All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). So innovative and fresh, at the time it blew away every other rap record and even now manages to sound new and groundbreaking. Considered by many to be a hip hop masterpiece, De La Soul's 1989 debut album '3 Feet High and Rising' was not only a milestone for jazz rap, conscious and alternative hip hop, but was a huge commercial success. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Samples that are pure genius, coupled with a rhyme style which on certain tracks, even 25 years later, I'm still finding new nuances with, make this outstanding. Sucks that a lot of samples had to be cut/changed (Cool Breeze on the Rocks is absolutely GUTTED), but you gotta do what you gotta do. 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. Classic singles of the era like 'Me Myself and I', 'The Magic Number', and 'Eye Know' were beamed into living rooms across the globe via MTV.

De La Soul is an American hip-hop group formed in 1988 in the Amityville area of Long Island, New York. Seminal hip-hop group De La Soulhave gained control of their back catalogue which will finally be available on streaming from March this year. Their positivity meant many observers labeled them a 'hippie' group, based on their declaration of the 'D.

Released amid the 1989 boom in gangsta rap, which gravitated towards hardcore, confrontational, violent lyrics, De La Soul’s uniquely positive style made them an oddity beginning with the first single, “Me, Myself and I”. De La Soul's seminal debut album 3 Feet High and Rising was released on March 3, 1989 and is widely considered among the most influential hip-hop albums of all time. In the edit page, go to the 'Metadata' tab and add your Juno artist, label or release page for listeners to purchase your release / releases.For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered.

Float along to a smorgasbord of samples, flavorful beats, and quirky soundscapes, in this celebration of individuality, creativity, and utter joy. Feet High and Rising was chosen by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry for its cultural significance and general excellence. The album was the band's biggest commercial success to date, with subsequent ones selling progressively less, despite receiving high praise from critics. The album also features guest appearances from artists such as Damon Albarn, Little Dragon, David Byrne, 2 Chainz and Snoop Dogg. I'm so happy I got a copy it really does sound amazing to hear this after all these years, what difference in sound.If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers.

In early 2015, they announced plans to release a Kickstarter funded upcoming 9th studio album and the Anonymous Nobody. Cryptic but ecstatic, and sometimes sexy (especially the ingenious double-entendre "Buddy"), Trugoy and Posdnuos's lyrics invented a "new style of speak," dense with self-invented slang and metaphors.

It marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which would become the critical and commercial peak of both parties. The debut album from De La Soul (Trugoy, Maseo and Posdunos) gets another reissue here, pretty much ensuring this longstanding Long Island hip-hop trio never stay out of the limelight.