I love the discussion about this group in some other forum years before, we were debating which was a better group ATCQ or De La Soul, my conclusion was basically a question
De La Soul has 3 certified classic albums(really hard to disprove this) starting with their debut to the dismemberment of Prince Paul, how many classic albums does De La Soul hold in their existence?
ANS: 4 if you are in the camp with me and some other heads, there was nothing significantly different between "The Stakes Is High" and the previous 3 classic releases, vote: De La Soul
so in a way, you have quite a lot material to choose from to start with, I recommend "The Stakes Is High" as a first album to check out, all-the-way-through listen is recommended though, I wouldn't go just by tracks at random