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3 Feet High and Rising is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group De La Soul, released on February 6, 1989, [2] by Tommy Boy Records. It was the first of three collaborations with the producer Prince Paul, and was the critical and commercial peak of both parties.
De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising was released on March 3, 1989 through Tommy Boy Records. It peaked at #24 on the Billboard 200 and #1 on Billboard’s Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums...
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In 1987, the three young men enlisted a ringleader and mentor in Stetsasonic’s DJ Paul “Prince Paul” Huston, who could match their kookiness pound-for-pound. With his yuk-yuk scatology,...
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.
In an era dominated by gritty, hypermasculine imagery, 3 Feet High and Rising ’s playfulness and Daisy Age (an acronym purported to stand for “da inner sound y’all”) aesthetics stood in stark contrast to the prevailing modes of hip-hop.
It’s a sound on the precipice of change from the Golden Age of the 80s into the bombastic 90s. A colorful, sample-delia crafted trip from beginning to end that doesn’t once shy away from its uniqueness. Favorite track: Potholes in My Lawn. more...
On their subsequent debut album, 1989’s 3 Feet High and Rising, the group—Trugoy, Posdnuos (Kelvin Mercer), and DJ P.A. Pasemaster Mase (Vincent Mason)—and deliriously twisted producer Prince Paul laid out a 63-minute blueprint for rap’s odd future, a playful, quirky masterwork that popped the balloon of hip-hop formalism.
On their subsequent debut album, 1989’s 3 Feet High and Rising, the group—Trugoy, Posdnuos (Kelvin Mercer), and DJ P.A. Pasemaster Mase (Vincent Mason)—and deliriously twisted producer Prince Paul laid out a 63-minute blueprint for rap’s odd future, a playful, quirky masterwork that popped the balloon of hip-hop formalism.
Listen to 3 Feet High and Rising on Spotify. De La Soul · Album · 1989 · 23 songs.