3 Feet High And Rising - De La Soul

...time of the release of 3 Feet High And Rising. This is De La Soul's brief response to that style, done with humour and biting wit. **16. Plug Tunin' (Last Chance To Comprehend)** This is the b-side to Jenifa (Taught Me) and sadly has not stood the test of time. One of the couple of weak links that I cite in my rating. **17. De La Orgee** Pointless skit involving a syncopated drum beat and lots of groaning. Bit like Karenes' house on a Friday ...
...If they were going to create a new movement in music, they weren't going to do it on their own as a trio, they needed some allies to fight back against the anticipated backlash from the "traditional" rap fraternity. So they recruited some like-minded artists and formed a sub-group called the Native Tongues whose interest lay with black history and integration. Hence this mid-tempo track features the Jungle Brothers ("What U Waitin 4?"), Monie Love ...

waynehorrigan 16.01.2005 · Read full review
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In 1989 the trio of Posdnuos, Trugoy, Maseo came together as De La Soul to release their debut album. It found the group moving Hip Hop in a new direction as with backing from Stetsasonic’s Prince Paul, they chose to support a then underground movement to bring positivity back to the genre using ways which got them a reputation for putting forth ‘Hippy’ ideals. 1. "Intro" 2. "The Magic Number" Getting the album going properly, you hear that they ...
...album, and I have to say that despite the fact it was one of the most popular cuts from it, it simply wasn’t something I felt anything for as you see that they do one where they try to show some degree of contrast to what yo hear elsewhere with other Hip Hop acts by doing a whole track dedicated to the number three, but I just wasn’t getting it. I did however feel the jazzy production which backed them. **Three Stars** 3. "Change in Speak" (Lude) ...

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I can't say I'm brilliant when it comes to hip-hop, rap, and all those other forms of black music. As a white kid brought up in Yorkshire, where there is a noticeable absence of guns, flash cars, and gangstas (unless you go to York), I was born roughly ten years too late to catch in on the entire scene, and the three 'major acts' concerned. The first are N.W.A., set up by Dr Dre, Ice Cube, and Eazy-E, who were the first proper gangster rappers, the ...
...They had really fierce resentment for the way they felt America looked down on African-Americans, and were willing to take up arms. They were violent, aggressive, and a shot in the arm for rap. Shortly after them came Public Enemy, who coupled their rap with an active political statement. Leader Chuck D, whilst less aggressive than the members of N.W.A., made up for this with really sharp, cutting lyrics. The third big band to come are De La Soul, ...

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...the game since 1989, when 3 Feet High and Rising first dropped. It's really difficult to describe this album and compare it because there is honestly nothing out there like it with the exception of De La Soul's other LPs. It's unique mixture of samples from various music sources, effective and fun lyrics, and blatantly abstract subject matter makes this album revolutionary to a lot of the stuff that was coming out at the time, which included hardcore ...
...Magic Number (4 Stars) 3. Change In Speak (NOT RATED) 4. Cool Breeze On The Rocks (NOT RATED) 5. Can U Keep A Secret (NOT RATED) 6. Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge) (5 Stars) 7. Ghetto Thang (5 Stars) 8. Transmitting Live From Mars (NOT RATED) 9. Eye Know (4 Stars) 10. Take It Off (NOT RATED) 11. A Little Bit Of Soap (4 Stars) 12. Tread Water (4 Stars) 13. Potholes In My Lawn (4 Stars) 14. Say No Go (5 Stars) 15. Do As De La Does (NOT RATED) 16. ...

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De La Soul's '3 Feet High and Rising' is regarded as one of the classic Hip-Hop rap albums of all-time. Its release took hip-hop in another direction with its relaxed style, and sampled like not other band had sampled before. It sold remarkably well on both sides of the Atlantic, although it is only recently that the band have approached similar heights once again. When '3 Feet...' was created, Pos, Mace et al were all still teenagers, and each track ...
...rapping layered on top. In fact, it was the sampling which got De La Soul into trouble. Their track 'Transmitting Live From Mars', sampled a song by 'The Turtles'. This resulted in a successful legal action being mounted, and as a result, a hefty chunk of the album's royalties were taken away from the band and their record company. Bearing in mind the track itself was less than a minute long, it seems a harsh price to pay, especially as the process ...

stoffy 30.08.2001 · Read full review
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This album has just been issued as part of its label Tommy Boy's twenty year anniversary. It is said to have been remastered, and I'm sure that's true, but this album was so good the first time that I really couldn't tell. I taped this from the vinyl back in 1989 (naughty boy I hear you cry) and it has been played so much that it is now barely audible. I've been too tight to pay for the CD at an exorbitant £14.99+, but remarkably this reisue is ...
...to part with my hard earneds. Remember 1989 when hip-hop was becoming more popular in Britain but was mainly the harder core rap of Public Enemy or the poppy Tyree or Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock? Along came the organic sample crazy music of De La Soul. We all loved it. The singles saw chart success. The Magic Number, Eye Know and Say No Go were all chart hits. De La Soul represented peace. Their symbol was a daisy rather than an uzi, and there songs ...

maeib 23.09.2001 · Read full review
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Some albums are more than just a collection of tracks: they create their own world, and invite you in. The first De La album is like that. Using the frame of a quiz show, Three Feet has singalong poppy tracks, summry feel good tracks, and lots and lots of weird tracks, some under a minute long. They sample George Clinton, but also Steely Dan. There are little shared jokes, offhand comments, private comments. It all adds to the richness of the record, ...
...their video for me Myself and I, and with their hippyish attidue, de La changed rap, for a moment, at least. Out went the fat gold chains, in came baggy tees and africa pendants. I listened to it nonstop during the year it came out, it sounded like nothing else. Now, this sounds fresher than ever, and from a long gone time when every rap album had its own ideas, all different from all the others. ...

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