3 Feet High and Rising

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I'm so happy I got a copy it really does sound amazing to hear this after all these years, what difference in sound.

Time for a trip down the technicolor road of the Daisy Age with De La Soul’s magnum opus, “3 Feet High and Rising. Released amid the 1989 boom in gangsta rap, which gravitated towards hardcore, confrontational, violent lyrics, De La Soul's uniquely positive style made them an oddity beginning with the first single, "Me, Myself and I. The debut album from De La Soul (Trugoy, Maseo and Posdunos) gets another reissue here, pretty much ensuring this longstanding Long Island hip-hop trio never stay out of the limelight. They were influential in the early stages of rapper/actor Mos Def's career, and are a core part of the Spitkicker collective.It was friendly and playful enough to cross over to a pop audience (thanks to Prince Paul's production, which found the funk hiding inside Steely Dan and "Schoolhouse Rock"), but complicated and tough enough to be hugely influential in the hip-hop world. It marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul and contains the singles, “Me Myself and I”, “The Magic Number,” “Buddy,” and “Eye Know. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. I thought they had come to an agreement on all the samples but Cool Breeze on The Rocks is not on this album. Feet High and Rising was chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry for its cultural significance and general excellence.

The album was the band's biggest commercial success to date, with subsequent ones selling progressively less, despite receiving high praise from critics.Their positivity meant many observers labeled them a 'hippie' group, based on their declaration of the 'D. When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. It’s listed as a “melted version” but all you hear is the sound of sped up vinyl for a few seconds in its place. For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered.

These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment.The pair didn't just use those samples as hooks or drumbreaks -- like most hip-hop producers had in the past -- but as split-second fills and in-jokes that made some tracks sound more like DJ records. Released amid the 1989 boom in gangsta rap, which gravitated towards hardcore, confrontational, violent lyrics, De La Soul's uniquely positive style made them an oddity beginning with the first single, Me, Myself and I. Feet High and Rising is the debut studio album by hip hop trio De La Soul and was released on March 3, 1989.

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.It is listed on Rolling Stone’s 200 Essential Rock Records as well as their list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Sucks that a lot of samples had to be cut/changed (Cool Breeze on the Rocks is absolutely GUTTED), but you gotta do what you gotta do. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Original Tommy boy issue, pressed by Allied Record Company (with metalwork by Specialty Records Corporation) as indicated by 'SPAR' in runouts and embossed 'A' on B side label. Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.