Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump

The album was the first in a planned three-disc installment, which was originally intended to be a three-disc album. Among the guests on the album are, Redman, Tash and J-Ro of Tha Liks, Xzibit, Busta Rhymes, Mike D and Ad Rock of the Beastie Boys, Busy Bee, Freddie Foxxx and soul diva Chaka Khan.

Unlike their previous album, Stakes Is High, Mosaic Thump returned De La Soul to chart territory again thanks to the hit singles "Oooh." and "All Good?". The album was also nominated for a Grammy.

The Japanese version of the album featured album art by celebrity hip hop-inspired manga artist Santa Inoue.{{cite web |first=Santa |last=Inoue |author-link=Santa Inoue |title=De La Soul / Art Official Intelligence |url=http://santa.co.jp/wear/profile/other.html?data=other_delasoul_txt.html |publisher=Santastic! Entertainment |location=Tōkyō-to Shibuyaku Shibuya 1 Chōme 22 − 5 |language=Japanese |year=2006 |access-date=April 21, 2009 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{Music ratings

|MC = 75/100{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/art-official-intelligence-mosaic-thump |title=Art Official Intelligence (Mosaic Thump) Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More at Metacritic |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=June 13, 2012}}

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r488660|label="De La Soul: Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump" |first=John |last=Bush |accessdate=September 1, 2011}}

|rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

|rev2Score = B+{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,277197,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017094036/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,277197,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-17 |title=Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump: De La Soul |first=Marc |last=Weingarten |date=August 18, 2000 |issue=#555–556 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}

|rev3 = Los Angeles Times

|rev3score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-aug-04-ca-64135-story.html |title=In a Surprise, De La Soul Plays Things Straight Up |date=August 4, 2000 |first=Soren |last=Baker |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}

| rev4 = Mojo

| rev4score = {{rating|3.5|5}}An earthy, beat-oriented album... It ain't '3 Feet High'--or even 'De La Soul Is Dead'-- but it ain't half bad. (Sep 2000, p.96)

| rev5 = NME

| rev5score = 7/10{{cite web |last1=Segal |first1=Victoria |title=De La Soul - Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump |url=http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/20000802112324.html |website=NME |accessdate=13 February 2023 |date=16 August 2000 |archive-date=16 August 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816100058/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/20000802112324.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}

| rev6 = RapReviews

| rev6score = 9/10{{cite web |last1=S |first1=Mr. |title=DE LA SOUL :: ART OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (MOSAIC THUMP) |url=https://www.rapreviews.com/2000/08/de-la-soul-art-official-intelligence-mosaic-thump/ |website=RapReviews |accessdate=13 February 2023 |date=13 August 2000}}

|rev7 = Rolling Stone

|rev7score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/art-official-intelligence-mosaic-thump-20000817 |title=De La Soul: Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump |first=Rob |last=Sheffield |magazine=Rolling Stone |issue=847 |date=August 17, 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117092126/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/delasoul/albums/album/322657/review/5943472/art_official_intelligence_mosaic_thump |archive-date=2007-11-17 |url-status=live }}

| rev8 = Select

| rev8score = {{rating|4|5}}The immediate impression of 'Art Official Intelligence' is of one big party. [Sep 2000, p.104]

|rev10 = The Village Voice

|rev10score = {{Rating-Christgau|A-}}{{cite news |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2000-08-15/music/getting-them-straight/1 |title=Getting Them Straight |page=1 |first=Robert |last=Christgau |date=August 2000 |newspaper=The Village Voice}}

|rev9 = USA Today

|rev9score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/57674029.html?dids=57674029:57674029&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+08%2C+2000&author=&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=De+La+Soul+weaves+colorful+%27Mosaic%27+Surf+Net+for+Beach+Boy%27s+live+album&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201180838/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/57674029.html?dids=57674029:57674029&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+08,+2000&author=&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=De+La+Soul+weaves+colorful+'Mosaic'+Surf+Net+for+Beach+Boy's+live+album&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |title=Rap: De La Soul, Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump |first=Steve |last=Jones |date=August 8, 2000 |newspaper=USA Today}}

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Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump generally received positive reviews from critics. James Poletti of Yahoo! Music gave the album an eight out of ten star review. "In keeping with the current vogue for hip hop albums with more guests than Letterman, over 50 per cent of this album features appearances from everyone from Redman to Chaka Khan", which he said may or may not have something to do with finding a unique voice in hip hop. "The really refreshing change with De La Soul is not simply their lack of bullshit but their proud rejection of hip-hop's nihilism."{{cite web|url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/14954.html |title=De La Soul – 'Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump' |first=James |last=Poletti |date=August 11, 2000 |publisher=Yahoo! Music |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040517051410/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/14954.html |archive-date=May 17, 2004 }} Michael Goldberg of Neumu gave the album the same eight out of ten star review and simply said that the number of guest stars in the album, "keeps things lively". "The grooves are righteous and the vibe is right" Goldberg stated.{{cite web |url=http://www.neumu.net/fortyfour/2000/2000-00001/2000-00001_fortyfour.shtml |title=De La Soul: Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump |first=Michael |last=Goldberg |publisher=Neumu |access-date=April 21, 2009}}

Robert Christgau stated: "Once pranksters whose greatest pleasure was disrupting the groove they adored, they've evolved into hip-hop's purest musicians...The lyrics are intelligent of course, clever and moral and street-conscious and just gnomic enough, but their art is in their beats and flow and tunes too."[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=de+la+soul Robert Christgau: CG: de la soul]

In their home country of the United States, Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump debuted at number 9 on the Billboard 200, selling 81,000 copies in its first week.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7503453/de-la-soul-crowd-funded-album-number-1-top-rap-albums-chart |title=De La Soul's Crowd-Funded Album Debuts at No. 1 on Top Rap Albums Chart |magazine=Billboard |date=September 9, 2016 |access-date=September 26, 2016}}

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