Tragedy of a Landmark Album: 3 Feet High and Rising (Patreon)

De La Soul’s debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising is a landmark album for multiple reasons. But one of the elements that is so groundbreaking is also the thing that nearly erased De La Soul from music history entirely.   

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SOURCES
Maseo and Prince Paul talking about sampling on the album:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGVwtIb4HSA
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/de-la-soul-3-feet-high-and-rising/ https://www.okayplayer.com/culture/de-la-soul-3-feet-high-samples.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi1qYf7DyhQ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/apr/29/how-we-made-3-feet-high-and-rising-de-la-soul https://www.briffa.com/blog/classic-copyright-cases-de-la-soul/ https://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2015/07/hip-hop-skits-history