| Album Name | 3 Feet High and Rising |
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| Singer(s) | De La Soul |
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| Recorded | 1988 |
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| Released | 1989 |
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| Genre | Alternative Hip hop |
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| Length | 65:59 |
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| Label | Tommy Boy |
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| Producers | Prince Paul |
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 3 Feet High and Rising is the debut album from American hip hop trio De La Soul.
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". Their positivity meant many observors labeled them a "hippie" group, based on their decl ..
3 Feet High and Rising's Review |
Track Listing:
Album
Side One:
"Intro" (1:41) - (Huston/Mason/Mercer/Patterson/Scipio/Trugoy the Dove)
"The Magic Number" (3:16) - (Becker/Fagen/Huston/Mason/Mercer/Trugoy the Dove)
"Change in Speak" (2:33) - (Allen/Hall/Huston/Mason/Mercer/Oates/Scipio/Trugoy the Dove)More Tracks | Personals:
Jungle Brothers - Performer
De La Soul - Arranger, Assistant Producer
Prince Paul - Arranger, Producer, Mixing
Q-Tip - Performer
Sue Fisher - Engineer
More Personals | | Trivia: The title 3 Feet High and Rising comes from a Johnny Cash song called "Five Feet High and Rising" ("How high's the water, Mama?/It's three feet high and rising"). Cash is sampled on the album. Some have interpreted the title as a reference to drug abuse; De La Soul has not commented on this interpretation. More Trivia |
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