May 3, 2025

S8E403 - De La Soul '3 Feet High And Rising' with Corey duBrowa

S8E403 - De La Soul '3 Feet High And Rising' with Corey duBrowa

This week, returning guest Corey duBrowa (An Ideal For Living- A Celebration of the EP) brings us De La Soul and their groundbreaking 1989 debut '3 Feet High and Rising'. Dizzyingly creative, relentlessly positive and hugely influential,  these...

This week, returning guest Corey duBrowa (An Ideal For Living- A Celebration of the EP) brings us De La Soul and their groundbreaking 1989 debut '3 Feet High and Rising'. Dizzyingly creative, relentlessly positive and hugely influential,  these three teens from Long Island - along with producer Prince Paul - created a world as richly imagined as anything American pop has ever produced.

Songs discussed in this episode: Intro - De La Soul; The Message - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five; Straight Outta Compton - N.W.A.; The Crunge - Led Zeppelin; The Magic Number - De La Soul; Step On - Happy Mondays; Who Me (With An Answer From Dr. Bert) - KMD; Intro, The Magic Number, Change In Speak - De La Soul; Bra - Cymande; Cool Breeze on the Rocks - De La Soul; Rock Music - Jefferson Airplane; Rock With You - Michael Jackson; Jenifa Taught Me, Ghetto Thang - De La Soul; Trans-Europe Express - Kraftwerk; Transmitting Live From Mars - De La Soul; You Showed Me - The Turtles; Hey Jude - Wilson Pickett; Eye Know - De La Soul; Peg - Steely Dan; (Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding; Potholes In My Lawn - De La Soul; Magic Mountain - Eric Burdon and War ; Little Ole Country Boy - Parliament; Say No Go - De La Soul; I Can't Go For That - Daryl Hall & John Oates; Plug Tunin' - De La Soul; Stiletto - Billy Joel; Buddy, Description, Me Myself and I - De La Soul; (Not Just) Knee Deep - Funkadelic; This Is a Recording 4 Living in a Fulltime Era (L.I.F.E.) - De La Soul; Buffalo Gals - Malcolm McLaren; D.A.I.S.Y. Age - De La Soul; School Boy Crush - Average White Band; Ain't Hip To Be Labelled A Hippie - De La Soul

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In addition to his all-consuming day gig doing comms for a tech company you might know, Corey duBrowa was also a music journalist for two+ decades, with more than a thousand bylines in publications ranging from Rolling Stone and Paste Magazine to No Depression and GQ. Recently he's been DJing on KXSF.FM with his show BYOB (Bring Yer Own Beats). He lives in Berkeley, CA with his wife Courteneay and son Tanner, who has carried Corey's music obsession into the digital age.