3 Feet High and Rising

3 Feet High and Rising

by De La Soul
3 Feet High and Rising

3 Feet High and Rising

by De La Soul

Vinyl LP(Long Playing Record - 180 Gram Vinyl / Colored Vinyl)

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Overview

The most inventive, assured, and playful debut in hip-hop history, 3 Feet High and Rising not only proved that rappers didn't have to talk about the streets to succeed, but also expanded the palette of sampling material with a kaleidoscope of sounds and references culled from pop, soul, disco, and even country music. 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. 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"). Prince Paul (from Stetsasonic) and DJ Pasemaster Mase led the way on the production end, with dozens of samples from all sorts of left-field artists -- including Johnny Cash, the Mad Lads, Steely Dan, Public Enemy, Hall & Oates, and the Turtles. 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. Even "Potholes on My Lawn," which samples a mouth harp and yodeling (for the chorus, no less), became a big R&B hit. If it was easy to believe the revolution was here from listening to the rapping and production on Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, with De La Soul the Daisy Age seemed to promise a new era of positivity in hip-hop. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date: 03/03/2023
Label: Chrysalis Records
UPC: 0810098502580
Rank: 9302

Tracks

  1. Intro
  2. The Magic Number
  3. Change in Speak
  4. Cool Breeze on the Rocks [Melted Version]
  5. Can U Keep a Secret
  6. Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)
  7. Ghetto Thang
  8. Transmitting Live from Mars
  9. Eye Know
  10. Take It Off
  11. A Little Bit of Soap
  12. Tread Water
  13. Potholes in My Lawn
  14. Say No Go
  15. Do as De La Does
  16. Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend)
  17. De La Orgee
  18. Buddy
  19. Description
  20. Me Myself and I
  21. This Is a Recording 4 Living in a Fulltime Era (L.I.F.E.)
  22. I Can Do Anything (Delacratic)
  23. D.A.I.S.Y. Age

Album Credits

Performance Credits

De La Soul   Primary Artist
Q-Tip   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
Jungle Brothers   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Don Newkirk   Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Phife   Featured Artist
Queen Latifah   Featured Artist
Monie Love   Featured Artist
Afrika "Baby Bam"   Vocals
Posdnuos   Vocals
Trugoy the Dove   Vocals
Al Watts   Speech/Speaker/Speaking Part
Mike G.   Vocals
Pasemaster Mase   Vocals

Technical Credits

Allen Frey   Composer
Patrick Patterson   Composer
Steve Scipio   Composer
Bert Russell   Composer
Betty Nelson   Composer
Bob Crewe   Composer
Bob Dorough   Composer
James Baker   Composer,Composer
Dante Ross   Production Supervisor
James Brown   Composer
Edwin Birdsong   Composer
Donald Fagen   Composer
Eddie Brigati   Composer
Felix Cavaliere   Composer
Ruth Copeland   Composer
Charles Miller   Composer
Leslie Wilson   Composer
Joseph Saddler   Composer
John Gary Williams   Composer
Deanie Parker   Composer
Lee Oskar   Composer
Londee Wiggins   Composer
Walter Becker   Composer
De La Soul   Producer
Lionel Richie   Composer
Denny Randell   Composer
Howard Scott   Composer
Sara Allen   Composer
Sandy Linzer   Composer
Prince Paul   Producer
Katreese Barnes   Composer
Jerry Goldstein   Composer
Jerry Barnes   Composer
Melvin Wilson   Composer
Philippe Wynne   Composer
Michael Small   Composer,Composer
Michael Hall   Composer
Randle Catron   Composer
Otis Redding   Composer
Orville Saunders   Composer
George Clinton   Composer
Harold Brown   Composer
Thomas McClary   Composer
Sue Fisher   Engineer
Ahmet Ertegun   Composer
Robert Dorough   Composer
Papa Dee Allen   Composer
Sylvester Stewart   Composer
Steve Cropper   Composer
Bert Berns   Composer
B.B. Dickerson   Composer
Kevin Toney   Composer
Kelvin Mercer   Composer
Booker T. Jones   Composer
Joe Hall   Composer,Composer
Estelle Axton   Composer
John Oates   Composer
Johnny Cash   Composer
Leroy Jordan   Composer
Lonnie Jordan   Composer
Robert Jackson   Composer,Composer
Daryl Hall   Composer
Posdnuos   Arranger
Dave Jolicoeur   Composer
Tony Churchill   Composer
Leroy Taylor   Composer
Dan Miller   Engineer
Vincent Mason   Composer
Abrim Tilmon   Composer
Frank Brunson   Composer
Bob Coulter   Engineer
Sal Abbatiello   Composer
Paul Huston   Composer
Jonathan Davis   Composer
Thomas Sylvester Allen   Composer
Keith Killgo   Composer
Chris Irwin   Engineer
Austin Lander   Composer
Robin Russell   Composer
Charlie Hearndon   Composer
Al Watts   Mixing Engineer
Stephen Johnson   Composer
Steven Miglio   Design
Nathaniel Hall   Composer
Manzel Bush   Composer
Linda Andrews   Composer,Composer
Delma Churchill   Composer
Lottie Wiggins   Composer
Willia Parker   Composer
Odetta Gordon   Composer
Denny Randall   Composer
George Godfrey   Composer
Michael Uman   Illustrations
Marie Hennechart   Photography
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