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At release, the album received strong critical acclaim for its originality, winning praise for production and lyricism. Commercially it performed well for an avant-garde hip-hop act, helping Tommy Boy secure broader distribution. Its influence spread through several channels: By the time "Eye Know" started, with its
It wasn't the boom-bap of Public Enemy or the aggressive storytelling of N.W.A. It was… colorful. It was a chaotic collage of doo-wop harmonies, quirky spoken word skits, and samples that shouldn't have worked together but somehow did. It sounded like a fever dream of the late 80s, bright and optimistic, devoid of cynicism. "3 Feet High and Rising" didn't just influence