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De La Soul Release '3 Feet High and Rising'

De La Soul release '3 Feet High and Rising,' a kaleidoscopic hip-hop debut built on eclectic sampling, humor, and Afrocentric positivity. The album is credited with expanding hip-hop's creative vocabulary and inspiring the alternative rap movement of the 1990s.

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  1. March 3, 1989
    De La Soul Release '3 Feet High and Rising'

    De La Soul release '3 Feet High and Rising,' a kaleidoscopic hip-hop debut built on eclectic sampling, humor, and Afrocentric positivity. The album is credited with expanding hip-hop's creative vocabulary and inspiring the alternative rap movement of the 1990s.

  2. March 3, 1989
    De La Soul Release 3 Feet High and Rising

    Long Island trio De La Soul release 3 Feet High and Rising, a genre-defining record that introduces daisy age hip-hop, pioneering collage-based sampling and an Afrocentric bohemian aesthetic as an alternative to gangsta rap.