3 Feet High and Rising

De La Soul · 1989

Album cover for 3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul

What is this? Some kind of game show? It’s pretty weird, if so. Kind like a reverse Jeopardy, where they ask the questions first, then the give the answers. But the answers are in the form of a song.
Uh, well, maybe. I forget all the questions but the first one, which was asking for a number, and the first song gave a number. So that checked out. I don’t know if it was the correct number though.
For the second song, they need to let that one guy find relief. He sounds pretty backed up, if you know what I mean. And what I mean is that he sounds like he’s trying to, uh, well, never mind.
The more I hear of this, the less I think it’s a game show. Seems they are telling stories in most of the songs, sometimes with unsavory components to them.
I enjoyed the French song, especially where the girl was talking about Dijonaise (I’m assuming that she was talking about the mustard/mayo condiment from the 80s).
Hey, didn’t know Steely Dan played on this one! The lyrics and beat sound a bit different than I remember, though….
And Ben E King… oh, no, that’s not right. This sounds a bit unfortunate.
They keep trying to tie this stuff back into the game show. It’s not working.
This album does not end.
So, you think I’m babbling. So, smart are ya? Why don’t you give this a listen and see what you come up with, huh?
Ingrate.