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3 Feet High and Rising

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There were comedic hip-hop records before De La Soul's first album. There were beats that pushed the limits not just of what sampling technology could do, but where those samples came from and how they riffed off each other. There were lyricists who broke so far out of the ABAB rhyme schemes of basic rap that it blew the potential for new flows and structures wide open. And there were eccentrics—artists who didn't appear to adhere to any previously existing formula for hip-hop in style, perspective, or attitude because they couldn't be anybody but themselves. But 3 Feet High and Rising did all those things to such a surprising extent for a debut album that its barrage of audaciously new and unique ideas planted a flag nobody's been able to fully uproot. Rappers Posdnuos and Trugoy, DJ/co-producer Maseo, and beatmaker Prince Paul pulled off a work that might've left more people scratching their heads in bafflement if it hadn't also solidified the appeal of hip-hop's emerging bohemian strain. Maybe it's because there's as much reliance on familiar if transformative referential pop-music hijackings (Steely Dan on "Eye Know"; Hall & Oates on "Say No Go") as on the kind of sublime crate digger silliness that lends cartoonish joy to cuts like the head-swimming shaky-kneed "Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend)" or the mellow soul-jazz melange of early Native Tongues teamup "Buddy." Even the interstitial stuff fits, weird as it is—goofy skits about body odor ("A Little Bit of Soap") and passé fashion ("Take It Off") adds to their just-rap-about-whatever approach that acts as both a met artistic challenge and a casual bit of messing around. De La Soul would take great pains to control and define their own multifaceted image—peaking with hit single "Me Myself and I," which declares their defensiveness over being perceived as contrived hippie-fashion poseurs while also nodding to a clear silly-yet-deep musical precedent in Funkadelic. But it only takes a couple close listens of 3 Feet High and Rising—and the lyrical intricacy and storytelling in deep cuts like the empathetic social-struggle analysis "Ghetto Thang" and the stay-posi fable-spinning "Tread Water"—to realize they'd be impossible to pin down for the rest of their careers. © Nate Patrin/Qobuz

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1
Intro
00:01:41

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer

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2
The Magic Number
00:03:15

Johnny Cash, Composer - David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - JAMES BROWN, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Robert Lrod Dorough, Composer

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3
Change In Speak
00:02:32

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Willia Dean Parker, Composer - Patrick Eaton Patterson, Composer - Steve Scipio, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Randle Catron, Composer - Estelle Stewart Axton, Composer - Linda Darlene Andrews, Composer

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4
Cool Breeze on the Rocks (The Melted Version)
00:00:17

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer

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5
Can U Keep a Secret
00:01:40

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - James Baker, Composer - Charles Edward Hearndon, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Austin Lander, Composer - Allen Frey, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Robin Russell, Composer - Delma Anthony Churchill, Composer - Melvin Lee Wilson, Composer - LOTTIE WIGGINS, Composer - Leroy H Taylor, Composer - Robert L E Jackson, Composer - Leslie R Wilson, Composer

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6
Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)
00:03:25

Sandy Linzer, Composer - Denny Randell, Composer - David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Bob Crewe, Composer - JAMES BROWN, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer

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7
Ghetto Thang
00:03:35

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Kevin Kraig Toney, Composer - Joseph Sylvester Hall III, Composer - Stephen Hayes Johnson, Composer - Keith Wesley Killgo, Composer - Orville Jackson Saunders II, Composer

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8
Transmitting Live from Mars
00:01:11

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Michael Fossenkemper, MasteringEngineer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Posdnuos, Mixer, Arranger - Vincent Mason, Composer - Scotty Hard, Mixer

2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited

9
Eye Know
00:04:12

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Donald Fagen, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Otis Redding, Composer, FeaturedArtist - WALTER BECKER, Composer - Stephen Lee Cropper, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - John Gary Williams, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Booker T. Jones, Jr., Composer

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10
Take It Off
00:01:52

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer

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11
A Little Bit of Soap
00:00:56

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Betty Nelson, Composer - AHMET ERTEGUN, Composer - BERT RUSSELL, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer

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12
Tread Water
00:03:46

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Frank Brunson, Composer

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13
Potholes in My Lawn
00:03:49

JERRY GOLDSTEIN, Composer - Sylvester Allen, Composer - Harold Brown, Composer - Howard Scott, Composer - David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Leroy Jordan, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Charles Miller, Composer - Lee Oskar Levitin, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Morris Dewayne Dickerson, Composer - Ruth Copeland, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer

2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited

14
Say No Go
00:04:20

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Daryl Hall, Composer - John Oates, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - SARA ALLEN, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Abril Tilmon, Composer

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15
Do as De La Does Explicit
00:02:12

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Michael Fossenkemper, MasteringEngineer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Scotty Hard, Mixer

2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited

16
Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend)
00:04:06

Sandy Linzer, Composer - Denny Randell, Composer - David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Bob Crewe, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Manzel Bush, Composer

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17
De La Orgee
00:01:13

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer, Mixer, Arranger - Michael Fossenkemper, MasteringEngineer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Scotty Hard, Mixer

2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited

18
Buddy
00:04:54

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Jungle Brothers, FeaturedArtist - Prince Paul, Producer - Thomas McClary, Composer - Q-Tip, FeaturedArtist - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Lionel B. Richie Jr., Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Nathaniel Phillip Hall, Composer - John William Davis, Composer - Michael Benton Small, Composer - Odetta Felious Gordon, Composer

2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited

19
Description
00:01:31

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Sylvester Stewart, Composer - Q-Tip, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Manzel Bush, Composer

2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited

20
Me Myself and I
00:03:49

Edwin Birdsong, Composer - David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - George Clinton III, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Philippe Escalante Wynn, Composer

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21
This is a Recording 4 Living in a Fulltime ERA (L.I.F.E.)
00:03:10

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Jerry Barnes, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Katreese Barnes, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Sal Abbatiello, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - George Godfrey, Composer - Joseph Stadler, Composer

2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited

22
I Can Do Anything (Delacratic)
00:00:41

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer

2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited

23
D.A.I.S.Y. Age
00:04:42

David Jolicoeur, Composer - Kelvin Mercer, Composer - Prince Paul, Producer - Felix Cavaliere, Composer - De La Soul, Producer, MainArtist - Paul Huston, Composer - Vincent Mason, Composer - Edward J Brigati Jr., Composer

2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited 2023 A.O.I., LLC under exclusive license to Chrysalis Records Limited

Album review

There were comedic hip-hop records before De La Soul's first album. There were beats that pushed the limits not just of what sampling technology could do, but where those samples came from and how they riffed off each other. There were lyricists who broke so far out of the ABAB rhyme schemes of basic rap that it blew the potential for new flows and structures wide open. And there were eccentrics—artists who didn't appear to adhere to any previously existing formula for hip-hop in style, perspective, or attitude because they couldn't be anybody but themselves. But 3 Feet High and Rising did all those things to such a surprising extent for a debut album that its barrage of audaciously new and unique ideas planted a flag nobody's been able to fully uproot. Rappers Posdnuos and Trugoy, DJ/co-producer Maseo, and beatmaker Prince Paul pulled off a work that might've left more people scratching their heads in bafflement if it hadn't also solidified the appeal of hip-hop's emerging bohemian strain. Maybe it's because there's as much reliance on familiar if transformative referential pop-music hijackings (Steely Dan on "Eye Know"; Hall & Oates on "Say No Go") as on the kind of sublime crate digger silliness that lends cartoonish joy to cuts like the head-swimming shaky-kneed "Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend)" or the mellow soul-jazz melange of early Native Tongues teamup "Buddy." Even the interstitial stuff fits, weird as it is—goofy skits about body odor ("A Little Bit of Soap") and passé fashion ("Take It Off") adds to their just-rap-about-whatever approach that acts as both a met artistic challenge and a casual bit of messing around. De La Soul would take great pains to control and define their own multifaceted image—peaking with hit single "Me Myself and I," which declares their defensiveness over being perceived as contrived hippie-fashion poseurs while also nodding to a clear silly-yet-deep musical precedent in Funkadelic. But it only takes a couple close listens of 3 Feet High and Rising—and the lyrical intricacy and storytelling in deep cuts like the empathetic social-struggle analysis "Ghetto Thang" and the stay-posi fable-spinning "Tread Water"—to realize they'd be impossible to pin down for the rest of their careers. © Nate Patrin/Qobuz

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