Date: 03/04/2014
01. United States Of Audio - De La Intro (Unknown)
02. Average White Band - School Boy Crush (Atlantic)
03. De La Soul - Intro (Tommy Boy)
04. Bob Dorough - Three Is A Magic Number (Capitol)
05. Double Dee & Steinski - Lesson 3 (History Of Hip Hop Mix) (Tommy Boy)
06. Run DMC - Here We Go (Live At The Funhouse) (Profile)
07. Johnny Cash - Five Feet High And Rising (Columbia)
08. Syl Johnson - Different Strokes (BGP)
09. James Brown - Funky Drummer (Harmless)
10. De La Soul - The Magic Number (Too Mad Mix) (Tommy Boy)
11. Fatback - Is This The Future? (Spring)
12. De La Soul - The Magic Number (1-2-3 Mix) (Tommy Boy)
13. De La Soul - The Magic Number (Tommy Boy)
14. The Monkees - "Mary, Mary " (RCA)
15. The Mad Lads - No Strings Attached (Volt)
16. Cymande - Bra (Janus)
17. The New Birth - Got To Get A Knut (RCA)
18. De La Soul - Can U Keep A Secret (Tommy Boy)
19. Maggie Thrett - Soupy (Dynovoice)
20. De La Soul - Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge) (Tommy Boy)
21. De La Soul - Derwin (Tommy Boy)
22. Steve Miller Band - Take The Money And Run (Mercury)
23. Liberace - Chopsticks (Columbia)
24. De La Soul - Ghetto Thang (Tommy Boy)
25. Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express (Capitol)
26. James Brown - Funky President (Polydor)
27. The Blackbyrds - Rock Creek Park (BGP)
28. De La Soul - Eye Know (Know It All Mix) (Tommy Boy)
29. De La Soul - Eye Know (Tommy Boy)
30. Steely Dan - Peg (ABC)
31. Otis Redding - (Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay (Atlantic)
32. The Mad Lads - Make This Young Lady Mine (Volt)
33. De La Soul - Tread Water (Squire Mix) (Flying International)
34. De La Soul - Tread Water (Mr Fish Mix) (Flying International)
35. De La Soul - Tread Water (Tommy Boy)
36. The People's Choice - I Likes To Do It (Mojo)
37. The People's Choice - I Likes To Do It (Extended Mix) (Jamie Record Co)
38. De La Soul - What's More (Tommy Boy)
39. De La Soul - A Little Bit Of Soap (Tommy Boy)
40. The Jarmels - A Little Bit Of Soap (Laurie)
41. Sly & The Family Stone - Poet (Epic)
42. De La Soul - Description (Tommy Boy)
43. Melvin Bliss - Synthetic Substitution (Sunburst)
44. War - Magic Mountain (ABC)
45. De La Soul - They Don't Know That The Soul Don't Go For That (Tommy Boy)
46. Parliament - Little Ole Country Boy (Invictus)
47. Barry White - I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby (20th Century)
48. United States Of Audio - A Cooler Breeze On The Rocks (Unknown)
49. Richard Pryor - Crap Game (Laff)
50. Vaughan Mason And Crew - "Bounce, Rock, Skate, Roll " (Brunswick)
51. MC Lyte - Lyte As A Rock (Atlantic)
52. Ashford & Simpson - Solid (Capitol)
53. Fearless Four - Rockin' It (Enjoy)
54. Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force - Planet Rock (aca) (Tommy Boy)
55. Cutmaster D.C. - Brooklyn Rocks (Zakia)
56. Run DMC - Hit It Run (Profile)
57. Beastie Boys - The New Style (Def Jam)
58. Treacherous Three - Body Rock (Sugar Hill)
59. The Real Roxanne - Bang Zoom (Cooltempo)
60. Public Enemy - Night Of The Living Bassheads (Def Jam)
61. L.l. Cool J - L.l. Cool J (Epic)
62. The B-boys - Rock The House (Streetwave)
63. Disco Dave - High Power Rap (Mike & Dave Records)
64.Imperial Brothers - We Come To Rock (Streetwave)
65. Wilson Pickett - Hey Jude (Atlantic)
66. The Turtles - You Showed Me (White Whale)
67. De La Soul - Plug Tunin' (Tommy Boy)
68. The Invitations - Written On The Wall (Dynovoice)
69. Billy Joel - Stiletto (Columbia)
70. De La Soul - Buddy (Tommy Boy)
71. Taana Gardner - Heartbeat (West End)
72. De La Soul - Buddy (Native Souls Instrumental) (Tommy Boy)
73. The Commodores - "Girl, I Think The World About You " (Motown)
74. Eddie Harris - Get On Up And Dance (Atlantic)
75. De La Soul - Take It Off (Tommy Boy)
76. Funky 4 + 1 - That's The Joint (Sugar Hill)
77. The Turtles - I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (Royal Macadamia Nuts) (White Whale)
78. Detroit Emeralds - Baby Let Me Take You (in My Arms) (Westbound)
79. Hall And Oates - I Can't Go For That (no Can Do) (RCA)
80. De La Soul - Say No Go (Bonus Beats (Tommy Boy)
81. Sly Stone - Cross Word Puzzle (Epic)
82. The Emotions - Best Of My Love (CBS)
83. De La Soul - Say No Go (Tommy Boy)
84. De La Soul - Say No Go (Unity Mix) (Tommy Boy)
85. De La Soul - Me Myself And I (Richie Rich Remix) (Tommy Boy)
86. De La Soul - Me Myself And I (instrumental) (Tommy Boy)
87. Edwin Birdsong - Rapper Dapper (Salsoul)
88. Funkadelic - Not Just Knee Deep (Warner Bros)
89. Doug E. Fresh - The Original Human Beatbox (Vintertainment)
90. Sequence - Funk You Up (Sugar Hill)
91. De La Soul - This Is A Recording 4 Living In A Full Time Era (l.i.f.e.) (Tommy Boy)
92. Magic Disco Machine - Scratchin' (Motown)
93. Ohio Players - Funky Worm (Westbound)
94. De La Soul - Ain't Hip To Be Labeled A Hippie (Tommy Boy)
95. T-Ski Valley - Catch The Beat (Grand Groove)
96. The Rascals - My World (Atlantic)
97. De La Soul - D.a.i.s.y. Age (Tommy Boy)
98. Johnny Cash - Five Feet High And Rising (Columbia)
Solid Steel (24th May) Following on from last year's treatment of 'Paul's Boutique' (by DJ Food, Cheeba and Moneyshot), United States of Audio does the same with De la Soul's groundbreaking album 3 Feet High and Rising. It's not just a mix, but more like an audio documentary about an album that is also about to celebrate it's 25th anniversary. In his own words;
'Several years in the making and including around 100 tracks, this is my personal tribute to De La Soul's '3 Feet High and Rising'. Using original sample sources, album tracks, interviews and rarities, 'How High's The Water Mama' tells the story of one of hip hop's most influential albums.
When De La Soul's debut album dropped in 1989 I was ten years old. Yet, by some stroke of amazing good fortune a cassette copy of '3 Feet High and Rising' found its way into my hands thanks to my best mate's older brother (though I'm pretty sure said brother had no idea of this fact!). The music was a revelation and had a significant influence in shaping my musical tastes - in fact I can't think of any other album that has had such a profound effect on me as this one. Thus '3 Feet High and Rising' holds a special place in my musical affections. Now, some twenty-five years after its original release, it's time to pay my respect to Pos, Dove, Mase, and Prince Paul...'
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