3 Feet High and Rising  

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3 Feet High and Rising is the influential debut album from American hip-hop trio De La Soul, released in 1989.

Partial list of samples

The following lists some of the songs and sounds sampled for 3 Feet High and Rising.

Album samples

• "The Magic Number"
  • Bill Cosby dialogue
  • "The Crunge" by Led Zeppelin
  • "Hit By a Car" by Eddie Murphy
  • "Different Strokes" by Syl Johnson
  • "Five Feet High and Rising" by Johnny Cash
  • "Lesson 3 (History of Hip Hop Mix)" by Double Dee and Steinski
  • Schoolhouse Rock song "Three is the Magic Number" (Performed by Bob Dorough)
  • ABC by Jackson Five
  • "Got to have soul!" from Putney Swope
  • "Three is the Magic Number" by Bob Drough

• "Change in Speak"
  • "Bra" by Cymande
  • James Brown song (unknown)
  • "Mary, Mary" by The Monkees
  • "No Strings Attached" by The Mad Lads

• "Cool Breeze on the Rocks"
  • "Hit It Run" by Run-D.M.C.
  • "Rockin' It" by Fearless Four
  • "Lyte as a Rock" by MC Lyte
  • "Rock the Bells" by LL Cool J
  • "Crap Game" by Richard Pryor
  • "Rock the House" by The B-Boys
  • "The New Style" by Beastie Boys
  • "Rock with You" by Michael Jackson
  • "Shake You Down" by Gregory Abbott
  • "Body Rock" by the Treacherous Three
  • "Solid as a Rock" by Ashford and Simpson
  • "Brooklyn Rocks the Best" by Cutmaster D.C.
  • "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll" by Mason, Vaughn & Crew
  • "Bang Zoom (Let's Go-Go)" by The Real Roxanne feat. Hitman Howie Tee
  • "High Powered Rap" by Disco Dave & the Force of the Five MC's (Crash Crew)
  • "Night of the Living Baseheads" & "Cold Lampin' With Flavor" by Public Enemy

• "Can U Keep a Secret?"
  • "Got to Get a Knutt" by New Birth

• "Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)"
  • "Think (About It)" by Lyn Collins
  • "Take the Money and Run" by Steve Miller Band

• "Ghetto Thang"
  • "Funky President" by James Brown
  • "Trans-Europe Express" by Kraftwerk
  • "Rock Creek Park" by The Blackbyrds

• "Transmitting Live from Mars"
  • "You Showed Me" by The Turtles
  • Old, unknown French-education recording

• "Eye Know"
  • "Peg" & "FM" by Steely Dan
  • "Remind Me" by Patrice Rushen
  • "Make This Young Lady Mine" by Mad Lads
  • "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding
  • "Sing a Simple Song" by Sly & The Family Stone

• "Take It Off"
  • "God Made Me Funky" by The Headhunters

• "Tread Water"
  • "I Likes to Do It" by People's Choice

• "A Little Bit of Soap"
  • "A Little Bit of Soap" by The Jarmels
  • "Don't Play that Song" by Ben E. King

• "Say No Go"
  • "That's the Joint" by Funky 4+1
  • "Crossword Puzzle" by Sly & the Family Stone
  • "You Got the Best of My Love" by The Emotions
  • "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)" by Hall & Oates
  • "Baby Let Me Take You (In My Arms) by the Detroit Emeralds
  • "I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're the Royal Macadamia Nuts)" by The Turtles

• "De La Orgee"
  • "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More, Babe" by Barry White

• "Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend)"
  • "Intro" by Liberace
  • "Stiletto" by Billy Joel
  • "Son of Shaft" by The Bar-Kays
  • "Written On The Wall" by The Invitations

• "Buddy"
  • "Hit or Miss" by Bo Diddley
  • "Girl, I Think the World About You" by Commodores

• "Description"
  • "Poet" by Sly & the Family Stone

• "Me, Myself and I"
  • "The Show" by Doug E. Fresh
  • "Funky Worm" by the Ohio Players
  • "(Not Just) Knee Deep" by Funkadelic
  • "Rapper Dapper Snapper" by Edwin Birdsong

• "Potholes In My Lawn"
  • "Little Old Country Boy" by Parliament
  • "Synthetic Substitution" by Melvin Bliss
  • "Magic Mountain" by Eric Burdon and War

• "This Is a Recording 4 Living in a Fulltime Era (L.I.F.E.)"
  • "Funk You Up" by Sequence
  • "Got to Get a Knutt" by New Birth

• "D.A.I.S.Y. Age"
  • "My World" by The Rascals
  • "Schoolboy Crush" by Average White Band

Bonus compact disc samples

• "Freedom of Speak (We Got Three Minutes)"
  • "Funky President" by James Brown
  • "Get on the Good Foot" by James Brown

• "Strictly Dan Shuckie"
  • "Schoolboy Crush" by The Average White Band

• "Skip to My Loop"
  • "13 (Death March)" by Wes Montgomery & Jimmy Smith
  • "Baby It's Cold Outside" by Wes Montgomery & Jimmy Smith

• "Ain't Hip to Be Labeled a Hippie"
  • "Hard Times" by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band

• "What's More"
  • "You Baby" by The Turtles

• "Brain-Washed Follower"
  • "Booty Butt" by Ray Charles
  • "Funky President" by James Brown
  • "So This Is Our Goodbye" by The Moments
  • "You Made a Believer (Out of Me)" by Ruby Andrews

• "The Mack Daddy on the Left"
  • "Hector" by the Village Callers