How High's The Water Mama by United States of Audio published on 2015-05-25T10:54:32Z 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 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. 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... Credits: Respect and thanks to DJ Moneyshot for providing the original inspiration for the mix, Strictly Kev for sample sourcing, design work and general encouragement, DJ Cheeba for keeping me on my toes, Chris Binstead for his great taste in music and for unwittingly exposing my young ears to '3 Feet High and Rising' in the first place, and of course, to Dave Jolicoeur, Kelvin Mercer, Vincent Mason and Paul Huston without whom none of this would be possible. Genre Hip-Hop Comment by Dj Styleaxe prince paul must be a member too 2018-12-05T17:14:06Z Comment by xk_tol oh eee 2017-11-06T08:09:00Z Comment by Michael B Clifford made my day :-) 2017-02-14T16:31:47Z Comment by Jesper Fryd This totally blows my mind. Cheers! 2017-01-05T14:06:24Z Comment by Diamond Bobby chop it upppppp 2016-04-27T06:51:25Z Comment by polux303 excellent set, thank you for sharing ;) 2015-12-30T20:28:47Z Comment by Mr Otter Beautiful! Takes me back to when I was a little cub, frollicking on the riverbank on a sunny afternoon 2015-06-22T10:01:53Z Comment by You Sound Great Mate A masterpiece & collectors item in its own right - massive thanks for sharing 2015-06-11T12:50:22Z Comment by robbie_do superb mix 2015-06-01T19:07:17Z