3 Feet High and Rising

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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. 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. Time for a trip down the technicolor road of the Daisy Age with De La Soul’s magnum opus, “3 Feet High and Rising.

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. Thinly disguised under a layer of humor, their lyrical themes ranged from true love ("Eye Know") to the destructive power of drugs ("Say No Go") to Daisy Age philosophy ("Tread Water") to sex ("Buddy"). They were influential in the early stages of rapper/actor Mos Def's career, and are a core part of the Spitkicker collective. Renowned for its uniquely positive spin on hip-hop amid a harsher world of dark, hardball gangster rap, classics such as 'Me, Myself And I' are known the world over, and you'll be hard-pressed to find a soul who doesn't have so much as an inkling as to how it sounds.The hits, including "Say No Go" and "Me Myself And I," are delightful, but the little sketches and sound-experiments between them make the whole disc flow effortlessly. I'm so happy I got a copy it really does sound amazing to hear this after all these years, what difference in sound. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners.

The album also features guest appearances from artists such as Damon Albarn, Little Dragon, David Byrne, 2 Chainz and Snoop Dogg. Original Tommy boy issue, pressed by Allied Record Company (with metalwork by Specialty Records Corporation) as indicated by 'SPAR' in runouts and embossed 'A' on B side label. 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. Record sleeves were very clean on the inside and easy to take out unlike my copy of De La Soul is Dead (repress).