3 Feet High and Rising
Performing artist
De La Soul
Distributor
Tommy Boy Music
Record company
Tommy Boy Music
Producer
Prince Paul
Recording venue
Calliope
Date1988
Mediumpolyvinyl chloride; paper (fiber product); ink
DimensionsOverall (Diameter): 11 3/4 in. (29.845 cm)
Credit LineMoPOP permanent collection
Object number1999.425.20.A,.B
Description3 Feet High and Rising is the debut studio album by Hip-Hop group De La Soul, released on March 3, 1989 on Tommy Boy Records. 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". In 1998, it was selected as one of The Source Magazine's 100 Best Rap Albums.
Track listing and credits printed on vinyl.
CopyrightThis work is issued under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License. For more information, go to https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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