voted bitties
― some dude, Friday, 22 January 2010 19:22 (3 years ago) Permalink
oh yeah, oodles of o's is sort of the best
― 69, Friday, 22 January 2010 19:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
really? that's one of the few songy-songs on the album that is just kinda there for me
― some dude, Friday, 22 January 2010 19:33 (3 years ago) Permalink
The opening of that song instantly made me fall in love with the entire album.
― Vajazzle My Nazzle (HI DERE), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
Super classic song opening. This whole album is just the best.
― Trip Maker, Friday, 22 January 2010 19:36 (3 years ago) Permalink
so tough to pick!
― carne asada, Friday, 22 January 2010 19:37 (3 years ago) Permalink
o_O
― Vajazzle My Nazzle (HI DERE), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
(crocker!)
btw
― carne asada, Friday, 22 January 2010 19:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
first impulse is millie or bitties, but i haven't listened to this in so long. which i should do anyway.
― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:42 (3 years ago) Permalink
haha btw skit 2 is the skit I was tempted to vote for
― Vajazzle My Nazzle (HI DERE), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:43 (3 years ago) Permalink
love how the 808 kicks in on Afro connections
― carne asada, Friday, 22 January 2010 19:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
hey how ya doinsorry you can't get throughwhy don't you leave your nameand your numberand I'll get back to you
― Vajazzle My Nazzle (HI DERE), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
my college roommates and i sang that as our answering machine message.
― hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
i had that shit on my answering machine even!!
― carne asada, Friday, 22 January 2010 19:53 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol xp
WHO'S THE DOO DOO MAN?
― sir ilx-a-lot (cutty), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:54 (3 years ago) Permalink
I alternated between using that and a creepy movie soundbite sampled by a Doubting Thomas song that slammed religion.
― Vajazzle My Nazzle (HI DERE), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
xpost yea i played the boombox into the answering machine and those who could understand it thought it was A+
― thatwillultimatelyresultingalaxy-galaxymergersonacosmictimescale (jdchurchill), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:58 (3 years ago) Permalink
^^ of ring ring ring that is
― thatwillultimatelyresultingalaxy-galaxymergersonacosmictimescale (jdchurchill), Friday, 22 January 2010 19:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
its a tuff one, think for the final 4 comes down as
a roller skating jam named "saturdays"bitties in the bk loungemillie pulled a pistol on santaring ring ring(ha ha hey)
most likely millie or saturdays, but dammn as much as i love millie this took me aback "Every time my iPod shuffle chose "Millie..." I smiled."well i love the song but don't know if smiles are what come to my face when i hear it start
― H in Addis, Saturday, 23 January 2010 22:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
bitties
― she box him so hard mi think him jaw bone twist (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 23 January 2010 23:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
I can't be your loverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
― she box him so hard mi think him jaw bone twist (PappaWheelie V), Saturday, 23 January 2010 23:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
the radio is so clear in here
― Trip Maker, Saturday, 23 January 2010 23:28 (3 years ago) Permalink
Keepin the Faith
― Trip Maker, Friday, 22 January 2010 07:42 (2 days ago)
― innocent snack attack victim (sic), Sunday, 24 January 2010 00:06 (3 years ago) Permalink
talkin bout hey love
― anyways when I'm chopped, dip always kicks my ass lol (stevie), Sunday, 24 January 2010 00:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
"HATED IT!""Oh this is so corny! Tell me, what are they saying?" "The shisnill is kinda widak!!" "I kinda like it, man.""What do you know about music hamster penis?"WHAP! "You didn't have to hit him like that!""Put the tape back in natal wart!" "He hit me man!"
― thatwillultimatelyresultingalaxy-galaxymergersonacosmictimescale (jdchurchill), Monday, 25 January 2010 20:21 (3 years ago) Permalink
"no, no.""yo but, but yo biddies was kinda cool, it's kinda fly.""biddies? uh maybe if you was to flip it on '45' so i could dance to it, it would be slammin. it's wack! wack!""i give that one props gee!""why y'all dissin it? i kinda like it man."KA POW"yo gee, stop hitting him man!""on to the next one on to the next one!""he keeps hitting me man."
― thatwillultimatelyresultingalaxy-galaxymergersonacosmictimescale (jdchurchill), Friday, 29 January 2010 20:40 (3 years ago) Permalink
Everything about this poll makes me so, so happy. This is one of the few albums from the Native Tongues/jazz-rap/"happy rap" era of hip-hop that I feel I haven't outgrown. It's so thematically rich—and so much fun—that I find new surprises every time I hear it. Plus there's so many good-to-great songs hidden in the album's final third that it's hard to wear the album out.
I gotta go with "Pass the Plugs" though. That's the one that best captures the disillusionment that binds the album.
― Evan R, Friday, 29 January 2010 20:51 (3 years ago) Permalink
pease porridge
― ben bernankles (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 29 January 2010 20:57 (3 years ago) Permalink
love the way MF Doom flips the Pease Porridge beat on the third verse of this
― ben bernankles (Whiney G. Weingarten), Friday, 29 January 2010 20:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
2:00 in
"let, let me in" because, coincidentally, I have been singing it for the past two or three days.
― she is writing about love (Jenny), Friday, 29 January 2010 21:07 (3 years ago) Permalink
Whiney unfortunately that's the best song on that album (most of which is pretty tired)
― The Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 29 January 2010 21:08 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Blaahh! Oh man this album sucks! They're starting to sound like M.C. Shan's. I don't like it.""I know. That jam 'who do you worship?' man, what they on, some old devilish shit or something?" "What's up? Afros got a slammin' beat, but what are they sayin'?""Yo Afros is wack!"POW"Why don't you stop fuckin' with him man!""Listen I'm hemroid, I'm the leader, now put the tape back in and give me the box!""Punk."
― Anton Levain (jdchurchill), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 20:03 (3 years ago) Permalink
kinda think the "buhloone is their masterpiece" can be downgraded to regular opinion, been hearing this from people all decade and it's the default position of bloggers like noz and martorialist
of course 3 feet high is still the big important record for the kitchen-sink sampling and the expansion of that middle-class rap tradition run-dmc->public enemy->de la that faded from the mainstream after gangsta rap's triumph where you didn't mention like that you went to art school anymore (no asher)
― men lie, women lie, hips don't (zvookster), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 20:17 (3 years ago) Permalink
"kinda think the "buhloone is their masterpiece" can be downgraded to regular opinion, been hearing this from people all decade and it's the default position of bloggers like noz and martorialist"
I'm surprised to hear this, because although I agree, it's not an opinion that's ever met with a great deal of agreement, at least in my experience.
As far as this album, maybe "Bitties..."? Tough call.
― King of Snake (j-rock), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 21:26 (3 years ago) Permalink
ha ha ha, i had to laugh
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 February 2010 21:32 (3 years ago) Permalink
I like "Buhloone" better too. I think they expanded their sound a lot on that one. Also, I'm not usually a big fan of skits.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 2 February 2010 21:39 (3 years ago) Permalink
skits on 3 feet high > your life
― men lie, women lie, hips don't (zvookster), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 21:56 (3 years ago) Permalink
Probably - but that's setting a pretty low bar.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 2 February 2010 21:59 (3 years ago) Permalink
lol aw <3
― men lie, women lie, hips don't (zvookster), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 22:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
excuse me could you take my order please i've got to goshoshonna's got a real job, dag don't you know
― Anton Levain (jdchurchill), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 22:02 (3 years ago) Permalink
o. nate: http://danteross.com/blogs/jzone/2009/07/13/j-zones-top-8-most-perplexing-hip-hop-skits/
^recommend!
― men lie, women lie, hips don't (zvookster), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 22:12 (3 years ago) Permalink
Hmm - that's interesting. I didn't realize that 3 Feet High is credited with pioneering hip hop skits. I guess they get points for influence then. I mean their skits are good examples of the form, and it's kind of hard to separate them from the songs, which often begin or end as skits. I guess I should like them - but they seem kind of extra-musical to me - like they have more in common with the golden age of radio and drama than with music per se. I just rarely find myself wanting to listen to a skit, I guess.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 2 February 2010 22:25 (3 years ago) Permalink
hip hop skits begin and end with De La for me, everyone else's are pretty much boring/worthless... its weird how pervasive they were for awhile there. do rappers still bother with them, now that they don't have to worry about filling entire albums anymore?
― The Tommy Westphall Universe Hypothesis (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 22:29 (3 years ago) Permalink
"So while Grimace and Ronald McDonald are inside spreading a positive image of America’s #1 chain, JD is outside jackin for transpo."
hahahaha
― Anton Levain (jdchurchill), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 23:41 (3 years ago) Permalink
"'94 Ho Draft" by Warren G is one of my favorite skits
― i get mines the fast way, the balaclava way (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 3 February 2010 23:24 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Stop It! Stop It! I can't take it anymore""C'mon man chill, chill, just hear the rest of the shit!"
― Anton Levain (jdchurchill), Friday, 5 February 2010 20:23 (3 years ago) Permalink
"That's it? That's all? VanDamme! What happened? What happened to the pimps? What happened to the guns? What happened to the curse words? That's what rap music is all about right?""Right.""That little bastard Jeff found this crocka in the right place . . .""GARBAGE!""De La Soul is dead! Let's be out. Yeah, let's get the crocka outta here!""Word, let's go play Hammer!"
― Anton Levain (jdchurchill), Friday, 12 February 2010 22:44 (3 years ago) Permalink
I voted for Roller Skating Jam Called "Saturdays" I just got hold of Instant Funk's self titled album. The other day I was listening through for the first time and got a great surprise when the first track started, it took me like 20 seconds to realise it was the Roller Skating Jam intro sample.
― Kitchen Person, Friday, 12 February 2010 23:14 (3 years ago) Permalink
reappreciating this atm
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
Youth's 'Disco Fever' mix of Saturdays = still one of my favourite records ever.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Was this album ever re-released in a deluxe package? I'd love to hear a thoughtful remaster of it; always felt the original CD mix was a little flat
― Evan R, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 16:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
A deluxe package would be awesome since there were so many b-sides and remixes from this, but WMG owns those masters now and it's hard to imagine they'd put money behind something like that.
― Jean-Luc Poncey (lpz), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 17:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
it's sad, this (and every De La album except Grind Date) isn't on Spotify
― some dude, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 18:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I think that's also down to WMG. They don't really want to fuck with any albums with which there may be unresolved sampling issues. If any of those albums were made available on Spotify, they'd be opening themselves up to legal action.
― Jean-Luc Poncey (lpz), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 18:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
I listened to all of 3 Feet High & Rising on Grooveshark last week. Just sayin'.
― pplains, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 18:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp ugh, that's terrible. I just realized this isn't even available on iTunes. This album means the world to me; kind of sad to realize how many people will never hear it b/c it's only available in a really un-enticing, outdated CD package
― Evan R, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 19:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
i still own the weird cassette version with a few songs missing and a weird saxophone remix of "Ring Ring Ring" tacked on at the end
― some dude, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 19:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
Kind easy to forget how damn long this album must have seemed at the time; this was essentially a double album by the standards of 1991. Can only imagine hearing it on cassette
― Evan R, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 19:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
mm a long album with skits taking the piss out of you all the way through. that you could *read along with*.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 19:58 (1 year ago) Permalink
3 Feet High & Rising was on in Starbucks the other day and I marveled at how long it's been since I listened to it. Must have been one of the albums I listened to most in college.
― wolf kabob (ENBB), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 20:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
mm a long album with skits taking the piss out of you all the way through.
I disagree with this, of course. The skits weren't insulting the listener. But neither were they patting the listener on the back for being smart/tasteful enough to "get it," the way so many other '90s alt-rap albums did (or the way, say, a Community episode does). It was a generally angry album, but there was nothing condescending or calculated about that anger; it was just a spleen vent
― Evan R, Wednesday, 9 May 2012 21:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
the way so many other '90s alt-rap albums did
exactly what albums are you referring to?
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Wednesday, 9 May 2012 22:48 (1 year ago) Permalink
Jurassic 5, early Black Eyed Peas, any of those acts that patted their own listeners on the back for listening to "real hip-hop"
― Evan R, Thursday, 10 May 2012 00:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
― some dude, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 3:16 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
last tape i bought before i got my first cd player
― lag∞n, Thursday, 10 May 2012 00:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Evan R, Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:10 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
it is however available in the comments section of the first search result for:
phish "de la soul is dead"
― i will show you fear in a handful of nuts (how's life), Thursday, 10 May 2012 00:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
These guys have never made a bad record. I rocked The Grind Date two weeks ago and still marveled.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 May 2012 00:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
agreed, alfred. though i think buhloone mindstate might be my favourite.
― It was you. Miming to Tenacious D. (stevie), Thursday, 10 May 2012 09:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
having just picked up a copy i agree w/ the buhloone consensus
― the late great, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 05:13 (3 weeks ago) Permalink