(AllHipHop News) Hip-Hop group De La Soul's classic debut album 3 Feet High and Rising is one of 25 records selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry. The album was chosen with a variety of other historical recordings, including a 1908 of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," "Dark was the Night, Cold Was the Ground) by Blind Willie Johnson (1927) and the classic single "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" by The Sons of the Pioneers.
Interestingly, Steely Dan's critically acclaimed album Aja was also included on this year's list
De La Soul sampled the song "Peg" from Aja and used it on the single "Eye Know" on their 3 Feet High and Rising album, which was produced by DJ Prince Paul.
Other notable songs included include Al Green's "Lets Stay Together" and Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man." Via All Hip Hop
The full list is below:
1. Phonautograms – Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville (ca. 1853-1861)
2. "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" – Edward Meeker, accompanied by the Edison Orchestra (1908)
3. Cylinder Recordings of Ishi (1911-14)
4. "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground" – Blind Willie Johnson (1927)
5. "It's the Girl" – The Boswell Sisters with the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (1931)
6. "Mal Hombre" – Lydia Mendoza (1934)
7. "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" – The Sons of the Pioneers (1934)
8. "Talking Union" – The Almanac Singers (1941)
9. "Jazz at the Philharmonic" (July 2, 1944)
10. "Pope Marcellus Mass" (Palestrina) – The Roger Wagner Chorale (1951)
11. "The Eagle Stirreth Her Nest" – Rev. C. L. Franklin (1953)
12. "Tipitina" – Professor Longhair (1953)
13. "At Sunset" –Mort Sahl (1955)
14. Interviews with Jazz Musicians for the Voice of America, Willis Conover (1956)
15. "The Music From 'Peter Gunn'" – Henry Mancini (1959)
16. United Sacred Harp Musical Convention in Fyffe, Alabama – field recordings by Alan Lomax and Shirley Collins (1959)
17. "Blind Joe Death" – John Fahey (1959, 1964, 1967 18. "Stand By Your Man" – Tammy Wynette (1968)
19. "Trout Mask Replica" – Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band (1969)
20. "Songs of the Humpback Whale" (1970)
21. "Let's Stay Together" – Al Green (1971)
22. "Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land)" –George Crumb, CRI Recordings, (1972)
23. "Aja" – Steely Dan (1977)
24. "3 Feet High and Rising" – De La Soul (1989)
25. GOPAC Strategy and Instructional Tapes (1986-1994)
