Believe it or not, but De La Soul's Three Feet High and Rising was editor Andrew Belonsky's first CD. He bought it because he thought it would make him cool. It didn't work. This single, "Me, Myself and I" provides a superb example of why early hip-hop made us hop so much (even if it didn't make us so hip).

Founded way back in 1989, the New York trio (Kelvin Mercer, Vincent Mason and David Jude Jolicoeur) caught the eye of super producer Prince Paul. Since then they've gone on to record nine stellar albums. But, Three Feet's still our favorite. There's no replacing one's first love.