De La Soul Is Dead
by De La Soul

De La Soul Is Dead by De La Soul
Year: 1991
Release date: 1991-05-13
Overall rank: 3,311th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 174 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1991 (45th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (548th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,311th)

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De La Soul bestography

De La Soul Is Dead is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by De La Soul on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by De La Soul is 3 Feet High And Rising which is ranked number 423 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,010.

De La Soul album bestography « Higher ranked (423rd)
3 Feet High And Rising
This album (3,311th)
De La Soul Is Dead
Lower ranked (4,381st) »
Buhloone Mindstate

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De La Soul Is Dead track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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De La Soul Is Dead rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,311th | 1990s rank: 548th | 1991 rank: 45th

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De La Soul Is Dead ratings

Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 174 votes)
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05/11/2026 18:02 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,37470/100
 
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04/21/2026 04:05 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,04881/100
 
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04/08/2026 01:30 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  9,75470/100
 
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02/01/2026 21:31 sweetness  Ratings distribution  1,12779/100
 
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12/17/2025 10:54 Leginlists  Ratings distribution  3,48782/100

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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.8/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.

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85/100
From 05/18/2021 00:55 | #269882
Mudança no eixo do hip hop, forte vetor de revolução.
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70/100
From 12/12/2020 18:28 | #262606
There are some really strong tracks on this, but it's not concentrated at all.
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From 01/31/2015 21:54 | #133446
Not on par with 3 Feet, but still funky and fresh. I agree with Paladiasiac - they seem a little unfocused here.
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55/100
From 07/08/2012 16:42 | #46139
There are a lot of skits, jokes, bantering and general foolin' around on this album. These guys have skills, but don't really start showin' them off sans distractions until their roller skating jam. I applaud their attempt at abstraction and lack of typical song structure, but it often just comes off as screwin' around. All this talk about daisies, burger buyin', bf/gf tiffs and extended skits just makes me want to reach for "3 Feet High...". This is a sometimes-funky misstep.
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