De La Soul - 3 Feet High and Rising 1989 (Reissued 2001 2 CD) [FLAC] [h33t] - Kitlope

PC Software: Windows 7 Ultimate Build 7600 File Type: FLAC Compression 6 Cd Hardware: Plextor PX-716SA Plextor Firmware: 1.11 (Final) Cd Software: Exact Audio Copy V1.0 Beta 1 (Secure Mode) EAC Log: Yes EAC Cue Sheet: Yes M3U Playlist: Yes Tracker(s):http://tracker.openbittorrent.com/announce; Torrent Hash: A350C2117688AE18D370A575729FC656D81CF80E File Size: 663.89 MB Year: Original Release 1989; Reissued 2001 Label: Tommy Boy Catalog #: 1699-81019-2 This is the Reissued 2001 version which includes a bonus disc. It mainly featured B-side tracks, alternate versions of album tracks and skits that would later impact other De La Soul albums. Please help seed these FLACs! From Wiki: De La Soul is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987 on Long Island, New York.[2] The band is best known for their eclectic sampling, quirky lyrics, and their contributions to the evolution of the jazz rap and alternative hip hop subgenres. The members are Kelvin Mercer (Posdnuos, Mercenary, Plug Wonder Why, Plug One), David Jude Jolicoeur (Trugoy the Dove, Dave, Plug Two) and Vincent Mason (P.A. Pasemaster Mase, Maseo, Plug Three). The three formed the group in high school and caught the attention of producer Paul Huston (Prince Paul) with a demo tape of the song "Plug Tunin'." Prince Paul was also sometimes referred to as Plug Four. The Plug names are alleged to come from the numbers that each bandmate's microphone was labeled on the soundboard. Posdnuos was always plugged into plug one, Trugoy was plugged into plug two, and so forth. With its playful wordplay, innovative sampling, and witty skits, the band's debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, has been hailed as a hip-hop masterpiece. It is also the band's biggest commercial success to date, with their subsequent albums selling progressively less, despite receiving high praise from critics. A measure of 3 Feet High and Rising's cross-over appeal was the fact that it was voted Album of the Year by NME Magazine, a title better known for its taste in guitar-based music. De La Soul has influenced numerous other hip hop artists such as Camp Lo, The Black Eyed Peas, and Digable Planets.[citation needed] They were also influential in the early stages of rapper/actor Mos Def's career, and are a core part of the Spitkicker collective. They are the second longest standing Native Tongues Posse group, after the Jungle Brothers. In 1996, they appeared on the Red Hot Organization's compilation CD, America is Dying Slowly, alongside Biz Markie, Wu-Tang Clan, and Fat Joe, among many other prominent hip hop artists. The CD, meant to raise awareness of the AIDS epidemic among African American men, was heralded as "a masterpiece" by The Source magazine. In 2006, the group won a Grammy for their collaboration with Gorillaz on the single "Feel Good Inc."[3] 3 Feet High And Rising 1989 3 Feet High and Rising is the influential debut album from American hip hop trio De La Soul, released in 1989. The album marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which would become the critical and commercial peak of both parties. It's consistently placed on 'greatest albums' lists by noted music critics and publications.[4] Robert Christgau called the record "unlike any rap album you or anybody else has ever heard."[5] In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source Magazine's 100 Best Rap Albums..[6] A critical, as well as commercial success, the album contains the well known singles, "Me Myself and I", "The Magic Number", "Buddy", and "Eye Know". On October 23, 2001, the album was re-issued along with an extra disc of B-side tracks, and alternative versions. The album's title was inspired by a line in the Johnny Cash song "Five Feet High and Rising". The album is discussed in detail by De La Soul in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique.[7] Lyrically, the album was unusual for its time. Even beside its exhortations for peace and harmony, many of the songs are personal and heartfelt recountings of early sexual intercourse ("Jenifa Taught Me"), love ("Eye Know") and insecurity regarding personal appearance and fashion ("Can U Keep a Secret", "A Little Bit of Soap" "Take It Off"). With the exception of "Do As De La Does", there is very little profanity on the album, in contrast to most hip hop albums from the time period. Many of the lyrics are humorous and/or abstract, being both inventive and original; Posdnous compares the rhymes to dance in "The Magic Number" ("the phrasing Fred Astaires"). Many of the listeners who compared the group to hippies criticized the album for a childlike, simple approach at complex issues, as on "Tread Water", where a series of animals exhort the listener to maintain a positive mental attitude. Supporters point to songs like "Say No Go" as a realistic portrayal of the pitfalls of drug abuse. The title, besides being a Hall & Oates sample, is a reference to Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" campaign; Posdnous criticizes Reagan, but applauds the sentiment. The first track, entitled "Intro", is a skit that takes place at a game show. The contestants (portrayed by the three members of De La Soul plus producer Prince Paul) are asked four questions by the host (Al Watts), and their attempts at answering are scattered about the album. The song "Ghetto Thang" is one of the few non-positive tracks on the album. It is a story about poverty and other social ills, even though De La Soul is from middle-class suburb Amityville, New York (on Long Island). Its denunciation of ghetto violence can be summed up in the words "Ghetto gained a ghetto name from ghetto ways/Now there must be ghetto gangs and ghetto play/If ghetto thing can have its way and get arranged/Then there must be some ghetto love and ghetto change". "Description" describes each member of De La Soul, and a few others, in five lines each, the style reminiscent of a limerick. It's also listed on Rolling Stones' 200 Essential Rock Records and The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums (both of which are unordered). When Village Voice held its annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll for 1989, 3 Feet High and Rising was ranked at #1, outdistancing its nearest opponent (Neil Young's Freedom) by 21 votes and 260 points. 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 Soul's 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 on their declaration of the "D.A.I.S.Y. Age" (da inner sound, y'all). Sampling artists as diverse as Johnny Cash, 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).[8] "An inevitable development in the class history of rap, [De La Soul is] new wave to Public Enemy's punk," wrote critic Robert Christgau in his Consumer Guide column's review of 3 Feet High and Rising. "Their music is also radically unlike any rap you or anybody else has ever heard — inspirations include the Jarmels and a learn-it-yourself French record. And for all their kiddie consciousness, junk-culture arcana, and suburban in-jokes, they're in the new tradition — you can dance to them, which counts for plenty when disjunction is your problem." Rolling Stone magazine gave the album three stars and concluded that it was "(o)ne of the most original rap records ever to come down the pike, the inventive, playful 3 Feet High and Rising stands staid rap conventions on their def ear". It was ranked 7 in Spin's "100 Greatest Albums, 1985–2005", ranked 88th in a 2005 survey held by British television's Channel 4 to determine the 100 greatest albums of all time. In 1998 , the album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. In 2003, the album was ranked number 346 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2006, Q magazine placed the album at #20 in its list of "40 Best Albums of the '80s". Tracks: Disc 1 01 - Intro 02 - The Magic Number 03 - Change In Speak 04 - Cool Breeze On The Rocks 05 - Can U Keep A Secret? 06 - Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge) 07 - Ghetto Thang 08 - Transmitting Live From Mars 09 - Eye Know 10 - Take It Off 11 - A Little Bit Of Soap 12 - Tread Water 13 - Say No Go 14 - Do As De La Does 15 - Plug Tunin' 16 - De La Orgee 17 - Buddy 18 - Description 19 - Me, Myself And I 20 - This A Recording 4 Living In A Full Time Era 21 - I Can Do Anything 22 - D.A.I.S.Y. Age 23 - Plug Tunin' (12'' Version) 24 - Potholes In My Lawn Disc 2 1. "Freedom of Speak (We Got Three Minutes)" – 2:59 2. "Strickly Dan Stuckie (Interlude)" – 0:42 3. "Jenifa (Taught Me)" (12" version) – 4:42 4. "Skip to My Loop (Interlude)" – 1:12 5. "Potholes in My Lawn" (12" version) – 3:46 6. "Me Myself and I" (Oblapos Mode) – 3:31 7. "Ain't Hip to be Labeled a Hippie" – 1:50 8. "What's More (From the Soundtrack Hell on 1st Avenue) (Interlude)" – 2:05 9. "Brain Washed Follower" – 2:49 10. "Say No Go" (New Keys Vocal) – 4:45 11. "The Mack Daddy on the Left" – 2:31 12. "Double Huey Skit" – 3:52 13. "Ghetto Thang" (Ghetto Ximer) – 3:52 14. "Eye Know" (The Know It All Mix) – 7:12 Enjoy :)

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manzilla (2012-04-15)

excellent up, thanks!

SirScoops (2012-04-18)

thanks for the .flac... can't stand that so many albums are still uploaded in .mp3