On March 3, 1989, Hip-Hop would be forever carved out a niche thanks to the eclecticism, uniqueness and flavor De La Soul initiated with their debut album 3 Feet High and Rising. The album would go on to become a benchmark for Hip-Hop artists differentiating their albums similar to other genres of highly respected music. From then, the 5-mic recipient De La Soul is Dead, Buhloone Mindstate–an instrumentation wet dream and the Hip-Hop staple Stakes is High were also notably born.
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