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De La Soul's Three Feet High and Rising moves hip-hop into the Daisy Age

3 March 1989: Number 22 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop music"Yet our best-trained, best-educated, best-equipped, best-prepared troops refuse to fight. Matter of fact, it's safe to say that they would rather switch than fight." These are the opening words to Fight the Power by Public Enemy, spoken by Thomas Todd, a Chicago lawyer and civil rights activist known as TNT for his fiery delivery. They're delivered with real gusto, all apart from the "switch". When...

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De La Soul's Three Feet High and Rising moves hip-hop into the Daisy Age

Guardian Music — 3 March 1989: Number 22 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of R&B and hip-hop music"Yet our best-trained, best-educated, best-equipped, best-prepared troop... more info

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