De La Soul live in concert.
ON TOUR

De La Soul

77
critic concert reviews
rap

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

77
%
Based on 
77
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
78
%
Based on 
11
critic concert
reviews

Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Based on 77 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that De La Soul is rated as an entertaining live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. De La Soul concert reviews describe live shows and performances as glorious, nostalgic, genuine, amazing, consistent, entertaining, and varied.

ON TOUR

Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA, United States (November 9)

FESTIVALS IN 2024

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Latest Release

Freedom Of Speak (We Got Three Minutes) (21 February 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
rap
Origin
New York, United States (1987 - present)
Bio
De La Soul is a massively influential hip hop group, hailing from Amityville, New York, United States. They are best known for their eclectic sampling and quirky, surreal lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz hop subgenre.
Has Performed With
Chin Injeti, Nas, Wu-Tang Clan

Critic Concert Reviews

Spectrum Culture (USA)

October 19, 2023
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Hip-hop fans have much to celebrate as the genre turns 50 this year. How could folks have known that as DJ Kool Herc hovered over two turntables in a Bronx rec room in 1973 he would be creating a genre that would be the dominant musical force five decades later?

Exclaim (Canada)

October 16, 2023
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De La Soul and Wu-Tang Clan Celebrated Hip-Hop's Past — and Looked to Its Future — in Calgary

Chicago Concert Reviews (USA)

October 8, 2023
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Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, De La Soul, guests get United Center into “N.Y. State Of Mind” as hip-hop turns 50

Tampa Bay Times (USA)

September 25, 2023
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In Tampa, Wu-Tang Clan, Nas and De La Soul throw down at a pool party

Manchester Evening News (UK)

July 21, 2023
100
%
Hip Hop legends put on a career-spanning masterclass that celebrates past, present and future

The Telegraph (UK)

April 9, 2023
60
%
The rap legends’ ramshackle London comeback was full of special guests – but the late David 'Trugoy the Dove' Jolicoeur proved irreplaceable

NME (UK)

April 9, 2023
80
%
De La Soul live in London: a feel-good celebration of one of the best to ever do it

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