3 Feet High And Rising (studio album) by De La Soul

3 Feet High And Rising by De La Soul
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 478th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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78/100 (from 568 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1989 (6th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1980s (68th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (478th)
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3 Feet High And Rising is ranked as the best album by De La Soul.

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.3/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.

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80/100
From 12/21/2023 16:29
"3 Feet High and Rising" by De La Soul is an intriguing listen, even for someone not deeply versed in music. The album's playful, innovative mix of eclectic samples and lighthearted lyrics creates a refreshingly upbeat atmosphere that's accessible to a wide audience. Its departure from the more intense themes commonly found in rap music of its era makes it a unique and enjoyable experience. The tracks flow together seamlessly, painting a vivid auditory landscape that's both entertaining and thought-provoking, highlighting the group's creativity and the album's significant impact on the hip-hop genre.
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From 10/01/2023 21:01
One of the best hip hop albums of all time!
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85/100
From 05/19/2023 12:24
Such a positive and bright hip-hop album with creative use of samples and great flow of each member. The only thing I find a bit annoying are some short songs like Can U Keep A Secret and Take It Off, but it's still the best thing this genre had to offer by the end of 1980s.
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80/100
From 04/17/2023 14:45
Explosão criativa.
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90/100
From 10/01/2022 09:24
Really can't understand why this classic hip hop album isn't available to stream. Probably my favourite of the genre
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80/100
From 12/22/2021 22:55
This album is just incredible and so enjoyable to listen too that it is hard to see how anyone can dislike it. The group create such a rich soundscape, that is mainly due to the production, which is extremely ahead of its time and unique. Then there is the layering, which gives us so much to explore and is extremely experimental so there is never a dull moment. The beats are great and the flow is fantastic and they make it so easy to just relax throughout the full run time. The album also utilises so many genius samples that are not over used and only add to the music rather than solely rely on them to carry the record. However, there are a fewer weaker tracks such as the skits and some of the tracks nearer to the close of the record but there is nothing that completely ruins the album. Overall, this is an extremely important record that is also of very high quality and is well worth exploring.
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90/100
From 09/29/2021 18:35
Progressive yet fun. And it's reeeeeally fun. A true joy to listen to.
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From 04/23/2021 23:01
I think it can be difficult to remember how one dimensional rap music was before this album. It really was about guns and bitches and bling, until this multi coloured day-glow delight appeared, seemingly from nowhere; to my ears at least - I’d never heard anything like it.

The album’s gift is that suddenly people could rap about anything at all and it can still sound street...the easy going multi-cultural street that is Sesame.

And that’s not all. With the wide array of subjects came a wider variety of samples. More jazzy laid back beats came around too. Artists far away from the epicentre of rap were allowed to take liberties they wouldn’t have otherwise dreamed. Massive Attack, Beastie Boys, Cypress Hill, Fat Boy Slim, Dee-Lite.

Arguably the most influential album of the 80s.
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From 12/06/2020 14:10
This really captures what was fun about hip-hop in the late 80s.
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90/100
From 10/15/2020 12:06
Amazing hip hop record. On par with, if not better than, PE's It Takes A Nation..., Rakim's Paid In Full & NWA's Straight Out of Compton. If you enjoy A Tribe Called Quest then this is for you.
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2. Disintegration by The Cure
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