3 Feet High and Rising

Product Information

Greatest Albums of All Time: 3 Feet High and Rising – De La Soul". Rolling Stone. December 11, 2003. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010 . Retrieved July 27, 2022. Witmer, Phil (18 August 2017). "Frank Ocean's "Seigfried" Builds on the Beatles' Production Legacy". Noisey. Ultratop.be – De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2023. Released amid the late-1980s boom in gangsta rap, which gravitated towards hardcore, confrontational, violent lyrics, 3 Feet High and Rising stood out from this trend by showcasing De La Soul's more positive style. [10] The mirth and intelligence of De La Soul's self-presentation led many observers to label them a " hippie" group; however, this characterization was disputed by De La Soul themselves. [11] On the album, De La Soul sought to explicitly distance themselves from gangsta rap by "lampoon[ing] emerging tropes" such as the growing materialism within the genre. [12] Their lyrics are instead characterized by a variety of "bizarre and surreal" choices of subject matter, such as dandruff, gardening metaphors, and " Dr. Dolittle-esque interactions with animals". [13]

a b Jenkins, Craig (March 7, 2023). "De La Soul's Music Is Here to Stay (For Now)". Vulture . Retrieved March 8, 2023. Buddy (Native Tongue Decision Part 1) [feat. Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah and Monie Love] Feet High and Rising is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group De La Soul, released on March 3, 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. The album title comes from the Johnny Cash song " Five Feet High and Rising". [3] The album contains the singles " Me Myself and I", "The Magic Number", " Buddy", and " Eye Know". Psychedelic, undeniably funky and underpinned by elements of Afro-futurism, De La Soul's landmark 1989 debut LP 3 Feet High and Rising is a defining album of 80s rap, marking the espousal of the 'Daisy Age' spirit which permeated hip-hop at the turn of the 90s. Ultratop.be – De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 26, 2023.

Release

In 2011, 3 Feet High and Rising was among 25 albums chosen as additions to the Library of Congress' 2010 National Recording Registry for being cultural and aesthetical and also for its historical impact. [46] Source Magazine's 100 Best Albums". Raquenel.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24 . Retrieved 2011-08-16. a b Christgau, Robert (March 28, 1989). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Retrieved November 9, 2015.

Kriticos, Christian (March 3, 2023). "A Guide to the Music of De La Soul". Paste . Retrieved March 8, 2023.As stated by Maseo, "the stereotype and the stigmatism [...] was put on us with the hippy concept when D.A.I.S.Y. just was an acronym for Da Inna Sound." Hernandez, Victoria (May 11, 2016). "De La Soul Reflects On Da Inna Sound For 25th Anniversary Of "De La Soul Is Dead" ". HipHopDX . Retrieved September 27, 2023. Sampling artists as diverse as Johnny Cash, Hall & Oates, Steely Dan and the Turtles, 3 Feet High and Rising is often viewed as the stylistic beginning of 1990s alternative hip hop (and especially jazz rap). [30] Writing in retrospect for The A.V. Club, Nathan Rabin credits Prince Paul for helping "create progressive hip hop" with his production on 3 Feet High and Rising, [31] while author John Riordan says "its comedy skits and positive lyrics established the group as a progressive hip-hop act at odds with the increasingly violent image of mainstream rap." [32] Phil Witmer of Noisey cites De La Soul's " sampledelia" on the album as an "old-school" example of sampling being applied to "jarring, collage-like effect". [33] 3 Feet High and Rising is also credited with introducing the hip hop skit, a style of comedic sketch used both to introduce rap albums and as interludes between songs. [34] Weisbard, Eric (1995). "De La Soul". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp.104–105. ISBN 0-679-75574-8. a b Ayiku, Vernon (March 7, 2023). "De La Soul's Albums Ranked from Worst to Best". Exclaim! . Retrieved March 9, 2023.