For items that are dispatched using our standard service, we ask that you wait 14 days from the date of dispatch before reporting any items as undelivered. The hits, including "Say No Go" and "Me Myself And I," are delightful, but the little sketches and sound-experiments between them make the whole disc flow effortlessly. Cryptic but ecstatic, and sometimes sexy (especially the ingenious double-entendre "Buddy"), Trugoy and Posdnuos's lyrics invented a "new style of speak," dense with self-invented slang and metaphors. In early 2015, they announced plans to release a Kickstarter funded upcoming 9th studio album and the Anonymous Nobody.

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”. While they were labelled as 'hippies' at the time, they've since gone on to influence many hip-hop artists internationally.I have a tb 1019 pressing from 89 but the runout matrix only reads tb 1019-a on the a side and is empty on the b side.

Seminal hip-hop group De La Soulhave gained control of their back catalogue which will finally be available on streaming from March this year. A landmark in conscience hip-hop, and a daring testament to the enduring impact of dosing the status quo, 3 Feet High and Rising is a kaleidoscope of infectious positivity that reminds us to make a splash in the tides of our time.These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. Float along to a smorgasbord of samples, flavorful beats, and quirky soundscapes, in this celebration of individuality, creativity, and utter joy.

The 1989 album marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, and was a massive commercial and critical success. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

I know Cool Breeze is only a 48 second track, but it showed some excellent sample cutting DJ skills and was a favourite of mine. 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". Classic singles of the era like 'Me Myself and I', 'The Magic Number', and 'Eye Know' were beamed into living rooms across the globe via MTV. It is listed on Rolling Stone’s 200 Essential Rock Records as well as their list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

It is listed on both Rolling Stone’s 200 Essential Rock Records and The Source’s 100 Best Rap Albums. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners. Their positivity meant many observers labeled them a 'hippie' group, based on their declaration of the 'D.Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. The pair didn't just use those samples as hooks or drumbreaks -- like most hip-hop producers had in the past -- but as split-second fills and in-jokes that made some tracks sound more like DJ records.