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Stakes Is High

Stakes Is High

De La Soul
Year
1996
Genre
Hip Hop
Label
Tommy Boy
Producer
DJ Ogee
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Album Summary

Stakes Is High is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group De La Soul. It was released on July 2, 1996, through Tommy Boy Records. The album marked a change in the group's sound and direction, as it was their first release not produced in collaboration with Prince Paul. Stakes Is High was mainly produced by the group themselves, with additional tracks provided by Jay Dee, DJ Ogee, Spearhead X and Skeff Anslem. It is considered the group's darkest and most serious album. It received mostly strong reviews but little commercial success.

Tracklist

  1. A1 Supa Emcees Spotify 3:40
  2. A2 The Bizness Spotify 5:41
  3. A3 Wonce Again Long Island Spotify 3:39
  4. A4 Dinninit Spotify 4:20
  5. A5 Brakes Spotify 4:06
  6. A6 Dog Eat Dog Spotify 3:36
  7. A7 Baby Baby Baby Ooh Baby Spotify 2:12
  8. A8 Long Island Degrees Spotify 3:27
  9. B1 Betta Listen Spotify 4:28
  10. B2 Itzsoweezee (Hot) Spotify 4:55
  11. B3 4 More Spotify 4:18
  12. B4 Big Brother Beat Spotify 3:42
  13. B5 Pony Ride Spotify 5:26
  14. B6 Stakes Is High Spotify 5:30
  15. B7 Sunshine Spotify 3:39
Total Runtime: 1:02:39

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Artist Discography

3 Feet High and Rising (1989)
De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
BuhloÍžone Mind State (1993)
Stakes Is High (1996)
Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump (2000)
AOI: Bionix (2001)
The Grind Date (2004)
The Impossible: Mission TV Series, Part 1 (2006)
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Cabin in the Sky (2025)

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