3 feet high and rising is the happiest and weirdest hip hop has ever been without making sacrifices.
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Featuring production by prince paul utilizing around 60 samples from every nook that had a cranny and then one from its granny the sheer number of samples means another album like this will never happen again but we can dream.
A free thinking kaleidoscopic record that expanded hip hop s palette with goofy sketches socially conscious lyrics and samples.
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 differs from the specialty records corporation pressing 3 feet high and rising.
De la soul s debut album 3 feet high and rising is a rap landmark.
Rolling stone declared that the album was one of the most original rap records ever to come down the pike the inventive playful 3 feet high and rising stands staid rap conventions on their def ear.
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3 feet high and rising is the happiest and weirdest hip hop has ever been without making sacrifices.
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Weaving clever wordplay and deft rhymes across two dozen tracks loosely.
3 feet high and rising was released on 3 march 1989 to universal critical acclaim.
The album title comes from the johnny cash song five feet high and rising.
In march members of vinyl me please essentials will receive an exclusive reissue of de la soul s 3 feet high and rising the landmark debut lp from nyc rap group de la soul a mix of samples and dexterous rapping it s one of the defining albums of 80s rap and the native tongues movement that included contemporaries like queen latifah and a tribe called quest.
The most inventive assured and playful debut in hip hop history 3 feet high and rising not only proved that rappers didn t have to talk about the streets to succeed but also expanded the palette of sampling material with a kaleidoscope of sounds and references culled from pop soul disco and even country music.
Featuring production by prince paul utilizing around 60 samples from every nook that had a cranny and then one from its granny the sheer number of samples means another album like this will never happen again but we can dream.
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3 feet high and rising is the debut studio album by american hip hop group de la soul released on march 3 1989 by tommy boy records it is the first of three collaborations with producer prince paul which clarification needed would become the critical and commercial peak of both parties.
Catalog number tblp 1019 on cover spine catalog number tb 1019 on labels.
