Been celebrating 3 Feet High and Rising all week over at sonofbyford.com. Five years back, when writing a blog with a very small following (two…I had two followers) named The Root Down, I put together a little mix to celebrate the 20th anniversary of 3 Feet High and Rising. I thought it only made sense that, in the 25th anniversary of the release, I would re-up the mix for the re-enjoyment of any new followers of Son of Byford. It times in at just under two hours in length and features 57 separate samples, mixes, breaks. I was quite proud of the mix upon its completion five years ago. Now, with a more critical ear, I don’t know if its the masterwork I remember it being, but without any time for edits or redo’s and now two kids, here it is how first existed.

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1. Bob Dorough “Three is the Magic Number”
2. De La Soul “The Magic Number”
3. Led Zeppelin “The Crunge”
4. The Mad Lads “No Strings Attached”
5. De La Soul “Change in Speak”
6. Cymande “Bra”
7. New Birth “Got to Get a Knutt”
8. De La Soul “Can U Keep a Secret”
9. Lyn Collins “Think (About It)”
10. De La Soul “Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin’s Revenge)”
11. The Blackbyrds “Rock Creek Park”
12. De La Soul “Ghetto Thang”
13. De La Soul “Ghetto Thang (Ghetto Ximer)”
14. De La Soul “Transmitting Live From Mars”
15. The Turtles “You Showed Me”
16. The Mad Lads “Make This Young Lady Mine”
17. De La Soul “Eye Know”
18. Otis Redding “Sittin’ on the Dock of a Bay”
19. De La Soul “Take It Off”
20. The Headhunters “God Made Me Funky”
21. Ben E. King “Don’t Play That Song”
22. De La Soul “A Little Bit of Soap”
23. The Jamels “A Little Bit of Soap”
24. People’s Choice “I Likes to Do It”
25. De La Soul “Tread Water”
26. War “Magic Mountain”
27. De La Soul “Potholes in My Lawn”
28. Parliament “Good Ol’ Country Boy”
29. Detroit Emeralds “Baby, Let Me Take You”
30. Sly and Family Stone “Crossword Puzzle”
31. De La Soul “Say No Go”
32. Hall and Oates “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)”
33. The Turtles “I’m Chief Kamanawanalea (and the Royal Macadamia Nuts)”
34. The Invitations “Written on the Wall”
35. De La Soul “Plug Tunin’ (Last Chance to Comprehend)”
36. Barry White “I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little Bit More, Babe”
37. De La Soul “De La Orgee”
38. Bo Diddley “Hit or Miss”
39. De La Soul “Buddy”
40. The Commodores “I Think the World About You”
41. Sly and Family Stone “Poet”
42. De La Soul “Description”
43. Funkadelic “(Not Just) Knee Deep “
44. De La Soul “Me, Myself and I”
45. De La Soul “Me, Myself and I (Oblapos Mode)”
46. Edwin Birdsong “Rapper Dapper Snapper”
47. The Sequence “Funk You Up”
48. De La Soul “This is a Recording 4 Living in a Fulltime Era”
49. De La Soul “D.A.I.S.Y. Age”
50. The Rascals “My World”
51. Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band “Hard Times”
52. De La Soul “Ain’t Hip to be Labeled a Hippie”
53. De La Soul “Double Huey Skit”
54. The Moments “So This is Our Goodbye”
55. De La Soul “Brain Washed Follower”
56. Ray Charles “Booty Butt”
57. De La Soul “What’s More”

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