De La Soul Albums Ranked
Every De La Soul album ranked worst to best by the fans who voted, one head-to-head matchup at a time. Their #1: 3 Feet High and Rising.
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START RANKINGA different ranking, from a different crowd: De La Soul's albums and songs by lifetime Spotify streams. Figures move daily. Nothing here feeds the fan ranking.
Most streamed De La Soul albums
and the Anonymous Nobody…
2016
91m
3 Feet High and Rising
1989
122m
The Grind Date
2004
89m
Every play of every song on the album, as of 26 October 2026. Where an album has several editions, the biggest figure counts. No Spotify total for The Impossible: Mission TV Series, Part 1.
Most streamed De La Soul songs
- 1Feel Good Inc.2.61bn1.2m/day
- 2It Runs Through Me (feat. De La Soul)221m62k/day
- 3Superfast Jellyfish (feat. Gruff Rhys and De La Soul)88m23k/day
- 4Rock Co.Kane Flow - feat. MF DOOM50m9k/day
- 5Momentz (feat. De La Soul)48m6k/day
- 6Pain40m5k/day
- 7Eye Know38m19k/day
- 8Breakadawn31m18k/day
- 9Rocket Fuel (feat. De La Soul)30m5k/day
- 10(3 Is) The Magic Number24m16k/day
Source: Spotify lifetime totals via kworb.net. Albums as of 26 October 2026, songs as of 26 October 2026. Stream counts are not votes and are never mixed into the fan ranking.
De La Soul albums: your questions
- What is De La Soul's best album?
- 3 Feet High and Rising (1989) is De La Soul's #1 album on TakeRank, winning 100% of its 10 head-to-head matchups.
- What is De La Soul's most underrated album?
- Buhlo͞one Mind State (1993) sits at #4 but wins 50% of its matchups, the best record of any De La Soul album outside their top three.
- How many albums has De La Soul released?
- De La Soul has released 10 studio albums, from 3 Feet High and Rising (1989) to Cabin in the Sky (2025).
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