Released in 1989, “3 Feet High and Rising” broke from hip-hop’s tough-guy tradition with its flower-power cover-art, whimsical lyrics about suburban life and a kitchen-sink approach to sampling.

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There is no getting around it: De La Soul is one of the best and most innovative groups to ever bless hip-hop. The culture was shifted left-of-center after their 1989 debut album 3 Feet High and ...

But with 3 Feet High & Rising, De La Soul brought idiosyncratic, oddball hip-hop to the mainstream.Defying genre conventions and wallowing in weirdness, the album also presented a certain ...