KEXP Is Putting De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising Under the Microscope on Friday

by Dave SegalThe album that kept the great British funk band Cymande financially solvent for years.
On Friday, August 26, KEXP will spend 12 hours, from 6am to 6pm, spinning every song sampled on 3 Feet High and Rising, ">De La Soul’s freewheeling 1989 hip hop album. They’ll also play all the album tracks, plus rarities, B-sides, and interviews with the group’s members.Produced by Prince Paul, 3 Feet consists of dozens of snippets from a diverse sound pool (Kraftwerk, Melvin