History Music / DeLaSoul

* LighterAndSofter: In comparison to Music/ATribeCalledQuest's more "Abstract" beats, as Q-tip puts it, De La Soul was this until they finally sunk to their level in Buhloone Mindstate, which was even more bizarre and "Abstract" than the Tribe's Midnight Maruders.

** The Atmosphere song "Millie Fell Off The Fire Escape" is a sequel to this, which has Millie running from the mall, trying to hide out on the roof of an old factory, realizing the severity of the situation she put herself in, and falling to her death when the cops corner her.

* SequelSong: "Millie Fell Off The Fire Escape" follows up "Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa".
** "Ego Trippin' (Part Two)" can refer to either "Ego Trippin'" by the Ultramagnetic MCs or be considered a SpiritualSuccessor to "Afro Connections At A Hi 5".

* DoNotDoThisCoolThing: From "The Magic Number":
--> Casually see but don't do like the Soul, cuz seeing and doing are actions for monkeys...

!De La Soul provides examples of the following tropes:

* ''You're Welcome'' (TBA)

* TheGoldenAgeOfHipHop

* LighterAndSofter: In comparison to ATribeCalledQuest's more "Abstract" beats, as Q-tip puts it, De La Soul was this until they finally sunk to their level in Buhloone Mindstate, which was even more bizarre and "Abstract" than the Tribe's Midnight Maruders.

* ShoutOut: Two of the characters on "Pease Porridge" sound like [[TheMuppets Kermit The Frog]] and Peter Lorre.

* ArcWords: In the ''De La Soul Is Dead'' album, you'll hear the SlickRick sample "I can't be your loverrrrr" on a few different tracks. It's even part of the riff in "Kicked Out The House".

* StillbornFranchise: The ''Art Official Intelligence'' series of albums was meant to be a trilogy of sorts; it started with ''Mosaic Thump'' in 2000 and continued with ''Bionix'' in 2001; the third and final installment, ''Dedicated To The DJ'', never materialized.

Upon release of their debut album, ''3 Feet High and Rising'' in 1989, the group was frequently called "hippies" due to the fact that the lyrics often talked about peace and love, the album cover featured daisies, and their clothing wasn't exactly in line with the usual stereotypical GenreMotif/HipHop gear. However, the group specifically stated that they are '''not''' hippies in the lyrics to their single, "Me Myself and I", which they performed on ''The Arsenio Hall Show''...immediately after Arsenio introduced De La Soul as "the hippies of hip hop", indicating that he never listened to their music. Further adding to the disrespect, the credits for the show ran over the performance before the group was finished.

--> This song does not contain explicit lyrics, but what it does contain is an undesired element. This element is known as the basehead, the lowest of lowest of all elements that exist. And the sad thing is,
this particular element... is me brudda!

Also, their sampling got them into some hot water - Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan of The Turtles and [[Music/FrankZappa The Mothers Of Invention]] sued De La Soul over an uncredited sample of the Turtles song "You Showed Me" in De La Soul's interlude "Transmitting Live from Mars" and were later given credit for the sample. Volman and Kaylan later explained that they like samples, as long as they receive credit for the original recording.

* TalkingAnimal: Three of them (Mr. Squirrel, Mr. Fish and Mr. Monkey) in "Tread Water".

** The skits on ''3 Feet High and Rising'' depict De La Soul as the hapless contestants on a bizarre game show, unable to answer questions like "How many times did the [[{{Batman}} Batmobile]] catch a flat?".

** In "Bitties In The BK Lounge", Dave jokes that he's actually Tracy Chapman.

* IntercourseWithYou: "Jenifa Taught Me"

* MoodWhiplash: The "Derwin's Revenge" part of "Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)" - shortly after the line "...asked was I a virgin / like some kid named Derwin?", the sex-romp smooth groove is interrupted by "Little Derwin got something to show us that Jenny could never do!" and a round of "Chopsticks" on a toy piano. After that, it returns to the rap already in progress.