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. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. A landmark in conscience hip-hop, and a daring testament to the enduring impact of dosing the status quo, 3 Feet High and Rising is a kaleidoscope of infectious positivity that reminds us to make a splash in the tides of our time. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Seminal hip-hop group De La Soulhave gained control of their back catalogue which will finally be available on streaming from March this year.

Feet High and Rising is the debut studio album by hip hop trio De La Soul and was released on March 3, 1989. Samples that are pure genius, coupled with a rhyme style which on certain tracks, even 25 years later, I'm still finding new nuances with, make this outstanding. The 1989 album marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, and was a massive commercial and critical success. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. 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.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. They are best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip-hop subgenres. Renowned for its uniquely positive spin on hip-hop amid a harsher world of dark, hardball gangster rap, classics such as 'Me, Myself And I' are known the world over, and you'll be hard-pressed to find a soul who doesn't have so much as an inkling as to how it sounds. It is listed on Rolling Stone’s 200 Essential Rock Records as well as their list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

They were influential in the early stages of rapper/actor Mos Def's career, and are a core part of the Spitkicker collective. Classic singles of the era like 'Me Myself and I', 'The Magic Number', and 'Eye Know' were beamed into living rooms across the globe via MTV. If it was easy to believe the revolution was here from listening to the rapping and production on Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, with De La Soul the Daisy Age seemed to promise a new era of positivity in hip-hop.I thought they had come to an agreement on all the samples but Cool Breeze on The Rocks is not on this album. Cryptic but ecstatic, and sometimes sexy (especially the ingenious double-entendre "Buddy"), Trugoy and Posdnuos's lyrics invented a "new style of speak," dense with self-invented slang and metaphors.

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. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The three formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producer Prince Paul with a demo tape of the song "Plug Tunin'". Time for a trip down the technicolor road of the Daisy Age with De La Soul’s magnum opus, “3 Feet High and Rising.While they were labelled as 'hippies' at the time, they've since gone on to influence many hip-hop artists internationally. The album was the band's biggest commercial success to date, with subsequent ones selling progressively less, despite receiving high praise from critics. Float along to a smorgasbord of samples, flavorful beats, and quirky soundscapes, in this celebration of individuality, creativity, and utter joy.