Which is unfair to De La.

Listen, I totally get the feeling that 3 Feet sounds dated.
But if for a moment can I take you back to a year before it was released?

HIP HOP RELEASES 1988

Biz Markie - Goin' Off
DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper
Run-D.M.C. - Tougher Than Leather
Boogie Down Productions - By All Means Necessary
EPMD - Strictly Business
Big Daddy Kane - Long Live the Kane
Public Enemy - It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Eric B. & Rakim - Follow the Leader
N.W.A - Straight Outta Compton
2 Live Crew - Move Somethin'

Great classic albums in here, right?
3 Feet comes out the next March in '89 and it sounds NOTHING like any of this.
From MC's that look and sound NOTHING like anything that was out before.
DMC? BDP? PE? Those "HARDCORE acts" (c) Black Sheep
So much of the love 3 Feet High gets is because it created a new lane.

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