3 Feet High and Rising

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We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The album Swimming arrived on the heels of his previously released tracks Small Worlds, Self Care and What's The Use? Time for a trip down the technicolor road of the Daisy Age with De La Soul’s magnum opus, “3 Feet High and Rising. Considered by many to be a hip hop masterpiece, De La Soul's 1989 debut album '3 Feet High and Rising' was not only a milestone for jazz rap, conscious and alternative hip hop, but was a huge commercial success.

It marked the first of three full- length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which would become the critical and commercial peak of both parties. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers.

Issued in glossy, wide-pocket cover with matching color inner sleeves, and with the record labels and cover inner-lining also in matching green. The artwork is bloody awful, sorry, but was it photocopied (badly) from an old copy with the saturation maxed out? The pair didn't just use those samples as hooks or drumbreaks -- like most hip-hop producers had in the past -- but as split-second fills and in-jokes that made some tracks sound more like DJ records.

Float along to a smorgasbord of samples, flavorful beats, and quirky soundscapes, in this celebration of individuality, creativity, and utter joy. They were influential in the early stages of rapper/actor Mos Def's career, and are a core part of the Spitkicker collective. I thought they had come to an agreement on all the samples but Cool Breeze on The Rocks is not on this album. 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. De La Soul is an American hip-hop group formed in 1988 in the Amityville area of Long Island, New York.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.

You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Record sleeves were very clean on the inside and easy to take out unlike my copy of De La Soul is Dead (repress).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. 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'".

This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. 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. Sucks that a lot of samples had to be cut/changed (Cool Breeze on the Rocks is absolutely GUTTED), but you gotta do what you gotta do. All image and audio content is used by permission of the copyright holders or their agents, and/or according to fair dealing as per the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

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