3 Feet High and Rising

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In early 2015, they announced plans to release a Kickstarter funded upcoming 9th studio album and the Anonymous Nobody. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices.

This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. 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. Time for a trip down the technicolor road of the Daisy Age with De La Soul’s magnum opus, “3 Feet High and Rising.

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".

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. 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.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.

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. 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. 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. The 1989 album marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, and was a massive commercial and critical success.I know Cool Breeze is only a 48 second track, but it showed some excellent sample cutting DJ skills and was a favourite of mine. It features guest spots from Grian Chatten, Lianne La Havas, Confucius MC, assia and Kevin Abstract.