De La Soul: Are You In? Nike+ Original Run

By Andrew Martin

The beats are there for the Long Island trio, but this continuous mix aimed at runners falls short on the lyrical tip. [6 May 2009]

De La Soul: De La Mix Tape: Remixes, Rarities & Classics

By Dan Nishimoto

De La Mix Tape is a curious collection of, well, remixes, rarities, and classic joints in Tommy Boy's recent slew of De La Soul product (see the joint release of Live at Tramps NYC 1996 and last year's Timeless: Singles Collection). [16 December 2004]

De La Soul: Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996

By Pierre M. Hamilton

Released around the same time as The Grind Date, its seventh studio album, De La Soul’s Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996 is a time machine for fans old and new. Then again, De La Soul has consistently managed to sell records by never aging.

De La Soul: The Grind Date

By Dave Heaton

The Grind Date has an economy to it that suits De La Soul's new workmanlike perspective; at 12 songs it's the most concise album they've made yet. [1 November 2004]

De La Soul: AOI: Bionix

By Mark Anthony Neal

With AOI: Bionix, the stakes are still high, except now De La are more concerned with safety and sustenance and their own mortality, or rather the things that mark the beginning of the transition into middle age.

De La Soul: Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump

By Dave Heaton

If Mosaic Thump doesn’t stand out quite as strongly as their previous albums, it’s because it’s obviously meant as the first chapter of a book, not the whole thing itself.

Mixed Media: De La Soul - “Big Mouf” (MP3)