- Audio CD (Oct 9 2001)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Import
- Label: Universal
- ASIN: B000000HHE
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | LP Record
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Intro | |||
| 2. The Magic Number | |||
| 3. Change In Speak | |||
| 4. Cool Breeze On The Rocks | |||
| 5. Can U Keep A Secret | |||
| 6. Jenifa (Taught Me) | |||
| 7. Ghetto Thang | |||
| 8. Transmitting Live From Mars | |||
| 9. Eye Know | |||
| 10. Take It Off | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Freedom Of Speak (We Got Three More Minutes) | |||
| 2. Strickly Dan Stuckie | |||
| 3. Jenifa (Taught Me) | |||
| 4. Skip To My Loop | |||
| 5. Potholes In My Lawn | |||
| 6. "Me, Myself And I" | |||
| 7. Ain't Hip To Be Labeled A Hippie | |||
| 8. Whats More | |||
| 9. Brain Washed Follower | |||
| 10. Say No Go | |||
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Product Description
Amazon.com essential recording
De La's debut represented a new path for hip-hop, a reaction to conventions that had turned into clichés. It was friendly and playful enough to cross over to a pop audience (thanks to Prince Paul's production, which found the funk hiding inside Steely Dan and "Schoolhouse Rock"), but complicated and tough enough to be hugely influential in the hip-hop world. 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. The hits, including "Say No Go" and "Me Myself And I," are delightful, but the little sketches and sound-experiments between them make the whole disc flow effortlessly. --Douglas Wolk
Album Description
Import edition of the alternative rapper's seminal and groundbreaking 1989 debut. Currently available domestically on cassette only! Standard jewel case.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent old school!,
This review is from: 3 Feet High and Rising (Audio CD)
I love this CD! The songs are excellent, important and honest. There is no gratuitous violence or sex - although it does discuss both, and it does not shy away from important issues.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great Album, HORRIBLE Re-master,
By jas_n (Granger, IN United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: 3 Feet High and Rising (Audio CD)
if you are buying this brand new there is a 90% chance you'll get the 20th anniversary remaster with a bonus disc that shares almost the same tracklisting as "De La Remix", the elusive import album. the original cd was mixed pretty ..low, and this re-master is EVEN LOWER. i popped the original in, turned it down just so i could barely hear the words, put the re-master in and i couldn't hear ANYTHING. tommy boy really ... the guys over on this one.
5.0 out of 5 stars
3 Ft. High and Rising,
This review is from: 3 Feet High and Rising (Audio CD)
More than just a landmark debut hip-hop album, De La Soul's 3 ft. High and Rising is truely a piece of art. With dynamite samples like the classic "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay", Cymande's wonderful "Bra", and the obscurely magnificent mash up of "Stand by Me" into "Little 'Bit of Soap", this record has it all. I won't even begin to touch on the lyrics, as the character maximum for reviews is 5,000,000. In short, this is one of the most cohesive, under-rated, seminal hip-hop albums of all time. Would highly recommend to anyone who yearns for the day when hip-hop still had meaning, heart, and soul.God bless you Posdnuos, Trugoy, Pasemaster Mase and Prince Paul- AKA - Plug One, Plug Two, Plug Three and Plug Four.
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