This could be a foot spa, and some nice essential oils!! The album was ranked number 346 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. Not bad for a BENELUX pressing. Vinyl Me Please is doing represses of some of their most highly sought after records that go for bonkers prices. The album title comes from the Johnny Cash song "Five Feet High and Rising". We layer the brightly-coloured hand drawn flower designs made with Posca paint pens on acetate over the black and white photographic portrait print, which is rostrum camera copied. "— James H. Billington from the Library of Congress. [21] Released amid the 1989 boom in gangsta rap, which gravitated towards hardcore, confrontational, violent lyrics, De La Soul's uniquely positive style[22] made them an oddity beginning with the first single, "Me, Myself and I". De La Soul’s 1989 effort, 3 Feet High and Rising, is a serious contender despite how lighthearted it is. Best sound quality I have ever heard from this album. It is consistently placed on lists of the greatest albums of all time by noted critics and publications, with Robert Christgau calling it "unlike any rap album you or anybody else has ever heard". To name some of those magazines and websites: Rolling Stone, Allmusic, Village Voice, and RapReviews.com and the millions of De La Soul fans out there (like me). The splatter goes with the album cover colors well. Don't feed the scalpers. VMP confirmed on Twitter they are working on repressing it. All rights reserved. Vinyl Me Please is doing represses of some of their most highly sought after records that go for bonkers prices. [21] In 2006, Q magazine placed the album at #20 in its list of "40 Best Albums of the '80s". (Da Inner Soul Of Yancy), The Magic Number / Say No Go / Eye Know / Me Myself And I (4 New Remixes), Το Ποπ Κορν Και Ο 9.84 FM Stereo Παρουσιάζουν Το Maxi Set Του Νοέμβρη, rap shows i enjoyed (in no particular order), Great music, Weird Music, Important Music, Bands named after a musical style they don't do, Meat Beat Manifesto Satyricon Sleeve Notes. By 1989, GO were exhibiting their paintings around the East Village and working as art directors for Tommy Boy Records and MTV (among others) making music videos for various groups, such as Public Enemy, A Tribe Called Quest, and The Rolling Stones. Complete your De La Soul collection. [25] The album was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. The group has never stopped fighting for, and against, 3 Feet High and Rising. [26] The jacket is a nice full print with UV spot gloss details, overall a very good package. [10], It is listed on Rolling Stone's 200 Essential Rock Records and The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums (both of which are unordered). Age" (da inner sound, y'all). Not often I leave comments about releases I have in my collection but this time I feel I need to. One of hip-hop's most inventive groups bringing forth jazz rap, intellectual rap and the Native tongue movement. HBMS and Blossom Dearie brought prices down significantly for those titles, which were selling in triple digits. So please, he says that you should save your money for it! This is not a review of the musical content but of the products quality. [30], The album is also credited with introducing the hip hop skit, a style of comedic sketch used both to introduce rap albums and as interludes between songs.[31]. This is well before the time of Apple Macs and scanning etc. De La Soul’s 1989 effort, 3 Feet High and Rising, is a serious contender despite how lighthearted it is. And for all their kiddie consciousness, junk-culture arcana, and suburban in-jokes, they're in the new tradition — you can dance to them, which counts for plenty when disjunction is your problem. [9] GO also began designing album covers for groups such as Information Society and De La Soul, most notably 3 Feet High and Rising.

Don't feed the scalpers. Remastered from the original analogue tapes, splatter 2LP, quite possibly the best version ov that album to own. 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. Please sign in or sign up. My innersleeve has no pictures so i think this is how it should be. De La Soul have made more unique and original material than I can count. [10], Mott describes the process of designing the album cover in his essay 'Hip Hop in The Daisy Age': "We have come up with the 'Daisy Age' visual concept. De La Soul’s 1989 effort, 3 Feet High and Rising, is a serious contender despite how lighthearted it is. I’ve got a pretty decent setup so theres no preamp buzz or motor noise when i turn it up. I hope one day this album get a repress with new fresh mastering.
This pressing sounds amazing.

Contributed by stationary unit (71,355 In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums.

Sampling artists as diverse as Johnny Cash, Hall & Oates, Steely Dan and The Turtles, 3 Feet High and Rising is often viewed as the stylistic beginning of 1990s alternative hip hop (and especially jazz rap). aint no way im dropping 150 on this shit lmao. Yung Bans and Ski Mask the Slump God's ILOVEITWHENTHEYRUN sample of Bobby Shmurda's Bobby Bitch, XXXTENTACION's Look at Me! Very deep bass and mid-ranges are very well layered. Warwick, Neil; Kutner, Jon; Brown, Tony (2004). The sample clearance issues caused by De La Soul’s sample-heavy production on 3 Feet High and Rising and beyond — coupled with dated contracts and Tommy Boy’s temporary surrender of the De La back catalog to Warner Brothers — have created a long and painful struggle for the group to make their music easily accessible to fans. As a Hip-Hop head, I’m always looking for my next favorite album. Donaldson's Baptizing Scene. This was made before the, horribly constructed, sample clearance process became 100% mandatory in releasing commercial music.

A shame for a nice pressing like that. Premier album de l'inimitable trio de NY, De La Soul, qui leur amène une célébrité qui dure encore aujourd'hui.

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Very quiet during spoken word bits. Performer [Introducers To Derwin's Revenge] –, This Is A Recording 4 Living In A Full Time Era (L.I.F.E), Human Beatbox [Precise Planet Rockish Beat Boxing], Vocals [Brady Bunch Pass My Bag Vocal Techniques] –, Vocals [Don't Understand Why These Vocals Are On The Track Singing] –, Coordinator [Tommy Boy 20th Anniversary Series Developed & Coordinated By], Buy Vinyl, Matrix / Runout (Side A stamped): 184868E1/B, Matrix / Runout (Side B stamped): 184868E2/B, Matrix / Runout (Side C stamped): 184868E3/A, Matrix / Runout (Side D stamped): 184868E4/A. 3 Feet High and Rising is the debut studio album by American hip hop group De La Soul, released on March 3, 1989 by Tommy Boy Records.It is the first of three collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which [clarification needed] would become the critical and commercial peak of both parties. VMP confirmed on Twitter they are working on repressing it. And then they can press it again in YELLOW and PINK - loved that. De La Soul are just about the only rap group I can say are almost "perfect". In mofi inner/outer now. The sound is tight with a decent dose of bass.