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Liked it
Not at all my thing To me, just standard rap, nothing special
aight, chachacha por los tetas salio de aqui
Loved it. Great beats sample use and keeps you engaged.
I was so close to giving this full marks. So close. It's clever, fun, funny, and just SO skillfully made. It should have been a slam dunk. But it sure as hell went off the rails around the 2/3 mark, didn't it? The crew managed to pull their act back together well enough to keep it at a 4-star rating but it was a near thing. Such a shame, too. Cut tracks 16 through 19 and you've got an inarguably top-shelf album. But those four tracks absolutely drag this down a star.
Odd and interesting, weirdly sexual, but very good
#1 album -Gender: Hip-Hop, Rap, Pop -76/100 -Had to library -Would listen it for ambiance (maybe to study) -Feels like your walking in the street of New York Some sunny rap Really like the monologue hh
Love the samples but de la soul has never really been high on my list
Amazing
Puts the “Fun” back into “Funky”! As far as Hip-Hop goes at least. Thankfully it’s now out on streaming services and repressed on Vinyl so the masses can enjoy! Again!
4.5/5. Shoutout Spider-Man. Hip hop albums like this are just so fucking fun, cool and interesting. Nome of that pseudo gangsta shit of its time, only immaculate vibes. Unfortunately just like any rap record from this era, there’s at least one stupid skit about sex.
3 is the magic number and also the rating of this album. It was fun and I get why people like it so much.
Some good parts, lot of creativity
Je me suis retrouvé aussi désorienté que Sinclair à la Nouvelle Star lorsqu'il réalisait à chaque début de prestation que ça n'allait pas être de la funk. Car c'est tout sauf de la soul. C'est du préhistorique-rap.
J'ai oublié de parler de cet album, ça tombe bien je n'ai pas grand chose à en dire.
I think the folks that wrote this might have been smoking and drinking something. This was just painful to listen to could not wait for it to be over. 1/5
In terms of hip hop/rap, this wasn't bad, but it wasn't good either. I don't get why rap and hip hop albums feel it's necessary to have a "sounds of sex" song all the time. I struggled to finish this. 1/5
Landmark rap album which is heavy on melody and humour rather than bitches and motherf*ckers. Intelligent samples and bears repeated plays. Gameshow skits are bearable. Gives me a lot of warm vibes.
Was zum Henker... Nach der Hälfte abgebrochen, mit einer Ausnahme nur nervig und überhaupt nicht mein Fall.
I Like it
Hiphop not being my most favorite genre, there were definitely enjoyable somgs on the album
very fun, seeing its release date was way ahead of its time
Old hip hop is definitely not my area of expertise, but I generally just really enjoyed this one. It was fun throughout and I liked the short little mini-songs in between a lot of the tracks (Transmitting Live from Mars had great vibes, De La Orgee was totally ridiculous). This still isn't like my top genre or anything, but I respect it and found this one fun to listen to (though a little longer than I might have preferred at 63 minutes). Probably closer to a 3.5 score overall, but will round up since it was good vibes. Favorite song: Me Myself and I Other: The Magic Number, Transmitting Live From Mars, Eye Know, Tread Water, Plug Tunin’ (Last Chance to Comprehend), Buddy
i can't offer a real review because listening to the whole album reminds me of just how formative a document it was. a delicious stew of weirdness and hipness that showed that while you might care about being cool, true coolness came from self-confidence. a dramatic curtain pull on a possible future for hip-hop and sampling as art forms, it instead became the victim of being so successful as Art that Commerce demanded tribute, silencing most of De La's catalog for years and then only making it available in neutered form. RIP trugoy.
A few bangers on here that I've heard before, but the in between wasn't that good.
EHHHH some parts were a little more than weird to listen to at work. It wasn't bad. Even with the longer runtime, it didn't feel long and the skits weren't awful.
bof serieux, ca commence bien maisa rp`s 1 heure c,est vraiment du pareil au meme . 2.75
Egy-két számban van kraft.
FINALLY. Now you can call this list 'A Few Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and 800 Other Albums'. This was my sister's tape and I took it one day and listened to it and it was all I wanted to listen to for months after. As with almost every other moment like this in my childhood, I didn't know anyone else who was listening to this which didn't make sense because this was the best. Still is. That said, the streaming version changed some samples and it drives me crazy. This album is completely soaked in samples, produced in a time when nobody knew what a sample clearance looked like. So they took that Eddie Murphy sample 'Anybody in the audience ever get hit by a car?' out of the end of The Magic Number and it changes the whole thing. I bet Eddie doesn't own that sample. Anyway - if you like this, seek out the original album. It's not a lot different, but the differences make a difference.
Great fun! Cool framing device, unexpected lyrical turns, quirky and surprising samples - and an overall sensibility that seems to be somewhat left field where rap of the era is concerned. Props for a Steely Dan sample. Some of the narrative based tracks remind me of Slick Rick, in the best way. Top entertainment.
I like it, I like it. But “Me, Myself and I” is track twenty?? Twenty?!? Mannn, that takes way too long to get to, imo. Detrimentally too long. Really loved “Eye Know,” which isn’t a tune I was familiar with and I had fun with their spin on “The Magic Number.” (PSA: if you haven’t heard Blind Melon’s version of that song give it a listen! It’s sweet.) But, gents, there’s too much here that I could easily push to an outtakes album and I think we’d be left with a blessedly shorter and better collection of tunes. “Take it Off,” is a prime example. Don’t need it. Ditto the one about dandruff. Sorry dandruff song, you’re going on the outtakes album. But I also recognize that is just the playbook for a lot of these hip hop albums. To my ears I hear bloat and entirely forgettable, unnecessary interludes. Other ears are obviously a lot more forgiving and I probably just need to get over it. In the meantime, I’ll be here messing up the curve.
amazing album, excellent
naurutusalbumi chilling & wibing... Noh.. chilling subjective.. wibing objective... säästyy yhdeltä tähdeltä..
Fun as hell. I miss when hip hop was this positive
Y qcyo medio pelo , es demasiado largo lo saque a la mitad pero no esta tan mal
Ah De la Soul. The happy smiling voice grooves. They make hip hop sound SO much lighter than anyone I can think of right now... Of course it's more a private listen, as opposed to radio, so unless you had an album, you don't hear this much... Outside clubland, that is, and even then it was faster remixes.... A welcome shift in mood. And I so like the gentle pace. For grooving. And chilling hadn't noticed the whole thing was like a gentle hip hop Sesame Street ... It's explaining the basics. ... Life lessons and a big piss take. Like. Belong on the list .. yes but not sure it's their best album. Was it breakthrough? Like. 4-5/5
They get me from the opening track - the intro, which parodies a tv quiz show & is a rip- off of Cheech & Chong’s Let’s Make A Dope Deal (from their debut album, 1972) down to the tinny organ in the background. The sampling here has never been bettered. Steely Dan’s Peg sounds great in Eye Know, as does Hall & Oates’ I Can’t Go For That in Say No Go. And the song’s copied are totally interesting, from the great Bob Dorough’s Three Is The Magic Number, in The Magic Number, to The Jarmels’ A Little Bit Of Soap ( written by the legendary Bert Berns). These guys had great taste to start with, & knew what to do with it. Love this record.
3 Feet High and Rising is my favourite hip hop album of all time, and probably in my top ten albums of all time. I reckon this was played at nearly every party I went to between 1990 and 1993. I bought it when it was pretty fresh out, and still play it today. It's funny and smart and silly and surprising and funky and playful and thoughtful. I hear something new every time I listen to it, and it always makes want to dance. So many great songs on here, and great hooks. This is one the late 80s sampling records that showed how the use of samples, recontextualizing moments of other records drawn from a diverse and eclectic collection, can gel into a new work of art that has something new to offer,. Sadly, the legal ramifications mean that it is hardly feasible to make records like this (or Paul's Boutique or A Nation of Millions) these days, and it kept this album from being readily available for a long time. Which is a damn shame, because this album is so great. It introduced the idea of skits on hip hop albums, which I generally find to be annoying blight, but I love this record so much that I will forgive the skits. I still play songs from this record when I'm DJing, and they always get people on the floor with a smile on their face. An absolute classic, five stars.
This one was really fun. Great beats, fun to listen lyrics, but it felt a little to long for me. Didn't enjoy the intermissions that much either. Overall it's still a great album.
Favourite tracks: the magic number; eye know
This got old pretty fast. Unbearably long for how repetitive it is.
Fun goofy (in a good way) hip hop Great, great vibes More hip hop should take after this record
While I know music critics have a hard-on for this album, I found it to be just okay 90s rap. I'm probably missing some cultural significance or something.. All said the album is an enjoyable listen front to back held together by a game show concept that make up the intro and various interludes. The album starts strong with The Magic Number showing off the skills of the 3 MCs. Otherwise most songs are fine, but forgettable with a few exceptions. Me, Myself, and I is a jam, and Buddy is my personal favorite probably because Q-Tip steals the track. Only other memorable song is Can U Keep A Secret which is an interesting commitment to a concept -- whisper spoken word exposing "secrets" about different people. At the end of the day I like this album just fine, but don't understand the hype of De La Sould. 3 / 5
There's some cool beats in here to start; but it overall feels pretty boring and not very well produced. The game show interludes didn't really make sense to me either. The main rapper has a cool voice, but there isn't much else that he brings to the table. It got a bit better at the end, but nothing to write home about. It's a shame because I generally like this era of hip hop, but this wasn't quite it. Eye Know was a standout for this one.
That's gonna be a no from me dog
I'm sure this was pretty prolific at the time it came out, but for me it just sounds like a worse Tribe Called Quest. They may have had influence over them which is tight but overall it's just an ok listen. I liked that song Eye Know with Otis Redding though. Oh of course Q-Tip pops up maybe that's where I'm getting the Tribe from idk. Dos.
Enjoyed more tracks than I thought I would, as brought some memories back from that era. Not my bag, but glad I spent an hour giving it a listen!
.Best tracks are; Ghetto Thang, Tread Water, Potholes in my Lawn, Say No Go. Not as bad as I thought it would be as not a fan of Hip Hop or Rap
Undeniable bangers on here, but too many damn skits.
It’s better than I expected. Some of the singles are excellent.
Lots of groovy/sampled tunes, another listen is needed as I didn't pay too much attention but has potential to be a 4/5. 3.5 rating upon first listen.
Dope as all hell
Fantastic album. The type of album that probably could have gotten me into rap music 5 years earlier if I would have discovered it as an early teen. Up there in the pantheon of formative rap. 4/5
This was a cool hip hop album that differed entirely from what became popular in the 90s. These guys are almost entirely clean, funny, and witty. Their lyrics and stories are comical and yet they have the ability to make clever rhymes. The drawback on this album are the skits and some of the songs are less entertaining. There are a few songs that are great that would be replayed. For 23 songs this album did move pretty quickly too. 6.7/10
That's a mix of 4-score songs in the beginning with some 2's and 1's in the end. That's why "Three that's the magic number"
I don't know. I mostly liked the instrumental layer, but vocals and spoken intermissions were simply annoying. While in the beginning I could just concentrate on nicer parts, by the end the irritation definitely took over. 2,5/5
I like it when music is more funky.
I would have needed to be approximately 3 rips high for this music to speak de ma soul. It was a cool concept and some songs were good (Magic Number, Eye Know, Me Myself and I), but most fell flat and felt repetitive.
C- Intro - 1 The Magic Number - 4 Change In Speak - 3 Cool Breeze On the Rocks (The Melted Version) - 3 Can U Keep a Secret - 2 Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin’s Revenge) - 2 Ghetto Thang - 2 Transmitting Live from Mars - 3 Eye Know (feat. Otis Redding) - 3 Take It Off - 1 A Little Bit of Soap - 3 Tread Water - 3 Potholes In My Lawn - 2 Say No Go - 2 Do As De La Does - 2 Plug Tunin’ (Last Chance to Comprehend) - 3 De La Orgee - 3 Buddy - 3 Description - 2 Me Myself and I - 2 This Is a Recording 4 Living In a Fulltime Era (L.I.F.E.) - 2 I Can Do Anything (Delacratic) - 3 D.A.I.S.Y. Age - 1 This was long and meh. Everything I hate in an album. Thanks for the Spiderman 3 credits though.
Helt ait 3.5
This was an alright listen although it got a bit samey in the end. I really liked the two singles. Overall 3*
Have to say this didn't do it for me which I was surprised by.
Another of those cases where I wanted to listen to this, but for whatever reason, I have yet to (I'm sure this will never happen again on this list!). It's relaxing to put on and puts you in the zone. I like to play Tetris when listening to a new album, which gets me in the zone for the game. It's upbeat enough to energize me, yet it's peaceful to listen to. I understand why this album has a large appeal, and I'm one of those people. Something I will be adding to my "dance" playlist. One of those albums that you can relisten to as much as you can, and I'm sure my rating will only go up the more I do that! 8.5/10
This was exactly what hip-hop needed; child-like wonder replacing guns and bitches.
Mostly great but it’s over bloated with some filler
Top 5 all time album. Don't need to explain myself further. Got an 80s copy, so all the samples are correct! If you can find one, it's only minor differences from the version that finally made streaming. But it's worth it!
I'd somehow never really listened to De La Soul. This was great! Like what I was always promised with A Tribe Called Quest, but much more satisfying to me. Loved the one that mixed up Peg and Sitting On The Dock. I understand it's pretty brand new on streaming too so that's neat.
I'd have loved to have been alive when this album dropped, it represents a piece of Hip Hop History that is so radically different to what we get today that it's very refreshing. It's also just nice to listen to songs where it's not all about shooting someone and getting bitches which is also a nice change. Highly influential to what came after it you can tell that it inspired plenty of music because a lot of the songs here are uhh....well they're something alright. There's like 20+ tracks in this thing and a lot of them are dedicated to just them shooting the shit which is funny and it's nice to listen to something upbeat and trying to make you vibe with the song and make you laugh too. One of the songs randomly has one of the members doing an Italian impression like lmao what? While I appreciate what they go for I do have to admit I probably won't return to the album as a whole, all the songs have good beats and they definitely can rap. I just find a lot of it memorable more so because they chat shit rather than the songs actually being great. I think the two exceptions to this are Ghetto Thang because the beat is so smooth and Tread Water which impressively makes a catchy tune out of a guy seeing a crocodile or something. The album is a little corny but there's a lot to like here if you don't mind your hip hop being a little less serious. It's just a lot of fun isn't it?
bAsed
I've long said that the 90's is the longest decade, it started early and finished late, this is one of the albums I point to as part of my case. A lot of the sound of the 90's hip hop is influenced by those that came in the twilight years of the 80's and much like Primal Scream's Screamadelica (which is from the same era), it's definitely a few years ahead of its time and ended up influencing artists several years down the line. But this album is a lot of fun to listen to, with a good mix of humour and strong lyrics with samples from some iconic songs. Although perhaps don't listen to De La Orgee in public, probably not a good idea Stand out songs: - The Magic Number - Tread Water - Buddy
This is such a fun album. Great music, samples and lyrics. The gameshow snippets are also a jovial element - I wonder what the specially selected grand prize was? The most enjoyable hip hop album yet. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: The Magic Number Date listened: 11/07/23
Quality. Liked how much it just seemed like a load of mates having fun.
This album was mega influential for good reason. This legendary album lives up to the hype and if you haven’t heard it yet you’ll want to get on er! Hip to the Hop to Top is my faves list.
Odd concept
classic 90s hip hop, perfect mix between good beats and funny interludes
Lots of samples and funky beats, with a very positive vibe that was quite different to where most of the gangsta rap was heading in the 80s and 90s. With lots of samples and various soundscapes, and conceptually was completed with game show segments interspersed between tracks. Interestingly it's been described as the first psychedelic hip-hop record. Best: The Magic Number Worst: De La Orgee
Not for me. A couple of good songs I liked but not the rest of the album
Finalmente um disco de rap fluiu bem, apresenta melodias com climas turvos que não incomodam.
It would benefit from being a little shorter; maybe remove the interstitial tracks, but it is a significant album in hip-hop.
pas mal mais bon
One of my favorites of the era. 4.5
not my kind of hip-hop but I enjoyed and saved a few tracks and appreciated the producing and pacing of the record.
Had know idea who this was but liked it a lot. I only knew the three song at first but the others were really good too. I’m shocked they aren’t bigger on Spotify.
The production on this is so specific to 1989/1990. It's a great, joyful album full of clever samples. Lots of fun, back when rap could be fun.
I bought this on vinyl when it first came out; no idea where it is now. Glad to see it finally on streaming services, even if they had to lose a few samples to allow it to happen. The skits have not aged as well as the music, but the music still earns its five stars.
I don't know man, i think I just don't like this kind of hip hop. there were a few songs on this album I liked (Jenifa Taught Me, Me Myself and I) but it felt way too long and most of the songs were pretty boring to me.
Joyous.
pretty good. i like hip hop. but it’s one of those albums that’s way too fucking long. the skits are cute/entertaining but they don’t make any sense. can u keep a secret just seems like some inside joke conceived after smoking a joint and then just recorded as a joke. it isn’t fire or funny. everything after tread water should’ve been cut. transmitting from mars should’ve been an instrumental no one wants to hear all that french crap , please. if this album was simply magic number, change speak, jenifa taught me, ghetto thang , eye know ,little bit of soap, and tread water this would be a strong three stars. however, they got greedy so for that they get two.
Yes, this is the sort of Hip-Hop I love! This came out amid the explosion of gangsta rap in the late 80s, and it is such a massive contrast to the violent and confrontational direction that the genre was seemingly moving towards. The beats are great, the production is tight, the sampling is top-tier. It's just a fun, playful and totally listenable record, and it just seems like they all had a lot of fun putting this together. Favourite: The Magic Number
I wanted to like this album a lot more than I ended up doing so. Good production value and fun enough lyrics, but it never felt remarkable to me throughout the album. Favorite track: Eye Know
Few more songs in there than I expected. Some catchy, some very telling of their age.
Say No Go. Enough said.
Meget funky beats og samples. Med rap. Sketches er unødvendige. En del af numrene ikke så catchy igen. Minder lidt om Gorillaz.
Nao sou muito de hip hop mas ate que foi maneiro. Referencia ao 3 is the magic number pelo Ted Lasso! Altos gemidos desnecessauros tho
I liked the sense of humour shown in this album but ultimately it didn't leave an impression. Also, in several of the songs, the mixing seemed off as the vocals were overshadowed by the volume of the music. Pretty basic beats made this a fine listen but not a notable listen
I'm not sure if this inspired other artists and that's why it was included on the list or what. It was fine but nothing in here really stood out to me to make this a must listen album.
While this is a fun album I didn’t really enjoy it. Lots of random vocal interludes and I don’t need a song about dandruff ever.
I like De La Soul but I’ve never listened to this album and I don’t think I like it
Great. Before gangsta everything was good in the world.
Mostly good. Influential but very dated.
Upbeat and poppy
Weird but good
Fun. Long. Good stuff, won't seek it out again tho, maybe.
Not my jam. A little to silly. I get real tired of drum loops.
-intro is HILARIOUS -the magic number is SO FUN -im loving this so far -i had a feeling it would be fun because of the album art but i LOVE it -favorites: magic number, eye know, say no go -change in speak is more chill -going back to the gameshow bit in the intro is SO FUNNY -idk if this is something i’d listen to all the time but its genuinely so much fun to listen to
de la soul's 3 feet high and rising is not your typical rap or hip hop! this album was released in 1989 and had an incredibly different tone in comparison to other rap and hip hop that was released at that time. truth be told, i think it still stands out from today's rap and hip hop! de la soul is playful in their lyrics and topics. i mean, who else would sample "magic number" from school house rock or a nursery rhyme?! or create some seventies game show as a running gag? de la soul's daring dissent is charming and admirable. yet it isn't always fun and games: they make sure to cover societal issues like many rap groups at this time. not limiting their music, sampling from a variety of genres or unusual sources--this formed the respect i have for this group and album! 3.5
Considering the direction that hip hop and rap was going at this point into the 1990s, this is really quite different than a lot of what was coming out of the genre at this time. The music found here when compared to other rap albums of the time is generally more progressive, sometimes jazzy, and definitely a bit psychedelic in parts (no surprises there given the album cover). The lyrics are also generally much less violent than a lot of the rising era's gangsta rap. While this has been a less traveled road in hip hop, this album definitely sent a message to hip hop artists that going more "artsy" with their craft is okay, too!
some real hidden gems in here, the talking "songs" kinda throw off the flow but overall unique and fun
What happens when a bunch of talented goofballs get together to make a record? You get a really fun album with just good vibes all around. 8/10
Banging! Love a bit of De La Soul but hadn't heard a full album recently anyway. Such a great use of sweet funky smooth samples and great rapping. Will definitely listen again
Wonderful, jolly and fun
Not really my cup of tea. I grew up as a new waiver but fell in love with l l cool j... This album is certainly listenable. I need to let it breathe and give it more time but I do like the back beat and the groove that comes along
not gonna revisit, it's dope
This was tough to rate, i liked it, yet also disliked it.
Reaaaaal nice
4.5 stars. As smooth as the hip hop group's name rolls off the tongue this debut album is wonderful and creative. Strong beats that a sample a range of musicians, lyrics range from comedic to comedic giving the record a positive vibe. Standouts are "Me Myself and I" and "Eye Know."
Not really interested in the skits, couple songs with really no point, a little long, many good songs though
this brand of hiphop is not to my liking
As much of a manifesto as it became an albatross, the D.A.I.S.Y Age was heralded as De La Soul released one of the most important albums in not just hip-hop but music history. Its innovative usage of sampling (which wound up costing them in the long run), album oriented skits (some have aged for better or worse) and its lack of militaristic posturing that was prevalent in the genre at the time (the affiliation with Native Tongues) made Trugoy, Maseo, Posdnuos and producer Prince Paul the rather soon-to-be unfortunately tagged "hippies of hip-hop". While this album on the whole is greatly respected, there is a sense of feeling that one had to have been there in order to understand the hype, as the album wears its time and place on its sleeve (De La Orgee, Take It Off, looking at you) but it does not being the album down. If anything, it adds to the mythos that have surrounded De La Soul ever since they first came on the scene and the legal troubles that plagued them later on that made them Johnny-come-latelys to the current digital world. Glad to have them still around, glad to have people finally listen to them and glad to see this album on the list. Rest in peace Trugoy the Dove. Favorites: The Magic Number, Change in Speak, Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin' Revenge, Ghetto Thang, Eye Know, Tread Water, Potholes in My Lawn, Say No Go, Plug Tunin', Buddy, Me Myself & I, This is a Recording..., D.A.I.S.Y. Age.
Not my thing.
Definitely my favourite hip hop album of all time.
Legendary group, great samples, meaningful lyrics, and for once a +1 hour album, which doesn't bore me. All those skits though...
Legendary rap trio, De La Soul, utilizes some great samples, innovative sound and a handful of guests on this albu…. Ok, who am I kidding? 3 Feet High and Rising is basically the birthplace of the 90’s hip hop skit craze. And that’s just unforgivable.
Overall, it's a great album, and an extremely fun listen. Some of the songs get a little repetitive with the lyrics. Also, some of the songs on the album (Can U Keep A Secret, Transmitting Live From Mars, De La Orgee) are genuinely unnecessary and take away from the album.
Goofy ass album. Great samples.
Skönt sound, både bra och dåliga låtar. Gillade generellt
Enjoyed this one! Always happy for a hip hop album on here, especially De La Soul. Hadn't heard before and I think we had another one of theirs I liked more than this one but still better than most.
Nice, a hip hop classic that I haven't gotten around to hearing yet! De La Soul is an undeniably pioneering rap group, but I feel that they are often forgotten in the conversation of acts like Tribe, Wu-Tang, NWA, etc. Maybe a little too nerdy for some people. I really love how varied the sampling is on here, so many genres pulled in and forced to work for them. Extremely creative record, and definitely sounds ahead of its time, by at least 4-5 years. Though I do hear the age in the quicker BPM of some of the tracks that could obviously be B-Boy, breakdancing tracks. Still, a hallmark album that I'm grateful was put in front of me. Really enjoyed it! "Me Myself and I" is a banger I didn't realize I knew. This is an album that could grow to a 5 star for me. Favorite tracks: Me Myself and I, Buddy, Eye Know, The Magic Number, Ghetto Thang, Transmitting Live from Mars, Say No Go, Tread Water, Jenifa Taught Me, Plug Tunin, Daisy Age. Album art: Absolutely iconic, one of the great old-school hip hop covers for sure. Love the bright colors and the circular positioning of the guys. Funny that the group bristled a little at being called a "hippie" rap group, and yet this debut is emblazoned with flowers and stars in that hippie style. 4.5/5
It's soft enough to accept.
An absolute CLASSIC! I've somehow never given the whole album a listen before, and if this isn't a masterclass in album pacing and flow, I honestly don't know what is! Fantastic lyrics/flows throughout, fantastic production, and an extremely entertaining concept--deserves to go down as one of the most influential hip-hop records of all time! Favorite Tracks: The Magic Number, Eye Know, Take it Off, Buddy, D.A.I.S.Y. Age (the list goes on...)
Pretty good for old school hip-hop but kinda redundant
Props to these guys for doing something different. 3 Feet High and Rising is fun, inoffensive, soulful, and bright - much like the floral album cover. Once again it suffers from being so long that you start to tune out during the weaker songs (a signature of hip-hop records, as it seems), but every so often it pulls you back in with a funky track or a weird lyric. Standout tracks are Jenifa Taught Me, Say No Go, and Me Myself & I.
Good groovy hip-hop. A nice listen with a lot of good samples. Not sure if it is something I will listen to again but I liked it.
I really liked this album! It felt like I was listening to a story in a really interesting way. You could tell everyone that had a hand in creating this album was insanely talented.
couple of bangers but on the the general vibe is particularly uninspiring. would fit right in with 2023s glasto lineup.
A heron glides into view and spits a melody that makes me feel invigorated. It is dawn and the sun crawls across the curtains as I roll over and try to shake off last night's vodka Redbulls. A sharp terror fills me as I recall typing a passive aggressive message to a girl whom I barely know from the local coffee shop, who smiled at me once and I took it as a sign that we would fall deeply in love. I had been Facebook stalking her for weeks and after passing her in the street yesterday evening, I must have found some misguided courage. I check my outbox. There it is. I cannot bring myself to read it. I fix myself another vodka.
Generic hip hop.
3.75 I just can't give it a 4
Didn’t grab me.
Great album nice background music very 90s pop like great tracks to start the day The music is like the album expressing fun things
Fun and upbeat hip-hop. Not my usual thing, but this was a pretty fun listen.
p630. 1989. 2.5 stars Hip-hop/rap, so wrong audience. Well done of its kind though, and with a sense of humour. Well chosen samples, but unlikely to listen again.
Super fun album
Love this album! It’s vibe, lyrics, beat.
This is the reason people don't think rap is real music.
This album is awesome. So fun so happy it’s now on Spotify too
Love most of it, but it does have a bit too much filler to be 5*
blijft lekkere laidback hip hop. Overleeft beter dan de gangsta bullshit.
A great album. Loads of fun, such classics and the skits might even actually be funny, depending on my mood.
Fun album, saved a number of songs to an old-school hiphop playlist but that's only about a quarter of the tracks the rest didn't hit the mark for me overall it was ok.
Incredible stuff. De La Soul was a blind spot for me and I loved this start to finish. Now looking for this on vinyl
Debuutalbum van Amerikaans hiphop trio De La Soul. Album is een luchtige breakaway van gangster rap met komische ondertonen. Door de variatie van de nummers en samples is 3 Feet High and Rising een van de betere hiphop albums. leukste nummer: Me Myself and I De titel van het album is een reference naar het nummer "5 Feet High and Rising" van Johnny Cash. In "The Magic Number" wordt een sample van dit nummer gebruikt.
Forgettable af
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The music on this album has such a fun, positive and restless creative energy. Every song has a ton of different samples mashed together like a collage. This was no doubt a major leap forward for hip-hop production. But the album can feel a little too restless for me. There are so many skits and interludes and joke tracks that I can find it a bit hard to get into. And while the music is inventive and playful, I find the rapping underwhelming.
De La Soul to me are THE sound of funky rap in the 1990's. As soon as I hear a few seconds of their music I am brought back to the 1990s and watching movies / TV / commercials, and hearing them on the radio. They are inherently tied to that decade for me and really provided a backdrop to many moments of my youth. Unfortunately they have never really been an act that I would put on myself. Their sound is great but it's pretty specific, and not necessarily a universal sound that I would reach for often. It's a solid 3/5 record for me. Maybe a 3.6/5 but not quite high enough for a round-up.
Music is good, dont like the talk show in between songs
okay rap album, interesting in its variety.
Controversial opinion: follow up and Yang to ‘3 Feet High And Rising’s’ Ying, ‘De La Soul Is Dead’ is the better album. This is still great; I just didn’t feel it this time around as much as I have in the past.
Funk on jees mutta tämä on alku-hiphopin tyyliin monotonista olematta monotonista eli tylsää läpeensä
Miten kaiken variaation saa kuulostamaan saman toistamiselta? Onko vika minussa. Todennäköisesti?
It slaps
Brilliant
FUN (drie en een halve ster)
Full of great tracks but damn do I hate the skits and filler.
Too long and too many tracks, but those are the only flaws I can find. Near perfect and deserving of 5/5.
Þvílík nostalgía! Mikið pepp og mikið stuð!
Cat: definitely laid foundations for hip hop. Silly lyrics, I like that. Great groove.
Not bad
Confirmed: I still cannot bear to listen to this type of music.
Love this - brings back memories and a good mood
Sounds like hiphop for 8-12 year olds in the late 80s. Boring, simplistic and nonsensical. Probably included 'De La Orgee" so it wouldn't be placed in the children's aisles at record stodes. Not absolutely atrocious though, so probably doesn't deserve 1*. Not far off though. 1.5*
"3 Feet High and Rising" is the debut album by Long Island, NY hip hop group De La Soul. The album title is based on a Johnny Cash song. The album was produced by Prince Paul with the music and lyrics trying to distance itself from the gansta rap very popular at the time. The music is put into the genres of art rap, progressive rap, jazz rap, pyschedelic hip hop and sampledelia and very influential in each of those. It has sample-heavy production with samples of funk, soul, doo-wop, pyschedelic rock and children's music and bizarre and surreal lyrics. Yeah, I had no idea what they were rapping about at times but it sounded good. The album was a critical and commercial success reaching #1 in the Billboard R&B Albums Chart and #24 in the Top 200. It was also added to The National Recording Registry in 2010 for its significance. The album begins with "Intro" which is essentially a comedic game show hip hop skit. This continues throughout in the background. De La Soul is credited with introducing the hip hop skit approach. "The Magic Number" is the first single. Just a drum beat and background noises and samples. The rapping sounds like it was done into a megaphone. The magic number is three like the number of members in De La Soul. "Eye Know" has some of the best sampling I've heard combining Steely Dan's "Peg" and the guitar and horns from a Mad Lads' song. An easy groove and a simple love and great song. "Plug Tunin'" was their debut single. You know you got the sampling down when you can combine James Brown, Liberace and The Invitations. I think they're commenting on hardcore rap. "Buddy" features the Jungle Brothers, Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest and Queen Latifah. Great samples of a Commodores' song and a 1981 Taana Gardner's disco song. Great rhyming. "Me Myself and I" is my favorite De La Soul song. A strong beat. It's funky, catchy. They lay heavy into the sampling of Funkadelic's "(Not Just) Knee Deep." The song reached #1 on the Billboard R&B Charts. The album ends with the same game show skit that it began with. I'm not sure which one of the four contestants won. There's no doubt that this is a great and influential album. Great rhyming and just outstanding sampling. It is long at 73 minutes and at times somewhat disjointed between songs. But, it is a very enjoyable listen and rightly placed in musical history.
3.5
is a exotic album, by th way is so cool and funny
Amazing early hip-hop album.
Brought back memories. One of those albums that really does warrant a solid listen from end-to-end because of the interludes and decent flow from one track to the next.
Wow, where do I begin? I'll start by saying that there are only maybe 10-20% of rap artists I love, and the rest I typically detest. I rarely feel middle ground about rap, but De La Soul may have been in that category...until now! Prior to this listen, I only knew "Me, Myself and I" which I really like. It never moved me enough to buy the album though, and that's pretty much how we found new music back when this released. My bad! A major note is that this had been unavailable for streaming until about 4 weeks ago. This was due to the numerous samples used and getting clearance for those samples. It unfortunately happened just weeks after founding member, Trugoy the Dove, passed away though. (I did some research while listening). This album is special in, not only are the samples used creatively mixed, but the lyrics are intelligently crafted and not in a superficial way. This is a completely positive vibe, much like DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince were. I enjoyed every moment of listening to this. I'm absolutely certain I'll be listening to this many times. I've already listened to a few of the songs 2 or 3 times! If you're an "I hate rap" person, you probably won't enjoy it. However, I would suggest you listen anyway because this might be the album to show you that not "all rap is terrible". You might even get a chuckle at a few of the songs! For me, I regret not listening sooner!
While it does have bangers like me myself and I and say no go, I see it more as a whole greater than the sum of its parts. I hate the shitty echo sound effect and I don't love the flow but by the end I was like "wow this is a pretty unique and fun rap album" even though I wasn't actively jamming out to every single song. Definitely understand why this album has so much prestige behind it though. Hearing this when in 1989 would be crazy because its about a decade ahead of its time.
Not a rap fan, this song did have some more interestinusic in the background
In 1989, along with Beastie Boys, these guys proved themselves as the vanguard of "alternative" approaching in hip hop context. They expanded the sound in every possible direction - sample(delia), "progressive" yet diverse musicality by trying to absorb all kind of popular black music (& probably music in general - De La Soul surely wanted to!). They also consciously moved away from aggressive macho/gangsta vibe, used the lyrics and sounds in an obviously more intellectual manner. If you want to know what's more about hip hop than "street" & "criminal" kind of content, this LP is the best to start with. Fav Track: Buddy (Ft Jungle Brothers & Q-Tip)
Rating: 10/10
Wat een lekker album zeg! Vrolijk, vette productie, en lekkere beats. De lol spat ervan af!
The limitless potential of sample-based hip-hop, a little indulgent and bloated but still a great album.
They went for "simple but next level" stuff and kinda made it.
Crazy for daisies, captures it all. Classic hip hop album. (In my memory follow-up albums were stronger, but it is not true, this album is perfect as it is.)
It was great fun listening to this album, with all the creative beats and use of samples. Recognised Steely Dan's Peg of course, and there was also a sample I recognised from Portishead, who used it in their song Wandering Star. Despite the overall pleasant vibes, there were also quite few moments that were a bit meh, or a bit too silly. The hit "Me myself and I" is still by far their best song.
I value the attitude of these musicians: unconventional, positive and honest. However, I am not really grabbed by most of the songs, even big hits like Me, myself and I.
This is a certified classic of the genre, but it is bloated with too much unnecessary skits and just plain awful songs. I think the sample usage was revolutionary for it's day, but I prefer less recognizable, more deep cut samples personally. Still, plenty of fantastic music. 🦶🦶🦶
2.5 Too much silliness for my liking
sad but happy about this. some of the samples have been removed due to not having permission.
Pretty close to perfect.
*whispering* This album has dandruff
Pretty solid rap, especially for 89, the flow feels way head of the game. The skits were super cringey though. Could've trimmed a few of the shorter tracks too. But good verses on the main tracks
Don't like that game show thing it tries to do. Apart from that absolute banger of an album
Classic. Me myself and I.
Yes
While the music data itself a bit, the lyrics and inspiration to hip hop are undeniably timeless.
Pretty cool, especially for 1989 rap. Not sure if I would listen to this a lot, rounding a 3.5 up to 4.
I'll leave wiser ears to debate the compromises necessary to bring De La Soul to streaming: This album, tracks heard before now with connecting tissue, is effectively funky and functional. The cover gives an accurate first impression and the music has depth to back up the length. 3 Feet High and Rising never settles; Not on a density of samples, not on an intensity of sunlight. It's not a demanding listen, but does demand to get to know you. Inimitable.
It may have been pouring out my window today, but this put sunshine in my heart.
Fantastic Hip Hop in an alternative vein from its contemporaries. Of course, I think that these guys eventually make even better music later, but truly a great start.
I was a little sick while listening to this which is sad because it sounded really fun but couldn't fully appreciate it. But I still liked it a lot, definitely going back to it at one point. Songs I Already Knew: None Songs I Really Liked: The Magic Number, Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge), Ghetto Thang, Eye Know, Tread Water, Potholes in My Lawn, Say No Go, Buddy, Me Myself and I
Pretty fucking good and clearly influential. opened my mind to a whole new genre
This is a lot of fun. Along the lines of A Tribe Called Quest where humour and irony take the place of anger and bravado. I didn't have the chance to really absorb the lyrical content and I would say that ATCQ does it better especially in the musical diversity but still an enjoyable listen that I WANT to further explore and discover 4 stars
Golden age. It’s a real shame that quantised and sterilised modern production will never allow this kind of hiphop to be made again.
As someone who is very much not a fan of hip hop, I was able to listen to the entire album (despite it's length) and even found it interesting at times. Turns out that ditching the forced gangsta shtick and using interesting samples and instrumentation really helps.
Really weak
hiphop classic
Sounded like what early 90s hip hop sounded like. Why is hip hop obsessed with skits? They’re the worst
It's De La Soul. How can it be anything but amazing?
I thought, "oh no, another hip-hop album" but this album is truly exceptional. I usually dislike the genre but this was so fresh and fun, I couldn't help but enjoy it. Great tunes.
3 instante classics. Rest sounds unrefined
Enjoyable album, good mix of humour and hits too.
It’s a shame most De La Soul has been unavailable to stream until coincidentally the day this album was randomly generated
A good time for everyone and it feels a little too perfect to be assigned this album on its 34th anniversary
never heard of this group before but wow. Very fun album. Upbeat happy rap was not something i knew existed. Funny coincidence is that its actually coming out on spotify tomorrow and has not being on streaming for years- i’ll give it a listen tomorrow as well.
Classic!
mostly silly but nice
Very dope Hip Hop record, amazing sampling work and lyrical flow between the guys. Key tracks: The Magic Number, Change In Speak, Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge), Ghetto Thang, Eye Know, Tread Water, Potholes In My Lawn, Say No Go, Do As De La Does, Plug Tunin', Buddy, Me Myself And I, This Is A Recording For Living In A Fulltime Era (L.I.F.E.), D.A.I.S.Y. Age 8 out of 10
trop longggggggarrfh
je suis superficielle ( je juge un peu les albums a leur couverture)
Playful and strong
Wasn’t able to listen to this exact album yet but will when it drops on Spotify. Their discography is amazing though and I can’t believe I’ve never checked these legends out before.
I like this album. The flow is smooth, the beats are fresh, and the rapping is nice. The main issue I have with the album are the non-music interludes, which were weird to me. Overall, good album that was fun to listen to. 4/5 Favorite song: Buddy Worst song: D.A.I.S.Y. Age
klasik. jedva čekam da 3/3/23 dođu na streaming platforme, iako imam diskografiju na kompu. RIP Trugoy (Plug 2) <3
Skulle vara mer elektronisk musik än dessa hopplösa hip-hop album.
Old school innovation
Nothing to really remember.
Not a lot of songs of this available on the internet so it's tough to rate it fairly
Kind of disappointing. Eye Know is such an amazing song but the rest was way stranger than I expected and not in a good way. It’s a fun sound when they’re rapping by altogether this didn’t do much for me.
I've never listened to any De La Soul before, but this album was great. The rapping was awesome, some of the lyrics were humorous, and the sampling was out of this world. I was humming "Eye Know" to myself for several hours before I realized they sampled Steely Dan's "Peg" in it. To me, that shows that these guys are incredibly talented at making songs. To take a song that I know, and sample it in a way that makes it something entirely new is a remarkable skill. Also, Trugoy just died yesterday? What a wacky coincidence. I hope the man rests in peace, and I hope to get to listen to more De La Soul.
I purchased this album on it’s original release and I still have it on my regular playlist to this day. A total game changer for the hippie hip hop generation.
What fun! I like this a lot! I could only listen to half of the album on youtube, but what was there was great!
No m'agrada el hip hop
I'm super glad this is finally streaming. The world needs De La Soul. Best track: The Magic Number
cool
Difficult to find (I found on soundcloud). Just absolutely outstanding. Playful, funny, inventive, beats and flow on point and lyricism is superb, but what really makes it is the range and quality of the sampling.
It is a hip hop album. I was not familiar with any of the songs. It was a pretty good album. Not sure I would seek it out to listen to again but if it was playing I would listen.
Sadly, this one is unavailable in any streaming service. I'm not sure I listened to the correct album getting a Youtube playlist with some unavailable videos. It's sad because just with a little sample of the whole album, it's clear this is powerful. It's something exciting and, for sure, a must-listen before dying. I don't know if there is more De La Soul on this list, but it should be.
An album of fillers around the classics. Not a keeper.
Rap from the time before it became foul mouthed, mysogynist, violent and unpleasant. This is relatively tuneful, albeit sampled from other people's music. Sampling was new at the time and seen as innovative by simpletons who couldn't spot that it was papering over a lack of creative talent. Hence, it isn't on Spotify yet because they don't have the necessary clearances. But I'll be generous, because at least they were pioneers in the genre.
An absolute classic. Start to finish.
A long-time fave, with so many highlights and memorable cuts, but an excess of filler (the spoken word bits do wear a bit). Maybe not aging quite as well as one expected.
An amazingly fresh hip-hop LP with personality in spades You could argue this album is too bit-heavy, but the sense of personality woven in between masterful micro-sampling and exquisite beats yields a winning combination that easily sustains the hour-long LP. Great wordplay in the bars and a loose narrative thread for everything together into a top-tier product that’s joyful yet focused, playful but heavy on performance. Between De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest + others, I’m realizing just how shamefully uninformed I was on the genre - tradeoff is I get to discover all these amazing LPs in exchange for taking the deep dive.
yea it was good, felt kind repetitive at the start but once you get in to it its great
Weird, cool, very creative - 4 stars
I'm not a hip hop fan but this is pretty good as far as the genre goes. Hard to find a way to listen to it though! 3 stars.
Cool
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Managed to find a bit over half the album on youtube. Lots of skits - I understand this may have been one of the first albums to do it, but MEH, SKITS. The rapping has that childish 80s vibe to it, overall feel of rap you could play at a primary school disco. A lot of gushing reviews, which doesn't quite match up with what I heard. Not bad by any stretch, but definitely not the masterpiece its wikipedia page and half the reviews here suggest it is. Maybe that's just because it wasn't that popular in Australia - although I have a feeling it's more because its positive messages appeal to pussies. It's nowhere near as good as Ice-T or NWA, but they'll fire this into space before either of them in case the aliens are offended by song titles such as "Straight up Nigga" and "Fuck the Police". haha. 3/5. On a cool note, wikipedia says anyone getting this album after March 2023 will be able to just listen on Spotify.
Wasn't a big fan when I first listened so I wasn't really bothered to relisten. I think this album has a lot of filler but at it's peak it's some great early jazz/conscious rap. De la orgy didn't have to exist though. 7/10
No he podido escuchar el album porque en Spotify no estaba disponible
Sadly not on Spotify but caught parts of it on Youtube. This is iconic with the hits and inbetween inventive and quirky samples and light-hearted rap. This is good to listen to.
Well, a bit hard to track done the songs. What I could find (or remember) had a nice groove in parts, but I'd just rather listen to the source than the mashup.
So bloody good. One of their best and one of of the best. 5 stars.
Zo'n vrolijke hip hop hoor ik precies liever. Erg genoten van dit plaatje
It's a decent listen. Probably won't be going back for a bit.
Quite a bit of variety here... though there are plenty of skit or throwaway songs that would make me just want to skip them if I listened to the album multiple times. The more fully developed tracks have cool samples and an interesting style. Though I don't really enjoy this style much, it is pretty interesting.
this reminds me of parrapa, this is the quirkiest rap i've heard. the samples are great, and I think its just fun to listen to.
This is an album that I've been meaning to listen to for a while now. I really enjoy albums from this golden era of hip-hop sampling, before the law decided that DJs needed to pay for their samples. This is a cool album, though I had a tough time finding a definitive version on YouTube, since there seems to be automated copyright claims on a lot of these songs. I wish that albums like this had been able to shine through a bit more during the era of gangsta rap, since there's not anything that makes gangsta rap inherently better than this style other than the intensity of its subject matter. The production, music, and lyrical content are all on par, but I guess people were less interested in positivity than they were in brutality. Overall a really cool record that deserves it's place in rap history, even if it was overshadowed shortly after its release by west coast rap 4/5
Lots of fun when it first came out…still fun.
This is so damn good that it should be mandated to be readily available on SOME streaming platform. Seriously, you can't even buy a digital version of this album on Amazon. I'm paying for (some would suggest foolishly) unlimited music on Spotify, Amazon and YouTube Music, and it shouldn't be this challenging to find this remarkable album. Thankfully, you can stream the entire album on YouTube. It turns out De La Soul's entire catalog will finally be made available on streaming services on March 3, 2023. But the simple fact that I was willing to actually buy a digital copy of this album if one would have just been made available tells you everything you know about the album's quality.
Probably my favourite hip-hop album thus far. Just wish it was easier to find, because i'd love to download and relisten to a lot of it.
I know this is a good one. Love some De La Soul.
Hip-hop suave de los 80, con predominancia de sintetizadores y mismas bases. Le falta algo de ritmo más intenso, por eso se escucha bien. Desconocido en su totalidad
Hip hop. Coñazo.
Not on apple music
Kann ich nicht hören.
Interesting that this one is not on Spotify. A few years ago De La Soul offered their discography for free download on their website. It was only for 3 days or something, but I made sure to snag all of their stuff. So I was familiar with this one. But it has been a while since I listened to it. Cranking it up... The spoken word thing again? O-kay... (Recurs once or twice. Not a fan of that.) The samples of songs that I know: Steely Dan, Hall & Oates. Look it me, I know stuff! The interludes, like "Transmitting Live From Mars" and "Take It Off"... it's better than skits or sketches, which a lot of other hip hop groups. De La does more sketches in their next album, "De La Soul Is Dead," which I find more annoying. But the interludes are listenable hear. They hold p on repeat listens. The "hits": "Me, Myself and I", "Plug Tunin," "Potholes In My Lawn," "Buddy," "Eye Know"... you can hear the group is having FUN. Lots of other groups at this time aren't doing that. It's a fun album, and it's fun to listen to. I also recommend the album "The Grind Date." I listen to that one every so often.
Cool, fun album although it's a bit uneven. I really enjoyed the start of it with their version of The Magic Number (great beats and sampling) followed by Change in Speak (love the lyrical stylings and rhyming). Some ups and downs from there until Eye Know (great tune and cool sampling, felt like an Arrested Development or A Tribe Called Quest tune). For example Can U Keep a Secret was funny; not essential, but still worth a listen. Too many short tracks or interludes? I did enjoy some of them like A Little Bit of Soap (again, great sampling). Others like De La Orgee felt out of place on this album (save it for other trashy albums). Other cool tracks were Potholes in my Lawn, Buddy (great collaborations), Me Myself and I (funky - thanks George Clinton!), and DAISY Age.
I have mixed feelings about this album. There’s some classic stuff on here like “The Magic Number”, “Ghetto Thang”, “Potholes in my Lawn” and “Plug Tunin” but some of the tracks haven’t aged as well. The gameshow skit is funny and does add a nice bridge in between a few of the songs. Also, some interesting samples from Schoolhouse Rock to Steely Dan to Hall and Oates. After two listens though it doesn’t grab my attention enough to give it more than 3 stars. I think this album is a great example of one of those albums that if you got into it when it came out and it was part of your life for years, you might be inclined to call it a classic. For a new listener though I can't say the same. Maybe if I come back to it more often I might end up giving it a 4 or more.
not foir me
Awesome rap trio discovery! Attention! Link to Spotify is wrong! (2023-01-17)
actually not bad
4.4 - Squarely at the pinnacle of the "golden age of hip hop", this record dazzles with breezy rhymes and an infectiously groovy/goofy flow. If I'm honest, it leans a little heavily on skits, but the spirit is just so fun that I can overlook that one gripe. And the beats draw from a wide swath of genres, which makes this an equally heady listen. Note: The album in its original is supposedly coming to Spotify in March, 2023. I was able to stream it here: https://archive.org/details/de-la-soul-3-feet-high-and-rising/3+Feet+High+And+Rising/CD+2
Wow this record was really ahead of its time. It really started the whole conscious/sample-heavy rap that would rise in the 90s. Packed with great tracks. Lots of cool samples. I also really appreciate how the tracks flow into each other. I’ve commonly heard this referred to as “The Sgt Pepper of Hip Hop”. Really fun listen overall.
Wrong disc! The missing album from NOEL REDDING https://open.spotify.com/album/3KfvJUJv7Y0NuacdyqidJ0?si=Tn97GoSmRf6dX8ZJAO8yqA
4.5/5. Really enjoyed this. Eye Know is a great song, probably my favorite off this. There are some brief points in the album where it's a little weird for me, but I kind of like that. Overall, very good album (I wish it was streaming).
mostly forgettable early rap the most popular song isn't bad though 2.5
Lots of novelty, not interested in repeat listens though
Excellent
so amazing
Landmark hiphop record. So much fun to listen to and the sampling is incredible. So glad this is available on streaming now.
De La Soul's 1989 "3 Feet High And Rising" sits at the pinacol of the early hip-hop sampling Parthenon, blending and bending genres and audio from multiple different media (film/TV/commercials/scratching, etc). The album, like many at that time, blended up and down tempo beats with socially conscious lyrics and funk and jazz samples. Essential historical listening. The album seems to have directly influenced UK experimental Trip Hop. Like this, check out MC 900-Ft Jesus and DJ/Producer Howie B.
Was OK back in the day, seems kinda lame now. Background blather is irritating.
Fun, too long and the less than stellar parts take away from the joy of the true bops.
First listen of this and frustrating it had to be through YouTube, even so very impressed feels like such an influential hip hop album. Hopefully can come back to this a rerate if they ever get it on streaming services.
Really unique and entertaining album by some fun personalities. The sampling here is unlike anything we'll ever see again because of the time period and it's a cool time capsule to hear.
Can only listen to half on YouTube as album is not available on other streaming platforms
היה נחמד לא ממש הטעם שלי
Hugely influential. This was one of the first popular rap albums to not focus on life in the streets. It is a tour de force assemblage of sounds of all genres - there is soul, pop, rock, disco, country all weaved together. There will soon be others that attempt this - some successful (Paul's Boutique) and others not so much. A great work and an awesome debut.
Not on Apple Music. Can't listen.
Classic, true pioneers of hip hop
4.25
6/17, 35%
Fun old school hip hop, fancy rhymes, good beats. Enjoyed the listen
your mum
3 Feet High and Rising is the debut album by American hip hop group De La Soul. This is a critically & commercially successful album that is consistently placed on lists of greatest albums of all time, and it was also picked for the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2010. Released at a time when Gangsta rap was on the rise into hip hop mainstream, this album is a polar opposite that spouts positivity and humor. As a result, this album is considered one of the first alternative hip hop or progressive rap albums. This was also probably the first hip hop album to include skits on it, as a way to introduce the album or act as interludes between tracks. 3 Feet High and Rising was a fun album to listen to, and I enjoyed hearing classic rap songs that had less of an emphasis on hardcore or gangsta ideologies. Nothing wrong with Gangsta rap, but it was nice to hear something different from the late 80's/early 90's.