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The album title came from the Johnny Cash song Five Feet High and Rising. It is listed on Rolling Stones 200 Essential Rock Records and The Sources 100 Best Rap Albums. When Village Voice held its annual Jazz & Pop Critics Poll for 1989, 3 FeetHigh and Rising was ranked 1. It was also listed on the Rolling Stones The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Released amid the 1989 boom in gangsta rap, which gravitated towards hardcore, confrontational, violent lyrics, De La Souls uniquely positive style made them an oddity beginning with the first single, Me, Myself and I. Their positivity meant many observers labeled them a hippie group, based of their declaration of the D.A.I.S.Y. Age Da. Inner. Soul. Yall. S&ling artists as diverse as Hall & Oates, Steely Dan and The Turtles, 3 Feet High and Rising is often viewed as the stylistic beginning of 1990s alternative hip hop and especially jazz rap.An absolutely essential slice of Hip Hop history that’ s been unavailable for some time.
