3 Feet High and Rising

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Their positivity meant many observers labeled them a “hippie” group, based on their declaration of the “D.Feet High and Rising was chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry for its cultural significance and general excellence. Their positivity meant many observers labeled them a 'hippie' group, based on their declaration of the 'D. De La Soul is an American hip-hop group formed in 1988 in the Amityville area of Long Island, New York. 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'". 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.

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.

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This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. UPDATE FROM DISTRO: Due to a manufacturing fault, the magenta LP will be delayed for a couple of weeks at max. So innovative and fresh, at the time it blew away every other rap record and even now manages to sound new and groundbreaking.We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. 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. 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. We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic.

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". 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.Weaving clever wordplay and deft rhymes across two dozen tracks loosely organized around a game-show theme, De La Soul broke down boundaries all over the LP, moving easily from the groovy my-philosophy intro "The Magic Number" to an intelligent, caring inner-city vignette named "Ghetto Thang" to the freewheeling end-of-innocence tale "Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge). Rappers Posdnuos and Trugoy the Dove talked about anything they wanted (up to and including body odor), playing fast and loose on the mic like Biz Markie.