De La Soul Is Dead
by De La Soul
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De La Soul bestography
De La Soul Is Dead is ranked 2nd best out of 14 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 412 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,974.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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De La Soul Is Dead track list
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
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 37 Music Albums of 1991 | 12/37 | 4 |
| 2026 |  LebowskiRams | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 88/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | TroutMaskGreg | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 67/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 54 Music Albums of 1991 | 18/54 | 3 |
| 2026 |  meccalecca | Top 69 Music Albums of 1991 | 39/69 | 2 |
| 2026 |  spigelwii | Top 8 Music Albums of 1991 | 4/8 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1991 | 76/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Arthurknight | Top 99 Music Albums of 1991 | 84/99 | 1 |
| 2026 | sweetness | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 94/100 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 149 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 457 | |||
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De La Soul Is Dead ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/04/2026 00:26 | spigelwii | 657 | 85/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 18:02 | Jakor | 5,535 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2026 04:05 | matterhornrider | 5,154 | 81/100 |
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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 76.9/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.0.
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Forum mentions
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VictorVale 05/18/2021 00:55 | #269882
Mudança no eixo do hip hop, forte vetor de revolução.
planetneutral 12/12/2020 18:28 | #262606 | TOP COMMENT
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There are some really strong tracks on this, but it's not concentrated at all.
junodog4 01/31/2015 21:54 | #133446 | TOP COMMENT
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Not on par with 3 Feet, but still funky and fresh. I agree with Paladiasiac - they seem a little unfocused here.
paladisiac 07/08/2012 16:42 | #46139 | TOP COMMENT
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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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