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De La Soul’s ‘The Grind Date’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary

September 28, 2024 Jesse Ducker
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With their seventh full-length album, the legendary Long Island trio again demonstrated that they were committed to their craft and could still be iconoclasts.

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De La Soul’s Debut Album ‘3 Feet High and Rising’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

March 1, 2024 Jesse Ducker

A towering, extremely influential artistic achievement, it’s hard to imagine the evolution of abstract or even underground hip-hop without the existence of ‘3 Feet High and Rising.’

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De La Soul’s ‘Buhloone Mindstate’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary

September 16, 2023 Jesse Ducker
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Genuine sentiments expressed in music have no statute of limitations, and few groups channeled their emotions like De La Soul did with ‘Buhloone Mindstate.’

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De La Soul’s ‘AOI: Bionix’ Turns 20 | Anniversary Retrospective

December 3, 2021 Jesse Ducker

The legendary trio’s sixth studio affair might not have been a slam dunk, but its heart was mostly in the right place, resulting in some memorable music.

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De La Soul’s ‘Stakes Is High’ Turns 25 | Anniversary Retrospective

June 29, 2021 Jesse Ducker
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Though many won’t admit that the group was right about everything they examined on ‘Stakes Is High,’ De La Soul’s career longevity serves as a proper statement of victory.

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De La Soul’s ‘De La Soul Is Dead’ Turns 30 | Anniversary Retrospective

May 10, 2021 Justin Chadwick

Anyone with a pulse can benefit from listening to the inspired ‘De La Soul Is Dead,’ the most masterful of De La Soul’s multiple album masterpieces.

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De La Soul’s ‘Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump’ Turns 20 | Anniversary Retrospective

August 5, 2020 Jesse Ducker
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With the follow-up to 1996’s ‘Stakes Is High,’ the trio stopped trying to “save” hip-hop, focusing instead on simply making dope music and solidifying their already cemented legacy.

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ALBUMISM SELECTS: The 15 Greatest Native Tongues Albums, Ranked & Revisited

May 15, 2017 Albumism Staff

We’ve compiled our votes for the 15 greatest albums in the Native Tongues collective’s discography and present the consensus results here.

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Tags Native Tongues, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, Black Sheep, Monie Love
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ALBUMISM SELECTS: The 15 Greatest Native Tongues Albums, Ranked & Revisited (Part 2 of 2)

May 15, 2017 Albumism Staff

We’ve compiled our votes for the 15 greatest albums in the Native Tongues collective’s discography and present the consensus results here.

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