Hip-Hop group De La Soul got their start here, as students of Amityville High School, and released their debut LP 3 Feet High and Rising soon after (1989).
It can be heard at the very end of Ghetto Thang on De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising album, and also during A Shropshire Lad (at 1:27) by Half Man Half Biscuit.
Inspired by the advent of sampling (De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising is said to have been a major influence), the group put together a sound which would help start the burgeoning Shibuya-kei scene.
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The hip-hop skit was more but not less pioneered by De La Soul and their producer Prince Paul who incorporated many skits on their 1989 debut album 3 Feet High and Rising.
Plug One - An early concept for 3 Feet High and Rising involved music being transmitted from Mars by three microphone plugs (each one representing a member of the group).
"The Magic Number" is a 1990 single by De La Soul, originally recorded in 1988 and first released on their 1989 album, 3 Feet High and Rising, with the chorus based on a segment from the children's show "Schoolhouse Rock!", written by Bob Dorough.
The genesis of the 1991 album Queer was listening to De La Soul's 1989 debut album 3 Feet High and Rising.
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Allen's list of "important records" as of 1995 included De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising, Massive Attack's Blue Lines and "anything from Nick Cave and The Fall."