# "3 Feet High and Rising" by De La Soul is finally streaming today

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**Created:** [March 3, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-feet-high-and-rising-by-de-la-soul-is-finally-streaming-today/980680 "2023-03-03T21:32:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-feet-high-and-rising-by-de-la-soul-is-finally-streaming-today/980680/1 "2023-03-03T21:32:56Z")

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“3 Feet High and RIsing”, De La Soul’s first album released in 1989, is finally available on streaming services today. It has been tied up forever by [legal issues around hundreds of samples in the album that hadn’t been cleared with the original artists](https://slate.com/culture/2023/03/de-la-soul-streaming-legalize-sampling-rap.html) (like most hip hop back in the day).

I wore this album out in college. It was different from anything I had heard before, and it still holds up now as I refamiliarize myself with it. It was called the first “psychedlic hip hop” album and compared to the hip hop version of Dark Side of the Moon.

There are a few standouts on it, but it’s really an album you have to listen to in totality to appreciate. Give it a listen, even if you don’t think you’re a hip hop fan.

> **[3 Feet High and Rising](https://open.spotify.com/album/34LxHI9x14qXUOS8AWRrYD)**
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> De La Soul · Album · 1989 · 23 songs.

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**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-feet-high-and-rising-by-de-la-soul-is-finally-streaming-today/980680/2 "2023-03-03T22:18:48Z")

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> [@TroutMan](#):
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> There are a few standouts on it, but it’s really an album you have to listen to in totality to appreciate. Give it a listen, even if you don’t think you’re a hip hop fan.

I feel the same way about Beastie Boys _Paul’s Boutique_ which has even more samples. I believe BB paid for those samples so they didn’t get shutdown.

I haven’t listened to 3’ High in many years but I see it on Spotify. Will have to give it a renewed listen.

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**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-feet-high-and-rising-by-de-la-soul-is-finally-streaming-today/980680/3 "2023-03-10T19:48:53Z")

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This has been an enjoyable week listening to this album, as well as the rest of their catalog that all showed up in Spotify. I haven’t listened to these in years.

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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/3-feet-high-and-rising-by-de-la-soul-is-finally-streaming-today/980680/4 "2023-03-10T20:03:09Z")

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Yeah, I didn’t listen to _De La Soul Is Dead_ or _Buhloone Mindstate_ much back in the day. I was missing out.