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What happened in De La Soul's early period?
De La Soul's debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising, released in 1989, was a critical smash hit in the hip hop genre.
How was 3 Feet High and Rising received?
3 Feet High and Rising is listed on Rolling Stone's 200 Essential Rock Records and The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums (both of which are unordered).
What else did De La Soul after the release of the debut album, 3 Feet High and Rising?
The sixties pop group The Turtles sued De La Soul for using a sample from their 1969 hit You Showed Me for the interlude track Transmitting Live from Mars“
Did The Turtles win the law suit against De La SOul?
The case was settled out of court. Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan netted a sum reportedly as high as $1.7 million. De La Soul claim they never paid that much.
What else happened with The Turtles for De La Soul besides settling out of court?
Are there any other interesting aspects about the De La Soul article?
De La Soul's second album, De La Soul Is Dead (1991) was a much more mature album.
Was the album De La Soul Is Deadby De La Soul  well received?
The album De La Soul Is Dead received a five-mic rating from Hip hop magazine The Source, and was one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums in 1998.

Question: What else did they do during the early years?
Self-contained rewrite: What else did De La Soul do during the early years besides 3 Feet High and Rising, The Turtles Lawsuit, and De La Soul is Dead?