Tragedy of a Landmark Album: 3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul’s debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising is a landmark album for multiple reasons. But one of the elements that is so groundbreaking is also the thing that nearly erased De La Soul from music history entirely.

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SOURCES
Maseo and Prince Paul talking about sampling on the album:
   • How De La Soul’s Debut Album 3 Feet H...  
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/...
https://www.okayplayer.com/culture/de...
   • De La Soul - 3 Feet High TV (1989)  
https://www.theguardian.com/music/201...
https://www.briffa.com/blog/classic-c...
https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com...


TOPICS COVERED
De La Soul
3 Feet High and Rising
The Magic Number
Me Myself and I
Maseo
Posdunos
Dave
Trugoy the Dove
Music History
Sampling
Streaming
Prince Paul
Native Tongues
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