3 Feet High and Rising

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Source Magazine's 100 Best Albums". Raquenel.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24 . Retrieved 2011-08-16. Weisbard, Eric (1995). "De La Soul". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp.104–105. ISBN 0-679-75574-8. Kriticos, Christian (March 3, 2023). "A Guide to the Music of De La Soul". Paste . Retrieved March 8, 2023. Ultratop.be – De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 12, 2023. Silverman once credited De La Soul as being the group that jumpstarted rap’s “third generation.” The first generation had taken rap from the parks to records, and the second had taken it from records to the arenas. The third reclaimed it for themselves—reinventing traditions and busily making new revolutions. They idolized the energy and accomplishments of the first, while trying to displace the second.

Offiziellecharts.de – De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 24, 2023. Rappers Posdnuos and Trugoy the Dove talked about anything they wanted (up to and including body odor), playing fast and loose on the mic like Biz Markie. Thinly disguised under a layer of humor, their lyrical themes ranged from true love ("Eye Know") to the destructive power of drugs ("Say No Go") to Daisy Age philosophy ("Tread Water") to sex ("Buddy"). Prince Paul (from Stetsasonic) and DJ Pasemaster Mase led the way on the production end, with dozens of samples from all sorts of left-field artists -- including Johnny Cash, the Mad Lads, Steely Dan, Public Enemy, Hall & Oates, and the Turtles. Buddy (Native Tongue Decision Part 1) [feat. Jungle Brothers, A Tribe Called Quest, Queen Latifah & Monie Love] Dutchcharts.nl – De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved November 15, 2021.

In 2006, Q magazine placed the album at No. 20 in its list of "40 Best Albums of the '80s". [42] In 2012, Slant Magazine listed the album at No. 9 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s". [43] Spex listed 3 Feet High and Rising at No. 5 on its list of the Top 100 Albums of the Century. [ citation needed] The album has also been ranked as among the top albums of 1989 by publications including Rolling Stone, The Face, Record Mirror, Sounds, OOR, and Melody Maker. [ citation needed] Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge.

De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising 30th Anniversary Mixtape mixed by Chris Read - Wax Poetics". Archived from the original on 2019-06-19 . Retrieved 2019-09-12. a b Christgau, Robert (March 28, 1989). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice . Retrieved November 9, 2015.

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Riordan, John (2020). "De La Soul". Music's Cult Artists. Ryland Peters & Small. ISBN 9781912983391. a b Jenkins, Craig (March 7, 2023). "De La Soul's Music Is Here to Stay (For Now)". Vulture . Retrieved March 8, 2023. 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". [4] In 1998, it was selected as one of The Source 's "100 Best Rap Albums" [5] and in 2020 was ranked 103 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list. [6] 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”. [7] As of 2023, it is the only De La Soul album to be certified platinum by the RIAA. [8]