De La Soul’s 3 Feet High And Rising changed my life when I purchased at a record store in London as a high school student on a class trip. Everyone else was gone, and I went back to my hotel room and digested the music, the skits, the artwork, all of which blew my mind and appeared ahead of it’s time still close to ten years since it’s release. It’s been more than ten years since then, and the album still stands amongst the most innovative. The magic that Plugs 1, 2, and 3 created with Prince Paul was incredible, and seemed unprecedented. That album grew to become the landmark of a movement, and it deserves to be championed as such. Our interview with De La Soul remains one of my favorite moments of the past year, and it too brought on sincere reflection. Hip Hop Official caught up with De La at the L.A. Common and Friends show and put together this nice piece on the group. See it below.