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De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul 3 Feet High and Rising

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3 Feet High and Rising is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group De La Soul, released on March 3, 1989 by Tommy Boy Records.

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3 Feet High and Rising is the debut studio album by the American hip hop group De La Soul, released on March 3, 1989 by Tommy Boy Records. It was the first of three collaborations with the 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". The album contains the singles "Me Myself and I", "The Magic Number", "Buddy", and "Eye Know".

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". In 1998, it was selected as one of The Source's "100 Best Rap Albums". 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. As of 2023, it is the only De La Soul album to be certified platinum by the RIAA.

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.

Track listing[edit]

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Intro"
  • Kelvin Mercer
  • David Jolicoeur
  • Vincent Mason
  • Paul Huston
1:41
2. "The Magic Number"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
  • Robert Dorough
  • James Brown
  • Johnny Cash
3:16
3. "Change in Speak"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
  • Patrick Patterson
  • Steve Scipio
  • Estelle Axton
  • Randle Catron
  • Linda Andrews
  • Willia Parker
2:33
4. "Cool Breeze on the Rocks"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
0:48
5. "Can U Keep a Secret"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
  • Tony Churchill
  • James Baker
  • Robin Russell
  • Austin Lander
  • Robert Jackson
  • Leroy Taylor
  • Charlie Hearndon
  • Leslie Wilson
  • Melvin Wilson
  • Londee Wiggins
  • Allen Frey
1:41
6. "Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
  • Bob Crewe
  • Sandy Linzer
  • Denny Randell
  • Brown
3:25
7. "Ghetto Thang"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
  • Kevin Toney
  • Keith Killgo
  • Joe Hall
  • Orville Saunders
  • Stephen Johnson
3:36
8. "Transmitting Live from Mars"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
1:12
9. "Eye Know"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
  • Otis Redding
  • Steve Cropper
  • Walter Becker
  • Donald Fagen
  • Booker T. Jones
  • John Gary Williams
4:13
10. "Take It Off"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
1:53
11. "A Little Bit of Soap"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
  • Ahmet Ertegun
  • Betty Nelson
  • Bert Berns
0:57
12. "Tread Water"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
  • Frank Brunson
3:46
13. "Potholes in My Lawn"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
  • Sylvester Allen
  • Harold Ray Brown
  • B.B. Dickerson
  • Lonnie Jordan
  • Charles Miller
  • Lee Oskar
  • Howard E. Scott
  • Jerry Goldstein
  • Ruth Copeland
3:50
14. "Say No Go"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
  • Daryl Hall
  • John Oates
  • Sara Allen
  • Abrim Tilmon
4:20
15. "Do as De La Does"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
2:12
16. "Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend)"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
  • Linzer
  • Randell
  • Crewe
  • Manzel Bush
4:07
17. "De La Orgee"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
1:14
18. "Buddy" (featuring Jungle Brothers and Q-Tip)
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
  • Nathaniel Hall
  • Michael Hall
  • Jonathan Davis
  • Lionel Richie
  • Thomas McClary
  • Odetta Gordon
4:55
19. "Description"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
  • Sylvester Stewart
  • Bush
1:32
20. "Me Myself and I"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
  • George Clinton
  • Philippé Wynne
  • Edwin Birdsong
3:50
21. "This Is a Recording 4 Living in a Fulltime Era (L.I.F.E.)"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
  • George Godfrey
  • Jerry Barnes
  • Katreese Barnes
  • Sal Abbatiello
  • Joseph Saddler
3:10
22. "I Can Do Anything (Delacratic)"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
0:41
23. "D.A.I.S.Y. Age"
  • Mercer
  • Jolicoeur
  • Mason
  • Huston
  • Felix Cavaliere
  • Eddie Brigati
4:43
24. "Plug Tunin'" (Original 12" version[44])   3:43
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