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De La Soul Celebrates '3 Feet High And Rising' Anniversary With Digital Release and Special Events

De La Soul Celebrates '3 Feet High And Rising' Anniversary With Digital Release and Special Events

Published Wed, February 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM EST

De La Soul will celebrate the 35th anniversary of their iconic and groundbreaking debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising with a digital release on March 1 across all platforms. The commemorative release will include original tracks as well as a selection of bonus tracks.

Among the bonus tracks are the previously digitally unreleased "Freedom Of Speak (We Got Three Minutes),” with a lyric video available today (February 21), as well as "Ain’t Hip to be Labelled a Hippie," "What's More," "Jenifa Taught Me (12” Version)," and two original demos from DJ Maseo’s basement "Plug Tunin’" (Home Demo) and "Freedom Of Speak (We Got Three Minutes)" (Home Demo). All tracks have been remastered in Stereo and Atmos and come one year after the release of the band’s six back catalog albums on all streaming services.

Celebrations of the 35th anniversary include a Talk Shop Live chat on Tuesday, February 27 at 6pm EST where Posdnuos and Maseo will livestream with fans about the album with a signed album insert offering. On March 3,  timed to the original release date of 3 Feet High and Rising in 1989, "De La Day" will celebrate their journey and the impact of their music with an in-store signing at Rough Trade Records in New York City. Additionally, De La Soul will grace the stage of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert during the week of March 4.

Check out Freedom of Speak above.

Group portrait of members of the Native Tongues Posse rap collective as they clown around with toy instruments, New York, New York, 1990. Among those pictured are members of the individual groups De La Soul, a Tribe Called Quest, and the Jungle Brothers; this image was taken during the photo shoot for the latter's 'Doin' Our Own Dang' single. Pictured are, from left, DJ Red Alert, Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Mike Gee (in red), Monie Love (at drums), Afrika Baby Bam, Maseo, and Posdnuos.

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