3 Feet High and Rising

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Lydia Slater (9 September 2010). "Toby Mott, from the punk of Pimlico to power player". Evening Standard. Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2023/03/08 公開". Billboard Japan (in Japanese) . Retrieved March 8, 2023.

Silverman once credited De La Soul as being the group that jumpstarted rap’s “third generation.” The first generation had taken rap from the parks to records, and the second had taken it from records to the arenas. The third reclaimed it for themselves—reinventing traditions and busily making new revolutions. They idolized the energy and accomplishments of the first, while trying to displace the second. Rytlewski, Evan (February 17, 2012). "Phasing out the skit: How hip-hop outgrew one of its most frustrating traditions". The A.V. Club . Retrieved July 27, 2022. 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.Feet High and Rising emerged fully formed, offering a world as richly imagined as anything American pop has ever produced. Just as hip-hop was firmly establishing itself as the most avant of pop’s garde, the best of their peers—from smooth operator Big Daddy Kane to Blastmaster KRS-One to Living Colour’s Vernon Reid—showed up at their release party to salute their achievement. Even KRS, who had just dropped what would come to be recognized as one of the best albums in hip-hop history, said it couldn’t compare what De La Soul had just made. While huddled in Los Angeles to finish their own sample-heavy Paul’s Boutique, the Beastie Boys reportedly listened to 3 Feet High, despaired, and briefly considered starting all over again. Buddy (Native Tongue Decision Part 1) [feat. Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah & Monie Love] American album certifications – De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising". Recording Industry Association of America.

Questlove told New York Times reporter Finn Cohen, “I mean, 3 Feet High and Rising is very much in danger of being the classic tree that fell in the forest that was once given high praise and now is just a stump.” We are left to ask: as history is made and remade, who can be heard in America? An NPR retrospective, published in 2023, stated that 3 Feet High and Rising "reshaped the public imagination of what hip-hop could be", and that it "still sounds wondrous and weird" in the musical landscape of the 2020s. [11] The album sounded like a hip-hop version of the novelist Dos Passos’ America, crowded with voices, rhythms, rhymes, and the wit, joy, and pain of becoming aware of one’s power to change the world. And De La Soul felt like the closest hip-hop equivalent to Parliament and Funkadelic: high-concept, hilariously genuine, generously human. 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. Rabin, Nathan (March 29, 2002). "Prince Paul: Prince Among Thieves". The A.V. Club . Retrieved July 22, 2021.Witmer, Phil (18 August 2017). "Frank Ocean's "Seigfried" Builds on the Beatles' Production Legacy". Noisey. Setaro, Shawn (2023-02-09). "Here's How De La Soul Cleared The Samples For Their Classic Catalog's Streaming Debut". OkayPlayer . Retrieved 2023-03-09. 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". Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (7 February 2006). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 0-7893-1371-5. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.