3 Feet High and Rising

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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. Feet High and Rising is the debut studio album by hip hop trio De La Soul and was released on March 3, 1989 It marked the first of three full- length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which would become the critical and commercial peak of both parties.

It is listed on Rolling Stone’s 200 Essential Rock Records as well as their list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. 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. De La Soul's seminal debut album 3 Feet High and Rising was released on March 3, 1989 and is widely considered among the most influential hip-hop albums of all time. It’s really nice to have the tracks across two records and the reason why this is 4 and not 5 stars, is because a track is missing. I tend to shy away from coloured vinyl as the quality of pressings tend to vary hugely but I'm pleased that I pulled the trigger on this Rough Trade green as it sounds great.

Record sleeves were very clean on the inside and easy to take out unlike my copy of De La Soul is Dead (repress). 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'". Issued in glossy, wide-pocket cover with matching color inner sleeves, and with the record labels and cover inner-lining also in matching green. In the edit page, go to the 'Metadata' tab and add your Juno artist, label or release page for listeners to purchase your release / releases.

It marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which would become the critical and commercial peak of both parties. Feet High and Rising is the debut studio album by hip hop trio De La Soul and was released on March 3, 1989 It marked the first of three full- length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which would become the critical and commercial peak of both parties. 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. 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.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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username).

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.If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. Seminal hip-hop group De La Soulhave gained control of their back catalogue which will finally be available on streaming from March this year. So innovative and fresh, at the time it blew away every other rap record and even now manages to sound new and groundbreaking. While they were labelled as 'hippies' at the time, they've since gone on to influence many hip-hop artists internationally. Language - Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.