuary 85679 1
chart position: UK #167
written by: Posdnuos, David Jolicoeur, Maseo, MF DOOM, Jake One
album: The Grind Date
De La Soul Rock Co.Kane Flow
2004 Sanctuary
20 record label: Tommy Boy 606
chart position: RandB #74
album: Buhloone Mindstate
De La Soul Ego Trippin' (Part Two)
1994 Tommy Boy
21 record label: Tommy Boy 2339
chart position: RandB #81, UK #55
written by: Devin the Dude and Elizabeth Bingham
album: AOI: Bionix
De La Soul Baby Phat
2002 Tommy Boy
22 record label: AOI Records 8001
chart position: RandB #106
written by: Posdnuos, David Jolicoeur, Maseo, J Dilla, Skip Scarborough and Shuggie Otis
album: The Grind Date
comments: [hip hop]
De La Soul Much More
2003 AOI Records




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