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Line 1: {{redirect\|The Magic Number\|other uses\|Magic number (disambiguation){{!}}Magic number}} ~~{{Album infobox \|~~ {{Use mdy dates\|date=June 2025}} ~~Name = 3 Feet High and Rising \|~~ {{Infobox album ~~Type = [[Album (music)\|Album]] \|~~ \| name = 3 Feet High and Rising ~~Artist = [[De La Soul]] \|~~ \| type = studio ~~Cover = DeLaSoul3FeetHighandRisingalbumcover.jpg \|~~ \| artist = [[De La Soul]] ~~Background = Orange \|~~ \| cover = De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising Cover.jpeg ~~Released = 1989 \|~~ \| alt = ~~Recorded = 1988 \|~~ \| released = February 6, 1989 ~~Genre = [[Alternative hip hop\|Alternative]] [[Hip hop music\|Hip hop]] \|~~ \| recorded = <!-- Do not add unsourced content. --> ~~Length = 65:59 \|~~ \| studio = {{plainlist\| ~~Label = [[Tommy Boy]] \|~~ * Calliope Studios ([[New York City]]) ~~Producer = [[Prince Paul]] \|~~ * Island Media Studios ([[West Babylon, New York]])}} ~~Reviews =~~ \| genre = * [[Art rap]]<ref>{{cite news\| newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]\| title=De La Soul's Mind-Bending Rap\| first=Richard \|last=Harrington\| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/05/18/de-la-souls-mind-bending-rap/af8f9493-1894-41e2-88f2-ed2057247d0b/\| access-date=2023-03-23\| archive-date=2020-08-22\| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822014340/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/05/18/de-la-souls-mind-bending-rap/af8f9493-1894-41e2-88f2-ed2057247d0b/\| url-status=live}}</ref> [[All Music Guide]] [[Image:5 out of 5.png]] [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a05gtq2ztu46~T1 link] [[progressive rap]] [[Robert Christgau]] (A-) [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=de+la+soul link] [[jazz rap]] ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' [[Image:3 out of 5.png]] [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/240022 link] \| [[psychedelic hip hop]] \| * [[sampledelia]] ~~Last album =\|~~ \| length = 67:24 ~~This album = '''''3 Feet High and Rising''''' <br /> (1989) \|~~ \| label = [[Tommy Boy Records\|Tommy Boy]] ~~Next album = ''[[De La Soul Is Dead]]''<br />(1991) \|}}~~ \| producer = [[Prince Paul (producer)\|Prince Paul]] \| prev_title = \| prev_year = \| next_title = [[De La Soul Is Dead]] \| next_year = 1991 \| misc = {{Singles \| name = 3 Feet High and Rising \| type = studio \| single1 = [[Plug Tunin']] \| single1date = June 1988 \| single2 = [[Potholes in My Lawn]] \| single2date = November 1988 \| single3 = [[Buddy (De La Soul song)\|Buddy]] \| single3date = December 11, 1988 \| single4 = [[Me Myself and I (De La Soul song)\|Me Myself and I]] \| single4date = April 1, 1989 \| single5 = [[Say No Go]] \| single5date = August 24, 1989 \| single6 = [[Eye Know]] \| single6date = September 1989 \| single7 = The Magic Number \| single7date = December 11, 1989 \| single8 = Tread Water \| single8date = 1990 }} }} '''''3 Feet High and Rising''''' is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group [[De La Soul]], released on February 6, 1989,<ref>{{cite journal \|author1=Lindsey, Darryl \|editor1-last=Armstrong \|editor1-first=Graham \|title=Rap Up \|journal=The R&B Report \|date=30 January 1989 \|volume=2 \|issue=21 \|page=32 \|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/R%26B-Report/1989/R%26B-Report-1989-01-30.pdf \|publisher=The Rhythm And Blues Report, Inc. \|___location=Burbank, California, USA \|language=English \|quote=Coming from Tommy Boy, February 6, is the debut album from the group critics have called Psychedelic Hip-Hop--De La Soul. 3 Feet High And Rising was produced by Prince Paul \|access-date=2024-05-20 \|archive-date=2022-04-01 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401194803/https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/R%26B-Report/1989/R%26B-Report-1989-01-30.pdf \|url-status=live }}</ref> by [[Tommy Boy Records]]. It was the first of three collaborations with the producer [[Prince Paul (producer)\|Prince Paul]], and was the critical and commercial peak of both parties. The album title comes from the [[Johnny Cash]] song "[[Five Feet High and Rising (song)\|Five Feet High and Rising]]".<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QuOBbFeg0JIC&pg=PA152\|title=Check the Technique: Liner Notes for Hip-Hop Junkies\|author=Brian Coleman\|page=152\|date=12 Mar 2009\|publisher=Random House Publishing \|isbn=9780307494429}}</ref> The album contains the singles "[[Me Myself and I (De La Soul song)\|Me Myself and I]]", "The Magic Number", "[[Buddy (De La Soul song)\|Buddy]]", and "[[Eye Know]]". ~~'''''3 Feet High and Rising''''' is the debut album from American [[hip hop music\|hip-hop]] trio [[De La Soul]].~~ The album was a critical and commercial success. 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".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/play/1989-02.php \|title=Playboy Feb. 1989 \|publisher=Robert Christgau \|access-date=2011-08-16\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110703045737/http://robertchristgau.com/xg/play/1989-02.php\| archive-date= 3 July 2011 <!--DASHBot-->\| url-status= live}}</ref> In 1998, it was selected as one of ''[[The Source (magazine)\|The Source]]''{{'}}s "100 Best Rap Albums"<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.raquenel.com/hipland/album.html \|title=Source Magazine's 100 Best Albums \|publisher=Raquenel.com \|access-date=2011-08-16 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724062424/http://www.raquenel.com/hipland/album.html \|archive-date=2011-07-24 }}</ref> and in 2020 was ranked 103 on Rolling Stone's [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time\|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]] list.<ref>{{cite magazine \| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/de-la-soul-three-feet-high-and-rising-1063130/ \| title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time \| magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] \| date=22 September 2020 \| access-date=4 August 2021 \| archive-date=4 August 2021 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804232229/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/de-la-soul-three-feet-high-and-rising-1063130/ \| url-status=live }}</ref> It was selected by the [[Library of Congress]] as a 2010 addition to the [[National Recording Registry]], which selects recordings annually that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{cite web \|title=The National Recording Registry 2010 \|url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/registry/nrpb-2010reg.html \|access-date=April 10, 2011 \|publisher=Library of Congress \|archive-date=April 10, 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410130541/https://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/registry/nrpb-2010reg.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> As of 2025, it is the only De La Soul album to be certified platinum by the [[RIAA]].<ref name="Exclaim">{{Cite web \|first=Vernon \|last=Ayiku \|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/de_la_souls_albums_ranked_from_worst_to_best \|title=De La Soul's Albums Ranked from Worst to Best \|publisher=[[Exclaim!]] \|date=March 7, 2023 \|access-date=March 9, 2023 \|archive-date=March 9, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230309033017/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/de_la_souls_albums_ranked_from_worst_to_best \|url-status=live }}</ref> ~~==Overview==~~ 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 declaration of the "D.A.I.S.Y. Age" (''da inner sound, y'all''). Sampling artists as diverse as [[Johnny Cash]], [[Hall & Oates]], [[Steely Dan]]'s "Peg" and [[The Turtles]], ''3 Feet High and Rising'' is often viewed as the stylistic beginning of 1990s [[alternative hip hop]] (and especially [[jazz rap]]). Of particular importance is the [[record producer\|production]] by [[Prince Paul]], who would become one of hip hop's hottest producers on the strength of this album. While sampling was hardly new, ''3 Feet High and Rising'' revolutionized the technique and influenced virtually every producer and artist to come later. Along with the rest of De La Soul's back catalog, ''3 Feet High and Rising'' was not made available for digital purchase or streaming until 2023, due to concerns about the legality of the samples for digital releases.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2023/03/03/de-la-souls-music-catalog-makes-streaming-debut/\|title=De La Soul's music catalog makes streaming debut\|date=4 March 2023\|accessdate=7 May 2023\|archive-date=26 March 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326131322/https://nbcpalmsprings.com/2023/03/03/de-la-souls-music-catalog-makes-streaming-debut/\|url-status=live}}</ref> ~~==The Music==~~ Lyrically, the album was incredibly unusual for its time. Even beside its revolutionary exhortation for peace and harmony, many of the songs are extremely personal and heartfelt recountings of early [[sexual intercourse]] ("Jenifa Taught Me"), [[love]] ("Eye Know") and insecurity regarding personal appearance and [[fashion]] ("Can U Keep a Secret", "A Little Bit of Soap" "Take It Off"). With the exception of "Do As De La Does", there is very little [[profanity]] on the album, in stark contrast to most hip hop albums from the time period. "Jenifa Taught Me", "Tread Water" and "The D.A.I.S.Y. Age" are three of De La Soul's most popular songs among their fans. Many of the lyrics are humorous and/or nonsensical ("Sun, ceiling/Ceiling connects to the sun, burning inside everyone, on a side Plug-a-fied sire/One million/Demonstrations have been heard, my hair burns when I'm referred/Kid shouts my roof is on fire/Go dancing/Dancing like a bandit, psychics try to stand it, keep it up until they burn a cell/Ro-mancing/Romancing dialect in shows, Posdnous creating flow, you say you didn't know/Oh well, it's a D.A.I.S.Y. age."), and are inventive and original, stylistic predecessors of [[MF Doom]] and [[Busta Rhymes]]; Posdnous compares the rhymes to [[dance]] in "The Magic Number" ("the phrasing [[Fred Astaire]]s"). Many of the listeners who compared the group to hippies criticized the album for a childlike, simple approach at complex issues, as on "Tread Water", where a series of animals exhort the listener to maintain a positive mental attitude. Supporters point to songs like "Say No Go" as a realistic portrayal of the pitfalls of [[drug abuse]] (the title is a reference to [[Nancy Reagan]]'s "[[Just Say No]]" campaign. Posdnous criticizes Reagan, but applauds the sentiment); the song was deeply personal for Posdnous, whose own brother was addicted to [[crack cocaine]]. ==Musical style== The first track, entitled "Intro", is a [[rap skit\|skit]] that takes place at a [[game show]]. The contestants (the three members of De La Soul plus [[record producer\|producer]] [[Prince Paul]]) are asked four questions by the host (Al Watts), and their attempts at answering are scattered about the album. The song "Ghetto Thang" is one of the few non-positive tracks on the album. It is a sad story about [[poverty]] and other social ills, even though De La Soul is from middle-class suburb [[Amityville, New York]] (on [[Long Island]]). Its denunciation of ghetto violence can be summed up in the words "Ghetto gained a ghetto name from ghetto ways/Now there must be ghetto gangs and ghetto play/If ghetto thing can have its way in ghetto rage/Then there must be some ghetto love and ghetto change". "Description" describes each member of De La Soul, and a few others, in five lines each, the style reminiscent of a [[limerick (poetry)\|limerick]]. Released amid the late-1980s boom in [[gangsta rap]], which gravitated towards hardcore, confrontational, violent lyrics, ''3 Feet High and Rising'' stood out from this trend by showcasing De La Soul's more positive style.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=https://www.waxpoetics.com/blog/music/mixtape/de-la-soul-3-feet-high-and-rising/ \|title=De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising 30th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by Chris Read - Wax Poetics \|access-date=2019-09-12 \|archive-date=2019-06-19 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619231020/https://www.waxpoetics.com/blog/music/mixtape/de-la-soul-3-feet-high-and-rising/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref> The mirth and intelligence of De La Soul's self-presentation led many observers to label them a "[[hippie]]" group, a characterization that De La Soul's members have consistently disputed.<ref name="NPR">{{Cite web \|last=Wang \|first=Oliver \|date=March 3, 2023 \|title=De La Soul Is Streaming \|url=https://www.npr.org/2023/03/03/1160667344/de-la-soul-streaming-guide \|access-date=March 8, 2023 \|publisher=[[NPR]] \|archive-date=March 8, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308000916/https://www.npr.org/2023/03/03/1160667344/de-la-soul-streaming-guide \|url-status=live }}</ref> On the album, De La Soul sought to explicitly distance themselves from gangsta rap by "lampoon[ing] emerging tropes" such as the growing materialism within the genre.<ref name="Vulture" /> Their lyrics are instead characterized by a variety of "bizarre and surreal" choices of subject matter, such as dandruff, gardening metaphors, and "[[Dr. Dolittle]]-esque interactions with animals".<ref>{{Cite web \|first=Christian \|last=Kriticos \|title=A Guide to the Music of De La Soul \|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/de-la-soul/a-guide-to-the-music-of-de-la-soul \|publisher=[[Paste (magazine)\|Paste]] \|date=March 3, 2023 \|access-date=March 8, 2023 \|archive-date=March 7, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307200510/https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/de-la-soul/a-guide-to-the-music-of-de-la-soul \|url-status=live }}</ref> The album features a recurring lyrical motif of the "D.A.I.S.Y. Age", an acronym that stands for "Da Inner Sound, Y'all".<ref>As stated by [[Maseo]], "the stereotype and the stigmatism [...] was put on us with the hippy concept when D.A.I.S.Y. just was an acronym for Da Inna Sound." {{cite web\|last1=Hernandez\|first1=Victoria\|title=De La Soul Reflects On Da Inna Sound For 25th Anniversary Of "De La Soul Is Dead"\|url=http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.38762/title.de-la-soul-reflects-on-da-inna-sound-for-25th-anniversary-of-de-la-soul-is-dead\|website=[[HipHopDX]]\|date=May 11, 2016\|access-date=September 27, 2023\|language=en-US\|archive-date=September 29, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929071451/https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.38762/title.de-la-soul-reflects-on-da-inna-sound-for-25th-anniversary-of-de-la-soul-is-dead\|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Guardian2014" /> Group member [[Posdnuos]] has described the daisy motif as intended to indicate the group's "sunnier", more playful ethos.<ref name="Guardian2014" /> ~~==Reviews==~~ On the [[Billboard Music Charts]], ''3 Feet High and Rising'' hit #1 R&B/Hip hop and #24 in the Top 200. [[NME]] (''One of the greatest albums ever made''), [[Village Voice]] (''the ''[[Sgt. Pepper]]'' of hip hop''), [[Spex]] (also #5 on the top 100 Albums of the Century) and [[Face (magazine)\|Face]] magazines named ''3 Feet High and Rising'' the top album of 1989, while [[Rolling Stone magazine\|Rolling Stone]] placed it at #5, [[HUMO]] at #12, [[OOR]] at #8, [[Record Mirror]] at #2, [[Sounds magazine\|Sounds]] at #4 and [[Melody Maker]] at #10. It also made it on Rolling Stones' 200 Essential Rock Records and [[The Source (magazine)\|The Source]]'s 100 Best Rap Albums (both of which are unordered). ''3 Feet High and Rising'' uses a sample-heavy production style; in addition to sampling from [[Funk music\|funk]] and [[Soul music\|soul]] tracks, as was popular in the hip-hop of the era, the album also draws from sources such as [[doo-wop]], [[psychedelic rock]], and [[children's music]].<ref name="Vulture">{{Cite web \|first=Craig \|last=Jenkins \|url=https://www.vulture.com/2023/03/de-la-soul-music-streaming-3-feet-high-and-rising.html \|title=De La Soul's Music Is Here to Stay (For Now) \|publisher=[[Vulture (website)\|Vulture]] \|date=March 7, 2023 \|access-date=March 8, 2023 \|archive-date=March 8, 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308014921/https://www.vulture.com/2023/03/de-la-soul-music-streaming-3-feet-high-and-rising.html \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NPR" /> It has been described as "the first [[psychedelic hip-hop]] record".<ref name="RS" /> The album has also been noted for its use of unconventional song structures.<ref name="Exclaim" /> Posdnuos recounts that the group used [[Casio]]'s RZ-1 drum machine and an [[Eventide H910 Harmonizer\|Eventide Harmonizer]] to record, manipulate, and combine their samples on the album.<ref name="Guardian2014">{{Cite web \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/29/how-we-made-3-feet-high-and-rising-de-la-soul \|title=How we made 3 Feet High and Rising \|first=Dave \|last=Simpson \|website=[[The Guardian]] \|date=April 29, 2014 \|access-date=February 14, 2025 \|archive-date=December 9, 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209035352/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/29/how-we-made-3-feet-high-and-rising-de-la-soul \|url-status=live }}</ref> When [[Village Voice]] held its annual [[Pazz & Jop]] Critics Poll for 1989, ''3 Feet High and Rising'' was ranked at #1, outdistancing its nearest opponent ([[Neil Young]]'s ''[[Freedom (Neil Young album)\|Freedom]]'') by 21 votes and 260 points. The album is also known for its [[quiz show]]-themed series of skits, leading it to be frequently credited with inventing or popularizing the [[hip-hop skit]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/feb/13/a-new-style-of-speak-the-lyrical-genius-of-trugoy-the-dove \|title='A new style of speak': the lyrical genius of De La Soul's Trugoy the Dove \|first=Alexis \|last=Petridis \|website=[[The Guardian]] \|date=February 13, 2023 \|access-date=February 14, 2025}}</ref> "An inevitable development in the class history of rap, [De La Soul is] new wave to [[Public Enemy]]'s punk," wrote critic [[Robert Christgau]] in his ''Consumer Guide'' column's review of ''3 Feet High and Rising''. "Their music is also radically unlike any rap you or anybody else has ever heard - inspirations include the Jarmels and a learn-it-yourself French record. 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." ==Artwork== Rolling Stone magazine gave the album three stars and concluded that it was "(o)ne of the most original rap records ever to come down the pike, the inventive, playful 3 Feet High and Rising stands staid rap conventions on their def ear". The album's artwork was designed by [[Toby Mott]] of the British art collective the [[Grey Organisation]] (GO),<ref>{{cite web \|author=Andrew Noz \|title=The 50 Best Hip-Hop Album Covers \|url=http://www.complex.com/art-design/2010/09/Hip-Hops-50-Greatest-Album-Covers/de-la-soul-2 \|work=Complex \|access-date=2012-12-04 \|archive-date=2011-09-27 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927045246/http://www.complex.com/art-design/2010/09/Hip-Hops-50-Greatest-Album-Covers/de-la-soul-2 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> who had relocated to New York City after their [[Cork Street#Attack on Cork Street\|attack on Cork Street's art galleries]] and subsequent prosecution.<ref>{{cite web \|author=Lydia Slater \|date=9 September 2010 \|title=Toby Mott, from the punk of Pimlico to power player \|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/toby-mott--from-the-punk-of-pimlico-to-power-player-6512037.html \|work=Evening Standard \|access-date=3 April 2018 \|archive-date=16 December 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216225917/http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/toby-mott--from-the-punk-of-pimlico-to-power-player-6512037.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> De La Soul's "D.A.I.S.Y. Age" concept inspired the design of the album cover, as Mott describes in his essay "Hip Hop in The Daisy Age": It was ranked 88th in a 2005 survey held by British television's [[Channel 4]] to determine the 100 [[Pop albums that have consistently appeared in top lists\|greatest albums of all time]]. {{RS500\|346}} {{blockquote\|We have come up with the 'Daisy Age' visual concept. De La Soul visit our loft where we lay them down on the floor facing up, their heads making a triangle. We photograph them whilst hanging precariously off a step ladder, one idea being that the cover would not have a right way up. CD's{{sic}} have yet to be the dominant musical format so the vinyl album sleeve is our most effective way of making a statement. We layer the {{Sic\|hide=y\|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. This is well before the time of Apple Macs and scanning etc. [...] The intent of the design of De La Soul's, ''3 Feet High and Rising'' LP cover is to be new and bright, with the overlaying of the fluorescent flowers and text reflecting a synthetic pop cartoon look [...] This is a move away from the prevailing macho hip hop visual codes which dominate to this day.<ref>{{cite web \|title=The Art of the Album Cover: De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising by Toby Mott + the Grey Organisation \|url=http://www.hypergallery.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/de-la-souls-3-feet-high-and-rising-by.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529075317/http://hypergallery.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/de-la-souls-3-feet-high-and-rising-by.html \|archive-date=2013-05-29 \|access-date=2012-12-04 \|work=hypergallery.blogspot.co.uk}}</ref>}} Group member [[Trugoy]] has stated that De La Soul was not originally interested in the flower-adorned cover that the album ultimately featured; instead, he said the group had wanted an album cover that featured "an elevator halfway up with just our faces".<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bGjsvmNt8UgC&pg=PA156 \|publisher=[[Spin (magazine)\|Spin]] \|date=September 1999 \|access-date=2023-10-29 \|archive-date=2024-05-20 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520101138/https://books.google.com/books?id=bGjsvmNt8UgC&pg=PA156#v=onepage&q&f=false \|url-status=live }}</ref> ~~==Trivia==~~ * Though the idea was quickly abandoned, the original concept behind the group was that Mase was PA and Posdnuos and Dove were the microphone plugs, transmitting messages from [[Mars (planet)\|Mars]]. This is the origin of the nicknames for Posdnuos and Dove, Plug One and Plug Two, respectively. * The Turtles won a lawsuit against De La Soul over the unauthorized sampling of "You Showed Me" on "Transmitting Live from Mars". * 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 [[Sampling (music)\|sample]]d on the album. Some have interpreted the title as a reference to [[drug abuse]]; De La Soul has not commented on this interpretation. * The members of the group have said that the only thing they would change about ''3 Feet High and Rising'' is the cover, because the light-hearted colors do not mesh well with their somber faces. * De La Soul in collaboration with [[Nike Skateboarding]] created two SB [[Dunk (footwear)\|Dunks]] (one low, one high) based on the ''3 Feet High and Rising'' album cover. ==Reception and influence== ~~==Track listing==~~ {{Music ratings ~~===Album===~~ \| rev1 = [[AllMusic]] ~~Side One~~ \| rev1score = {{Rating\|5\|5}}<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/3-feet-high-and-rising-mw0000199727 \|title=3 Feet High and Rising – De La Soul \|website=[[AllMusic]] \|access-date=November 9, 2015 \|last=Bush \|first=John \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121141322/http://www.allmusic.com/album/3-feet-high-and-rising-mw0000199727 \|archive-date=November 21, 2015 \|url-status=live}}</ref> ~~#"'''The Magic Number'''" (3:16) - ''(Becker/Fagen/Huston/Mason/Mercer/Trugoy the Dove)''~~ \| rev2 = ''[[New York Daily News\|Daily News]]'' ~~#"'''Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)'''" (3:25) - ''(Q Tip)''~~ \| rev2score = {{Rating\|3.5\|4}}<ref>{{cite news \|title=Rap Goes Psychedelic \|newspaper=[[New York Daily News\|Daily News]] \|date=February 5, 1989 \|last=Browne \|first=David \|author-link=David Browne (journalist)}}</ref> ~~#"'''Ghetto Thang'''" (3:35) - ''(Clinton/Huston/Mason/Mercer/Trugoy the Dove/Wynn)''~~ \| rev3 = ''[[NME]]'' ~~#"'''Transmitting Live from Mars'''" (1:11) - ''(Huston/Mason/Mercer/Trugoy the Dove)''~~ \| rev3score = 10/10<ref>{{cite magazine \|title=Rap Goes Green \|magazine=[[NME]] \|date=March 18, 1989 \|last=O'Hagan \|first=Sean \|author-link=Sean O'Hagan (journalist) \|page=35}}</ref> ~~#"'''Eye Know'''" (4:13) - ''(Huston/Mason/Mercer/Trugoy the Dove'')~~ \| rev4 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)\|Pitchfork]]'' ~~#"'''Tread Water'''" (3:52) - ''(Huston/Mason/Mercer/Trugoy the Dove)''~~ \| rev4score = 10/10<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/de-la-soul-3-feet-high-and-rising/ \|title=De La Soul: 3 Feet High and Rising \|website=[[Pitchfork (website)\|Pitchfork]] \|date=September 23, 2018 \|access-date=September 23, 2018 \|last=Chang \|first=Jeff \|author-link=Jeff Chang (journalist) \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923081432/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/de-la-soul-3-feet-high-and-rising/ \|archive-date=September 23, 2018 \|url-status=live}}</ref> ~~#"'''Potholes in My Lawn'''" (3:50) - ''(Huston/Mason/Mercer/Trugoy the Dove)''~~ \| rev5 = ''[[Record Mirror]]'' ~~#"'''Say No Go'''" (4:20) - ''(Huston/Mason/Trugoy the Dove/Trugoy the Dove)''~~ \| rev5score = 5/5<ref>{{cite magazine \|title=De La Soul: 3 Feet High and Rising \|magazine=[[Record Mirror]] \|date=March 18, 1989 \|last=Halasa \|first=Malu \|page=39}}</ref> ~~#"'''Plug Tunin''''" (4:12) - ''(Huston/Mason/Mercer/Trugoy the Dove)''~~ \| rev6 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' ~~#"'''Buddy'''" (with [[Jungle Brothers]], [[Q-Tip (rapper)\|Q-Tip]], [[Queen Latifah]], [[Monie Love]]) (4:54)~~ \| rev6score = {{Rating\|3\|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine \|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/3-feet-high-and-rising-95814/ \|title=3 Feet High And Rising \|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] \|date=March 23, 1989 \|access-date=June 13, 2012 \|last=Azerrad \|first=Michael \|author-link=Michael Azerrad \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414113319/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/3-feet-high-and-rising-95814/ \|archive-date=April 14, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> ~~#"'''[[Me, Myself and I]]'''" (3:40) - ''(Pasemaster Mase/Posdnuos/Prince Paul/Trugoy the Dove)''~~ \| rev7 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' ~~#"'''This Is a Recording 4 Living in a Fulltime (L.I.F.E.)'''" (3:19) - ''(Huston/Mason/Mercer/Trugoy the Dove)''~~ \| rev7score = {{Rating\|5\|5}}<ref>{{cite book \|chapter=De La Soul \|last=Caramanica \|first=Jon \|author-link=Jon Caramanica \|title=The New Rolling Stone Album Guide \|title-link=The Rolling Stone Album Guide \|editor1-last=Brackett \|editor1-first=Nathan \|editor1-link=Nathan Brackett \|editor2-last=Hoard \|editor2-first=Christian \|editor2-link=Christian Hoard \|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] \|edition=4th \|year=2004 \|isbn=0-7432-0169-8 \|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/224 224–225]}}</ref> ~~#"'''D.A.I.S.Y. Age'''" (4:42) - ''(Huston/Mason/Mercer/Trugoy the Dove)''~~ \| rev8 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]'' ~~#"'''Plug Tunin''''" [Original 12" Version] (3:43) - ''(Huston/Mason/Mercer/Trugoy the Dove)''~~ \| rev8score = 9/10<ref>{{cite book \|chapter=De La Soul \|last=Weisbard \|first=Eric \|author-link=Eric Weisbard \|title=Spin Alternative Record Guide \|title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide \|editor1-last=Weisbard \|editor1-first=Eric \|editor2-last=Marks \|editor2-first=Craig \|publisher=[[Vintage Books]] \|year=1995 \|isbn=0-679-75574-8 \|pages=104–105}}</ref> \| rev9 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)\|Uncut]]'' \| rev9score = {{Rating\|5\|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine \|title=Bohemian rap-sody \|magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)\|Uncut]] \|issue=74 \|date=July 2003 \|last=Hasted \|first=Nick \|pages=132–133}}</ref> \| rev10 = ''[[The Village Voice]]'' \| rev10score = A−<ref name="VV">{{cite news \|url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv389-89.php \|title=Consumer Guide \|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] \|date=March 28, 1989 \|access-date=November 9, 2015 \|last=Christgau \|first=Robert \|author-link=Robert Christgau \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025192939/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv389-89.php \|archive-date=October 25, 2015 \|url-status=live}}</ref> }} ''3 Feet High and Rising'' received widespread critical acclaim upon its release. "An inevitable development in the class history of rap, [De La Soul is] [[new wave music\|new wave]] to Public Enemy's [[punk rock\|punk]]", wrote [[Robert Christgau]] of the album in his 1989 "Consumer Guide" column for ''[[The Village Voice]]''. "Their music is maddeningly disjunct, and a few of the 24-cuts-in-67-minutes (too long for vinyl) are self-indulgent, arch. But their music is also radically unlike any rap you or anybody else has ever heard — inspirations include [[the Jarmels]] and a learn-it-yourself French record. 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."<ref name="VV"/> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine's [[Michael Azerrad]] called ''3 Feet High and Rising'' "(o)ne of the most original rap records ever to come down the pike", and described it as an "inventive, playful" record which "stands staid rap conventions on their def ear".<ref name="RS"/> When ''The Village Voice'' held its annual [[Pazz & Jop]] critics' poll for 1989, ''3 Feet High and Rising'' was ranked at number one, outdistancing its nearest opponent ([[Neil Young]]'s ''[[Freedom (Neil Young album)\|Freedom]]'') by 21 votes and 260 points.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres89.php \|title=The 1989 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll \|newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] \|date=February 27, 1990 \|access-date=July 27, 2022 \|archive-date=March 3, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234014/https://robertchristgau.com/xg/pnj/pjres89.php \|url-status=live }}</ref> ~~===Bonus Compact Disc===~~ When [[Tommy Boy Records]] re-issued ''3 Feet High and Rising'' on October 23, 2001, initial pressings included this compact disc as a companion. It mainly featured B side tracks, alternate versions of album tracks and skits that would later impact other [[De La Soul]] 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]]).<ref>{{Cite book ~~#"'''Freedom of Speak (We Got Three Minutes)'''" (2:59)~~ \|last=Robertson\|first=Glen A.\|display-authors=et al\|editor1-first=Joe\|editor1-last=Levey\|editor2-first=Gillian\|editor2-last=Telling\|editor3-first=Kate\|editor3-last=Rockland \|title=Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time\|edition=1\|volume=1\|orig-year=2003\|year=2005\|publisher=[[Wenner Media\|Wenner Books]] \|___location=New York, NY \|isbn=1-932958-01-0\|oclc=70672814\|page=191\|chapter=342}}</ref> Writing in retrospect for ''[[The A.V. Club]]'', [[Nathan Rabin]] credits Prince Paul for helping "create [[progressive hip hop]]" with his production on ''3 Feet High and Rising'',<ref>{{cite news\|last=Rabin\|first=Nathan\|author-link=Nathan Rabin\|date=March 29, 2002\|url=https://www.avclub.com/prince-paul-prince-among-thieves-1798194016\|title=Prince Paul: Prince Among Thieves\|newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]]\|access-date=July 22, 2021\|archive-date=July 22, 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210722085956/https://www.avclub.com/prince-paul-prince-among-thieves-1798194016\|url-status=live}}</ref> while author John Riordan says "its comedy skits and positive lyrics established the group as a progressive hip-hop act at odds with the increasingly violent image of mainstream rap."<ref>{{cite book\|last=Riordan\|first=John\|year=2020\|chapter=De La Soul\|title=Music's Cult Artists\|publisher=Ryland Peters & Small\|isbn=9781912983391}}</ref> Phil Witmer of ''[[Noisey]]'' cites De La Soul's "[[sampledelia]]" on the album as an "old-school" example of sampling being applied to "jarring, collage-like effect".<ref>{{cite web \|last1=Witmer \|first1=Phil \|title=Frank Ocean's "Seigfried" Builds on the Beatles' Production Legacy \|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/frank-oceans-seigfried-builds-on-the-beatles-production-legacy/ \|website=[[Noisey]] \|date=18 August 2017 \|access-date=16 June 2018 \|archive-date=16 June 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616103315/https://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/article/8xx84z/frank-oceans-seigfried-builds-on-the-beatles-production-legacy \|url-status=live }}</ref> ''3 Feet High and Rising'' 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.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.avclub.com/phasing-out-the-skit-how-hip-hop-outgrew-one-of-its-mo-1798229914 \|title=Phasing out the skit: How hip-hop outgrew one of its most frustrating traditions \|newspaper=[[The A.V. Club]] \|date=February 17, 2012 \|access-date=July 27, 2022 \|last=Rytlewski \|first=Evan \|archive-date=July 27, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727154801/https://www.avclub.com/phasing-out-the-skit-how-hip-hop-outgrew-one-of-its-mo-1798229914 \|url-status=live }}</ref> ~~#"'''Strickly Dan Stuckie'''" (0:42)~~ ~~#"'''Jenifa (Taught Me)'''" [12" Version] (4:42)~~ ~~#"'''Skip To My Loop'''" (1:12)~~ ~~#"'''Potholes in My Lawn'''" [12" Version] (3:46)~~ ~~#"'''Me, Myself & I'''" [Oblapos Mode] (3:31)~~ ~~#"'''Ain't Hip to be Labeled a Hippie'''" (1:50)~~ ~~#"'''What's More (From the Soundtrack Hell of 1st Avenue)'''" (2:05)~~ ~~#"'''Brain Washed Follower'''" (2:49)~~ ~~#"'''Say No Go'''" [New Keys Vocal] (4:45)~~ ~~#"'''The Mack Daddy on the Left'''" (2:31)~~ ~~#"'''Double Huey Skit'''" (3:52)~~ ~~#"'''Ghetto Thang'''" [Ghetto Ximer] (3:52)~~ ~~#"'''Eye Know'''" [The Know It All Mix] (7:12)~~ On the [[Billboard chart\|''Billboard'' charts]], ''3 Feet High and Rising'' peaked at No. 1 on the R&B/Hip Hop charts and No. 24 in the Top 200. ~~==Partial List of Samples==~~ ~~The following lists some songs and sounds sampled for ''3 Feet High and Rising''.~~ ===~~Album~~Retrospective ~~samples~~opinion=== ''3 Feet High and Rising'' has been included on numerous "best-of" lists. In 1998, the album was included in ''[[The Source (magazine)\|The Source]]''{{'}}s "100 Best Albums" list.<ref>{{cite magazine \|title=100 Best Albums \|magazine=[[The Source (magazine)\|The Source]] \|issue=100 \|date=January 1998}}</ref> It was ranked number 346 on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s 2003 list of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time\|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]",<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/3-feet-high-and-rising-de-la-soul-19691231 \|title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 3 Feet High and Rising – De La Soul \|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] \|date=December 11, 2003 \|access-date=July 27, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220144257/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/3-feet-high-and-rising-de-la-soul-19691231 \|archive-date=December 20, 2010 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> maintaining the ranking in a 2012 revision of the list,<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/de-la-soul-3-feet-high-and-rising-47355/ \|title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time \|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] \|date=May 31, 2012 \|access-date=September 9, 2019 \|archive-date=May 28, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528003548/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/de-la-soul-3-feet-high-and-rising-47355/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> then rising to number 103 in a 2020 revision.<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/de-la-soul-three-feet-high-and-rising-1063130/ \|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time \|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] \|date=September 22, 2020 \|access-date=August 4, 2021 \|archive-date=August 4, 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804142804/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/de-la-soul-three-feet-high-and-rising-1063130 \|url-status=live }}</ref> ''3 Feet High and Rising'' was voted number 138 in the 2000 edition of [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]'',<ref>{{cite book \|title=All Time Top 1000 Albums \|title-link=All Time Top 1000 Albums \|last=Larkin \|first=Colin \|author-link=Colin Larkin \|publisher=[[Virgin Books]] \|edition=3rd \|year=2000 \|isbn=0-7535-0493-6 \|page=85}}</ref> while in 2005, it ranked 88th in a survey held by British television's [[Channel 4]] to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time.<ref>{{cite episode \|title=100 Greatest Albums \|series=100 Greatest \|series-link=100 Greatest (TV series) \|network=[[Channel 4]] \|date=April 17, 2005}}</ref> The album was also included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book\|author1=Robert Dimery\|author2=Michael Lydon\|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition\|date=7 February 2006\|publisher=Universe\|isbn=0-7893-1371-5}}</ref> ~~'''The Magic Number'''~~ ''[[Schoolhouse Rock]]'' song "Three is the Magic Number" "The Crunge" by [[Led Zeppelin]] "Five Feet High and Rising" by [[Johnny Cash]] [[Eddie Murphy]] dialogue [[Bill Cosby]] dialogue In 2006, [[Q magazine\|''Q'' magazine]] placed the album at No. 20 in its list of "40 Best Albums of the '80s".<ref>''Q'' August 2006, Issue 241</ref> In 2012, ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' listed the album at No. 9 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s".<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-albums-of-the-1980s/308/page_10\|title=The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s\|author=<!--Not stated-->\|date=5 March 2012\|work=Slant Magazine\|access-date=22 March 2012\|archive-date=29 October 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029215602/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/feature/best-albums-of-the-1980s/308/page_10\|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Spex (magazine)\|Spex]]'' listed ''3 Feet High and Rising'' at No. 5 on its list of the Top 100 Albums of the Century.{{citation needed\|date=March 2023}} The album has also been ranked as among the top albums of 1989 by publications including ''Rolling Stone'', ''[[The Face (magazine)\|The Face]]'', ''[[Record Mirror]]'', ''[[Sounds (magazine)\|Sounds]]'', ''[[OOR]]'', and ''[[Melody Maker]]''.{{citation needed\|date=March 2023}} ~~'''Change in Speak'''~~ [[James Brown (musician)\|James Brown]] song (unknown) "Bra" by [[Cymande]] "No Strings Attached" by The Mad Lads "Mary, Mary" by [[The Monkees]] An [[NPR]] retrospective, published in 2023, stated that ''3 Feet High and Rising'' "reshaped the public imagination of what hip-hop could be", and that it "still sounds wondrous and weird" in the musical landscape of the 2020s.<ref name="NPR" /> ~~'''Cool Breeze On The Rocks'''~~ "Body Rock" by the [[Treacherous Three]] "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll" by [[Mason, Vaughn & Crew]] "Crap Game" by [[Richard Pryor]] "Lyte as a Rock" by [[MC Lyte]] "Hit It Run" by [[Run-D.M.C.]] "Night Of The Living Baseheads" & "Cold Lampin' With Flavor" by [[Public Enemy]] "Rock The House" by [[The B-Boys]] "Rock With You" by [[Michael Jackson]] "Solid As A Rock" by [[Ashford and Simpson]] Electronica artist [[James Lavelle]] cited ''3 Feet High and Rising'' as one of his favorite albums. "It was definitely a reaction to the slightly more hardcore area of what was going on in hip hop. As a concept record, it's probably one of the best ever. It's like the [[Pink Floyd]] of hip hop, their ''[[The Dark Side of the Moon\|Dark Side of the Moon]]'' – the way it musically and sonically moves around, but also the use of language was so unusual and out there."<ref>{{cite magazine \|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/06129-james-lavelle-unkle-favourite-records?page=7 \|title=Features \| Baker's Dozen \| Baker's Dozen: UNKLE'S James Lavelle On His 13 Favourite Records \|magazine=The Quietus \|date=2011-04-20 \|access-date=2011-08-16 \|archive-date=2024-05-20 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520101225/https://thequietus.com/interviews/bakers-dozen/james-lavelle-unkle-favourite-records/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> ~~'''Transmitting Live from Mars'''~~ old, unknown [[French language\|French]]-education recording "You Showed Me" by [[The Turtles]] [[Macy Gray]] felt it was "the best record of the past 15 years" in ''[[Q (magazine)\|Q]]'', describing De La Soul as "like the [[Beatles]] of hip hop".<ref>''[[Q (magazine)\|Q]]'', October 2001</ref> ''The Village Voice'' described ''3 Feet High and Rising'' as "the ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band\|Sgt. Pepper]]'' of hip hop".{{citation needed\|date=March 2023}} ~~'''Eye Know'''~~ "Sitting on (The Dock of the Bay)" by [[Otis Redding]] "Peg" & "FM" by [[Steely Dan]] "[[Sing A Simple Song]]" by [[Sly & The Family Stone]] "Remind Me" by [[Patrice Rushen]] "Make This Young Lady Mine" by [[Mad Lads]] In 2011, ''3 Feet High and Rising'' was among 25 albums chosen as additions to the Library of Congress' 2010 National Recording Registry for being cultural and aesthetical and also for its historical impact.<ref name="the Library of Congress Web Site">"The National Recording Registry 2010". Retrieved from [https://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/registry/nrpb-2010reg.html the Library of Congress Web Site] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410130541/https://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/registry/nrpb-2010reg.html \|date=2011-04-10 }} on April 8, 2011.</ref> ~~'''A Little Bit of Soap'''~~ "[[A Little Bit of Soap]]" by [[The Jarmels]] {{Blockquote\|America's recorded-sound heritage has in many ways transformed the soundscape of the modern world, resonating and flowing through our cultural memory, audio recordings have documented our lives and allowed us to share artistic expressions and entertainment. Songs, words, and the natural sounds of the world that we live in have been captured on one of the most perishable of all of our art media. The salient question is not whether we should preserve these artifacts, but how best collectively to save this indispensable part of our history.\|James H. Billington from the [[Library of Congress]]<ref name="the Library of Congress Web Site"/>}} ~~'''Say No Go'''~~ "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)" by [[Hall & Oates]] "It's the Joint" by [[Funky 4 +1]] The track "The Magic Number" was used in the end credits of the 2021 film ''[[Spider-Man: No Way Home]]'' as a reference to the [[Spider-Man in film\|three iterations]] of [[Spider-Man\|Peter Parker]] that appear in the film.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Turner-Williams \|first=Jaelani \|url=https://www.okayplayer.com/music/spider-man-no-way-home-de-la-soul-song.html \|title=Gen-Z is Learning About De La Soul Due to 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' \|website=Okayplayer \|date=2021-12-28 \|access-date=2022-01-05 \|archive-date=2022-01-05 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105153337/https://www.okayplayer.com/music/spider-man-no-way-home-de-la-soul-song.html \|url-status=live }}</ref> The song also appeared in the menu of the 2025 video game [[MLB The Show 25]], and in the game's intro. ~~'''De La Orgee'''~~ * "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More, Babe" by [[Barry White]] == Digital release == ~~'''Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend)'''~~ ''3 Feet High and Rising'', along with the rest of De La Soul's catalogue up until their 2004 release, ''[[The Grind Date]]'', was not made available for digital purchase or streaming until March 3, 2023, due to concerns about the legality of the samples for digital releases. Tommy Boy enlisted the music licensing company [[DMG Clearances]] to secure clearance for the samples, but talks failed with many of the copyright holders, as they were reticent to become involved with ongoing conflicts between De La Soul and Tommy Boy. After Tommy Boy was acquired by Reservoir Media, DMG Clearances restarted talks in January 2022 and negotiated licenses for most of the samples. De La Soul [[Interpolation (popular music)\|interpolated]] or replayed samples that could not be cleared.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Setaro \|first=Shawn \|date=2023-02-09 \|title=Here's How De La Soul Cleared The Samples For Their Classic Catalog's Streaming Debut \|url=https://www.okayplayer.com/originals/de-la-soul-samples-deborah-mannis-gardner-interview.html \|access-date=2023-03-09 \|website=OkayPlayer \|language=en-US}}</ref> intro by [[Liberace]] "Son Of Shaft" by [[The Bar-Kays]] An instance of a track being altered for the album's streaming release is "Cool Breeze on the Rocks", which was replaced with "Cool Breeze on the Rocks (The Melted Version)". Whereas the original was a 48-second collage of dozens of samples in which the word "rock" is used followed by part of the quiz show skit that appears throughout the album, the "Melted Version" is only 18 seconds long, and the collage is replaced with the sound of a record being spun very fast (as if fast forwarding), followed by the quiz show skit. In 2009, Trugoy said of "Cool Breeze on the Rocks", "We weren’t thinking legalities at that time. We were just thinking about putting good music together, and although there was a process — even at that time, we did have clear samples, and turn in information — but our label didn’t think that really had to clear the samples because they only expected the album to sell a couple of thousand anyway."<ref>{{Cite magazine \|last=Serpick \|first=Evan \|date=2009-06-03 \|title='3 Feet High and Rising': De La Soul's Track by Track Guide to Groundbreaking 1989 LP \|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/de-la-soul-1989-lp-3-feet-high-rising-track-by-track-guide-69292/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217022450/https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/de-la-soul-1989-lp-3-feet-high-rising-track-by-track-guide-69292/ \|archive-date=2021-02-17 \|access-date=2025-08-27 \|magazine=Rolling Stone \|language=en-US}}</ref> ~~'''Me, Myself and I'''~~ * "(Not Just) Knee Deep" by [[Funkadelic]] * "Funky Worm" by the [[Ohio Players]] * "Rapper Dapper Snapper" by [[Edwin Birdsong]] * "The Show" by [[Doug E. Fresh]] ==Track listing== ~~'''Potholes In My Lawn'''~~ {{Track listing * "Little Old Country Boy" by [[Parliament (band)\|Parliament]] \|headline=''3 Feet High and Rising'' track listing \| title_width = 35% \| writing_width = 65% \| title1 = Intro \| writer1 = {{hlist\|[[Al Watts]]\|[[Kelvin Mercer]]\|[[David Jolicoeur]]\|[[Vincent Mason]]\|[[Prince Paul (producer)\|Paul Huston]]}} \| length1 = 1:41 \| title2 = The Magic Number \| writer2 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston\|[[Bob Dorough\|Robert Dorough]]\|[[James Brown]]\|[[Johnny Cash]]}} \| length2 = 3:16 \| title3 = Change in Speak \| writer3 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston\|[[Cymande\|Patrick Patterson]]\|[[Cymande\|Steve Scipio]]\|[[Estelle Axton]]\|Randle Catron\|Linda Andrews\|Willia Parker}} \| length3 = 2:33 \| title4 = Cool Breeze on the Rocks \| writer4 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston}} \| length4 = 0:48 \| title5 = Can U Keep a Secret \| writer5 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston\|[[New Birth (band)\|Tony Churchill]]\|[[New Birth (band)\|James Baker]]\|[[New Birth (band)\|Robin Russell]]\|[[New Birth (band)\|Austin Lander]]\|[[New Birth (band)\|Robert Jackson]]\|[[New Birth (band)\|Leroy Taylor]]\|[[New Birth (band)\|Charlie Hearndon]]\|Leslie Wilson\|Melvin Wilson\|Londee Wiggins\|Allen Frey}} \| length5 = 1:41 \| title6 = Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge) \| writer6 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston\|[[Bob Crewe]]\|[[Sandy Linzer]]\|[[Denny Randell]]\|Brown}} \| length6 = 3:25 \| title7 = Ghetto Thang \| writer7 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston\|[[Kevin Toney]]\|[[The Blackbyrds\|Keith Killgo]]\|[[The Blackbyrds\|Joe Hall]]\|[[The Blackbyrds\|Orville Saunders]]\|[[The Blackbyrds\|Stephen Johnson]]}} \| length7 = 3:36 \| title8 = Transmitting Live from Mars \| writer8 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston}} \| length8 = 1:12 \| title9 = [[Eye Know]] \| writer9 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston\|[[Otis Redding]]\|[[Steve Cropper]]\|[[Walter Becker]]\|[[Donald Fagen]]\|[[Booker T. Jones]]\|[[The Mad Lads\|John Gary Williams]]}} \| length9 = 4:13 \| title10 = Take It Off \| writer10 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston}} \| length10 = 1:53 \| title11 = [[A Little Bit of Soap]] \| writer11 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston\|[[Ahmet Ertegun]]\|Betty Nelson\|[[Bert Berns]]}} \| length11 = 0:57 \| title12 = Tread Water \| writer12 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston\|[[People's Choice (band)\|Frank Brunson]]}} \| length12 = 3:46 \| title13 = [[Potholes in My Lawn]] \| writer13 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston\|[[War (band)\|Sylvester Allen]]\|[[Harold Ray Brown]]\|[[War (band)\|B.B. Dickerson]]\|[[Lonnie Jordan]]\|[[Charles Miller (musician)\|Charles Miller]]\|[[Lee Oskar]]\|[[Howard E. Scott]]\|[[Jerry Goldstein (producer)\|Jerry Goldstein]]\|[[Ruth Copeland]]}} \| length13 = 3:50 \| title14 = [[Say No Go]] \| writer14 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston\|[[Daryl Hall]]\|[[John Oates]]\|[[Sara Allen]]\|[[The Detroit Emeralds\|Abrim Tilmon]]}} \| length14 = 4:20 \| title15 = Do as De La Does \| writer15 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston}} \| length15 = 2:12 \| title16 = [[Plug Tunin'\|Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend)]] \| writer16 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston\|Linzer\|Randell\|Crewe\|[[Manzel (band)\|Manzel Bush]]}} \| length16 = 4:07 \| title17 = De La Orgee \| writer17 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston}} \| length17 = 1:14 \| title18 = [[Buddy (De La Soul song)\|Buddy]] \| note18 = featuring [[Jungle Brothers]] and [[Q-Tip (rapper)\|Q-Tip]] \| writer18 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston\|[[Afrika Baby Bam\|Nathaniel Hall]]\|[[Jungle Brothers\|Michael Hall]]\|[[Q-Tip (rapper)\|Jonathan Davis]]\|[[Lionel Richie]]\|[[Thomas McClary (musician)\|Thomas McClary]]\|[[Odetta\|Odetta Gordon]]}} \| extra18 = \| length18 = 4:55 \| title19 = Description \| writer19 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston\|[[Sly Stone\|Sylvester Stewart]]\|Bush}} \| note19 = \| length19 = 1:32 \| title20 = [[Me Myself and I (De La Soul song)\|Me Myself and I]] \| writer20 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston\|[[George Clinton (funk musician)\|George Clinton]]\|[[Philippé Wynne]]\|[[Edwin Birdsong]]}} \| length20 = 3:50 \| title21 = This Is a Recording 4 Living in a Fulltime Era (L.I.F.E.) \| writer21 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston\|George Godfrey\|[[Juicy (band)\|Jerry Barnes]]\|[[Juicy (band)\|Katreese Barnes]]\|Sal Abbatiello\|[[Grandmaster Flash\|Joseph Saddler]]}} \| length21 = 3:10 \| title22 = I Can Do Anything (Delacratic) \| writer22 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston}} \| length22 = 0:41 \| title23 = D.A.I.S.Y. Age \| writer23 = {{hlist\|Mercer\|Jolicoeur\|Mason\|Huston\|[[Felix Cavaliere]]\|[[Eddie Brigati]]}} \| length23 = 4:43 \| title24 = Plug Tunin{{'-}} \| note24 = Original 12" version<ref>[https://archive.org/details/cd_3-feet-high-and-rising_de-la-soul-jungle-brothers-qtip 3 Feet High and Rising] Internet Archive</ref> \| length24 = 3:43 }} '''Track listing notes:''' ~~===Bonus Compact Disc samples===~~ * On the original issues, "Plug Tunin' (Original 12" version)" is exclusive to CD releases; UK releases move "Potholes in My Lawn" to the final track. ~~'''Freedom of Speak (We Got Three Minutes)'''~~ * Some copies of the bonus disc reissue contain "The Magic Number (Chad Jackson Hip Hop Version)" as track 15 on disc two. "Pass the Peas" by [[The JB's]] Otis Redding is only credited as a featured artist on "Eye Know" on 2023 digital releases. ~~'''Skip To My Loop'''~~ * Songwriting credits sourced from 2023 digital release; original release only officially credited sampled artists as songwriters for "Change in Speak" (Patterson & Scipio), "Eye Know" (Becker & Fagen), "Say No Go" (Hall, Oates, & Allen), and "Me Myself & I" (Clinton & Wynne) "Baby It's Cold Outside" by Wes Montgomery & Jimmy Smith The 2023 reissue replaces "Cool Breeze on the Rocks" with "Cool Breeze on the Rocks (The Melted Version)," which substitutes the sample collage with a tape winding sound, reducing it to a run time of 0:17. "13 (Death March)" by Wes Montgomery & Jimmy Smith All tracks are produced by [[Prince Paul (producer)\|Prince Paul]] and [[De La Soul]], except "Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)", produced by Prince Paul, De La Soul, & Michael Fossenkemper, and "Description", produced by Prince Paul, De La Soul, and [[Q-Tip (rapper)\|Q-Tip]]. ~~'''Ain't Hip To Be Labeled A Hippie'''~~ "Hard Times" by [[Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band]] ~~'''What's More'''~~ "You Baby" by [[The Turtles]] ~~'''Brain-Washed Follower'''~~ "Funky President" by [[James Brown]] "You Made A Believer (Out of Me)" by Ruby Andrews "Booty Butt" by [[Ray Charles]] "So This Is Our Goodbye" by The Moments ~~'''The Mack Daddy on the Left'''~~ "Hector" by the Village Callers ==Personnel== Information taken from [[AllMusic]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r27752/credits\|title=allmusic ((( 3 Feet High and Rising > Credits )))\|website=Allmusic\|access-date=2009-10-28\|archive-date=2024-05-20\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520101142/https://mb.moatads.com/yi/v2?ol=0&qn=%604%7BZEYwoqI%24%5BK%2BdLLU)%2CMm~t7Re.%5BMhS%3A15.snxNz3%2B1bmlLntoDUj%7B!%3CFeid%5BOV%7C%2B2x%3D(%3Ce7%25%7DSlx%3Am4%2C..8WLdA1%3BxTiWio8bYLaXBjA%3AmQ)%3CF!tAbjrzJ%3BgoVYGVxc%40lQQV%23tc3%2Fh%7C%3FVKV%3BaBgS%3F%2BWx%3Ba5%2F%5BGI%3F4YNmD%3Dn%3Cy)%23R%23tw98YCC2J.bq!CASw%5EXm0okt%24b_o%3FtVD%5D%5BpN%7CQF%40Sy7%7B%2CNr1U%26ujMUU8fvb%26%22B&tf=1_nMzjG---CSa7H-1SJH-bW7qhB-LRwqH-nMzjG-&vi=111111&rc=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1%2C0%2C0%2Cprobably%2Cprobably&rb=1-aHRASXsclVCQ5ev8VFriEAhKBRM3uwndnCs78ABRGBCPEpDfmAqnEVFZ&rs=1-BtcrX%2FU2oUtvHw%3D%3D&sc=1&os=1-Sw%3D%3D&qp=00000&is=BBBBB2BBEYBvGl2BBCBBtUTE1RmsqbKW8BsrBu0rCFE48CRBeeBS2hWTMBBQeQBBn2soYggyUig0CBlWZ0uBBCCCCCCOgRBBiOfnE6Bkg7OxCb8MxOtJYHCBdm5kBhBBC9Y8oBXckXBR76iUUsJBCBBBBBBBBBWBBBj3BBBZeGV2BBBCMciUBBBjgEBBBBBB94UMgTdJMtEcpMBBBQBBBniOccBBBBBB47kNBBBBBBBBBBBBBhcjG6BBJM2L4Bk8BwCBQmIoRBBCzBz1BBCTClBBrbGBC4ehueB57NG9aJeRzBqEKiuwBBBB&iv=8&qt=0&gz=0&hh=0&hn=0&tw=&qc=0&qd=0&qf=1400&qe=900&qh=1400&qg=900&qm=0&qa=1400&qb=900&qi=1400&qj=900&to=000&vy=ot%24b%5Bh%40%22oDgO%3DLlE6%3AYnIBMwqCf%5D)4%5Dz%2C%5B%26u9L%2F%2F%24b4%5DIAIbzbld%7Dt00%7Ca_BB%3FVxyEO%22zf4%5D%24cr16Zh5YigBghs%7ClTr1Wd%5B4kf%2FLyUoRdByZ%3C99Ks(I%7DY(T0c%7BDQ3MY.NjDby7p%26C&qr=0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.allmusic.com%2Falbum%2F3-feet-high-and-rising-mw0000199727%23credits&pcode=playwireprebidheader597261727146&rx=900708298866&callback=MoatNadoAllJsonpRequest_7621133#credits\|url-status=live}}</ref> Jungle Brothers - Performer [[De La Soul ]] -– ~~Arranger~~arrangers, ~~Assistant~~production ~~Producer~~assistance [[Prince Paul -(producer)\|Prince Paul]] – ~~Arranger~~arranger, ~~Producer~~mixing, ~~Mixing~~production [[Trugoy the Dove]] – arranger Q-Tip - Performer [[Al Watts]] – mixing, production, engineer, game show host Sue Fisher - Engineer [[Sue Fisher]] – engineer Trugoy the Dove - Arranger [[Bob Coulter ]] -– ~~Engineer~~engineer [[Dan Miller (guitarist)\|Dan Miller]] – engineer<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/101317-De-La-Soul-3-Feet-High-And-Rising\|title=De La Soul - 3 Feet High And Rising\|date=3 March 1989\|accessdate=7 May 2023\|via=www.discogs.com\|archive-date=17 April 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417220105/https://www.discogs.com/release/101317-De-La-Soul-3-Feet-High-And-Rising\|url-status=live}}</ref> Al Watts - Mixing [[Chris Irwin]] – engineer Steven Miglio - Layout Design [[Greg Arnold]] – assistant engineer [[Steven Miglio]] – layout design [[Jungle Brothers]] – performer [[Q-Tip (musician)\|Q-Tip]] – performer ==Charts== ~~==Charting singles==~~ {{col-begin}} ~~1989 Me Myself And I The Billboard Hot 100 No. 34~~ {{col-2}} ~~1989 Me Myself And I Hot Rap Singles No. 1~~ ~~1989 Potholes In My Lawn Hot Rap Singles No. 22~~ ===Weekly charts=== ~~1989 Say No Go Hot Rap Singles No. 11~~ {\| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ~~1989 Me Myself And I Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 1~~ \|+1989 weekly chart performance for ''3 Feet High and Rising'' ~~1989 Say No Go Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 32~~ ! scope="col"\| Chart (1989) ~~1989 Me Myself And I Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 1~~ ! scope="col"\| Peak<br />position ~~1989 Say No Go Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 3~~ \|- ~~1989 Me Myself And I Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 1~~ ! scope="row"\| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts\|ARIA]])<ref name="ARIA history pages (albums)">{{cite web\|url=https://imgur.com/a/FvoGyX9\| title=De La Soul ARIA chart history (albums) to 2024\|publisher=ARIA\|via=Imgur.com\|access-date=July 20, 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref> ~~1989 Say No Go Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 13~~ \|align="center"\| 129 ~~1990 Buddy Hot Rap Singles No. 2~~ \|- ~~1990 Buddy Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks No. 18~~ {{album chart\|Netherlands\|20\|artist=De La Soul\|album=3 Feet High and Rising\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 15, 2021}} ~~1990 Buddy Hot Dance Music/Club Play No. 27~~ \|- ~~1990 Buddy Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales No. 11~~ {{album chart\|New Zealand\|28\|artist=De La Soul\|album=3 Feet High and Rising\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 15, 2021}} \|- {{album chart\|UK2\|13\|date=19900121\|artist=De La Soul\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 15, 2021}} \|- {{album chart\|Billboard200\|24\|artist=De La Soul\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 15, 2021\|refname=bb200}} \|- {{album chart\|BillboardRandBHipHop\|1\|artist=De La Soul\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 15, 2021}} \|} {\| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+2007 weekly chart performance for ''3 Feet High and Rising'' ! scope="col"\| Chart (2007) ! scope="col"\| Peak<br />position \|- {{album chart\|Spain\|65\|artist=De La Soul\|album=3 Feet High and Rising\|rowheader=true\|access-date=November 15, 2021}} \|} {\| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+2023 weekly chart performance for ''3 Feet High and Rising'' ! scope="col"\| Chart (2023) ! scope="col"\| Peak<br />position \|- {{album chart\|Flanders\|74\|artist=De La Soul\|album=3 Feet High and Rising\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 12, 2023}} \|- {{album chart\|Wallonia\|121\|artist=De La Soul\|album=3 Feet High and Rising\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 26, 2023}} \|- {{album chart\|Germany\|22\|id=45593\|artist=De La Soul\|album=3 Feet High and Rising\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 24, 2023}} \|- ! scope="row"\| Japanese Hot Albums (''[[Billboard Japan]]'')<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2023&month=03&day=13\|title=Billboard Japan Hot Albums: 2023/03/08 公開\|website=[[Billboard Japan]]\|language=ja\|access-date=March 8, 2023\|archive-date=March 8, 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308042322/https://www.billboard-japan.com/charts/detail?a=hot_albums&year=2023&month=03&day=13\|url-status=live}}</ref> \| 95 \|- {{album chart\|Scotland\|4\|date=20230407\|rowheader=true\|access-date=October 11, 2025}} \|- {{album chart\|Switzerland\|80\|artist=De La Soul\|album=3 Feet High and Rising\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 26, 2023}} \|- {{album chart\|UK2\|9\|date=20230407\|rowheader=true\|access-date=April 7, 2023}} \|- {{album chart\|UKIndependent\|1\|date=20230407\|rowheader=true\|access-date=April 7, 2023}} \|- {{album chart\|UKR&B\|1\|date=20230324\|rowheader=true\|access-date=24 March 2023}} \|- {{album chart\|Billboard200\|15\|artist=De La Soul\|rowheader=true\|access-date=March 13, 2022}} \|} {{col-2}} ===Year-end charts=== {\| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+1989 year-end chart performance for ''3 Feet High and Rising'' ! scope="col"\| Chart (1989) ! scope="col"\| Position \|- ! scope="row"\|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine \|title= Year End Albums\|page= 42 \|magazine= [[Record Mirror]] \|date= January 20, 1990\|via=World Radio History \|access-date= August 21, 2025\|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/90s/1990/Record-Mirror-1990-01-20-OCR.pdf#page=42}}</ref> \| 68 \|- ! scope="row"\| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1989/top-billboard-200-albums\|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1989\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=November 15, 2021\|archive-date=September 21, 2018\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921185040/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1989/top-billboard-200-albums\|url-status=live}}</ref> \| 86 \|- ! scope="row"\| US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1989/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums\|title=Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1989\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=November 15, 2021\|archive-date=July 26, 2020\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726083753/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1989/top-r-and-b-hip-hop-albums\|url-status=live}}</ref> \| 17 \|} {{col-end}} ==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top\|caption=Certifications for ''3 Feet High and Rising''}} {{certification Table Entry\|type=album\|region=United Kingdom\|artist=De La Soul\|title=3 Feet High and Rising\|award=Platinum\|certyear=1990\|relyear=1989\|id=126-1492-2\|access-date=August 21, 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry\|type=album\|region=United States\|artist=De La Soul\|title=3 Feet High and Rising\|award=Platinum\|relyear=1989\|certyear=2000\|refname="riaa"}} {{Certification Table Bottom\|nosales=yes}} ==See also== [[List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of 1989\|List of ''Billboard'' number-one R&B albums of 1989]] ==References== {{Reflist\|30em}} ==External links== [http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2007/03/de_la_soul_vide.html 1989 Video Presskit for ''3 Feet High and Rising''] [http://www.ohhla.com/YFA_dls.html#3_feet Lyrics] [https://www.wnyc.org/story/122544-de-la-soul-makes-library-congress-national-registry/ Audio segments] [https://www.wnyc.org/story/124534-de-la-souls-debut/ about the album] [https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/124538-3-feet-high-and-rising on WNYC] {{De La Soul}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:3 Feet High And Rising}} ~~[[Category:1989 albums]]~~ [[Category:1989 debut albums]] [[Category:De La Soul albums]] [[Category:Albums produced by Prince Paul (producer)]] [[Category:Progressive rap albums]] [[Category:Psychedelic rap albums]] [[Category:Sampledelia albums]] [[Category:Tommy Boy Records albums]] [[Category:United States National Recording Registry albums]]