🍰 Dawning of the Berry Age: Blueberry Cheesecake Meets De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising

Life Is Weird, So Is Cheesecake — Embrace Both

Wacky, unstable joy is the mood today. We're diving into the absurd — baking a blueberry lemon cheesecake while vibing with De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising, an album that sounds like what this cake looks like: joyful, silly, kind of a mess, and totally worth it.

We live on a wet rock orbiting a giant ball of fire. A rock that birthed pufferfish, echidnas, and, somehow, you. Music doesn’t make sense. Milk curdling into dessert makes even less. But here we are — grooving, baking, and laughing at fart jokes because life is ridiculous and rare and delicious when you let it be.

🫐 The Cheesecake: Ugly-Pretty Blueberry Bliss

This blueberry lemon cheesecake did not turn out to be a gorgeous swirl of purple and cream like the recipe promised. What it lacked in beauty it made up for in flavor and fluff.

• Texture: Light as a cloud. Not dense. Think creamy cotton candy.

• Flavor: Blueberry-forward, lemon hiding shyly in the back. Next time: more zest, less hesitation.

• Crust: Classic graham cracker, but limited by a too-small pie tin. We’re leveling up to a springform pan soon.

Was it pretty? Nah. But like the kid at the school dance going hard with zero rhythm, it had confidence — and that made it shine.

🎵 The Album: 3 Feet High and Rising — Goofy Beats, Deep Roots

Let’s talk De La Soul. In 1989, hip hop was leaning serious. Then 3 Feet High and Rising came along like a technicolor cartoon — full of humor, surreal skits, and psychedelic samples. This album is fun, and it doesn’t apologize for being weird.

• “Eye Know” is what got me hooked — partly because it samples Steely Dan’s “Peg” (clavichord forever) and Otis Redding’s whistle from “Sittin’ On the Dock of the Bay.” It’s goofy, sweet, and totally sincere.

• “Tread Water” tells a string of fables from squirrel to monkey, each with a gripe, all told to just... tread.

• “Me Myself and I” is still iconic — a bouncy middle finger to expectations.

These guys paved the way for A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, Common — all while cracking jokes and sampling Hall & Oates. Their vibe? A flower in a rap battleground. A DAISY, to be exact (that’s “Da Inner Sound, Y’all,” if you’re wondering).

Spotify didn’t have this album for ages. I actually bought the vinyl just to hear "Eye Know" again — then found out the whole catalog had just dropped on streaming. Classic.

🍰 Bite + Beat Pairing

🥧 Bake: Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake
🎶 Record: De La Soul – 3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
Vibe Match: Absurd, joyful, springy chaos. Berries + beats.
Best Track While Baking: Eye Know
Why It Works: This pairing is lighthearted, funky, and kind of ridiculous — and that’s what makes it magic.