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Hit Record Episode 54: 3 Feet High and Rising

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1. Hit Record: A Very Unprofessional Album Review Podcast covers De La Soul’s "3 Feet High and Rising" in Episode 54. 2. The regular hosts include Sam, Cron, Adam, and Ginty, who are introduced through recurring jokes and past episode references. 3. The episode asks why "3 Feet High and Rising" still matters, and the answer keeps circling back to its skits, production, and reputation. 4. The group calls "I Know" the best hip-hop song in the universe and says it also appears in "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem." 5. Sam names "Me Myself and I," "The Magic Number," "Potholes in My Lawn," and "Jennifer Taught Me" as major favorites. 6. The hosts place the album alongside Wu-Tang Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, and Public Enemy as key reference points. 7. They say De La Soul’s place in the Native Tongues collective matters for how the album sounds and feels. 8. The discussion also compares the record to "Enter the 36 Chambers" as one of the albums that helped popularize hip-hop skits. 9. One host argues that "De La Orgy" is the only track he would remove. 10. Ginty says the Spotify version uses interpolated samples, so it is not the album in its original form. 11. Sam says Prince Paul’s production is "immaculate from top to bottom." 12. He describes "Plug Tunin'" as a song with "bouncing" beats and a piano loop that makes him get moving. 13. The hosts point to the album’s yellow, pink, and blue cover art as part of its identity. 14. They contrast De La Soul’s peace-and-love tone with the violence and bravado often associated with hip-hop. 15. The group notes that part of the record was written while De La Soul worked at Burger King. 16. They also mention the line "Jenny when she gives me an ah hollet" and treat it as one of the album’s funniest moments. 17. The episode uses a loose, conversational format with long tangents, interruptions, and jokes about "Album Picks" in Discord. 18. The energy is casual and self-mocking, with the hosts frequently laughing over one another and revisiting old stories. 19. Listeners who like 1990s hip-hop albums and inside-joke banter. 20. People wanting a tight, focused, spoiler-free review.

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