Stakes Is High

Stakes Is High

Infobox Album
Name = Stakes Is High
Type = studio
Artist = De La Soul


Released = July 2, 1996
Recorded =
Genre = Hip hop
Length = 68:19
Label = Tommy Boy
Producer = De La Soul, Spearhead X, Skeff Anselm, O.Gee, nowrap|Jay Dee
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8c7tk6jxqkrj link]
*RapReviews.com Rating|5|5 [http://www.rapreviews.com/archive/BTTL_stakes.html link]
Last album = "Clear Lake Audiotorium"
(1994)
This album = "Stakes Is High"
(1996)
Next album = ""
(2000)

"Stakes Is High" is De La Soul's fourth full-length album, released during the summer of 1996. The album received mostly strong reviews but little commercial success.

Overview

"Stakes Is High" was responsible for introducing rapper/actor Mos Def to a wider audience, on the cut "Big Brother Beat". Common also makes an appearance on "The Bizness".

"Stakes Is High" marked the first time the group did not collaborate with long-time producer Prince Paul on an album.

On "Stakes Is High", De La Soul also attempted to bridge the growing gaps between the original members of the Native Tongues collective, although none of those artists make an actual appearance on the album. After the album's release, the group toured extensively and remained rather quiet before returning in 2000 with the first instalment in their "Art Official Intelligence" series, "".

Interludes

Like other De La Soul albums, "Stakes Is High" has a running theme, which in this case is the group's concern for the state of rap, as well as the current state of hip hop culture and how it is regarded in general. The following sound clips are featured:

*The introduction track begins with various clips of interviews, the interviewees describing where they were when they first heard the influential rap album Criminal Minded.
*At the end of track 9, "Long Island Degrees", a 'redneck' describes why he hates rap music ("There's no music in it. It's just niggers talking.")
*At the end of track 10, "Betta Listen", there is a clip of Posdnous and Maseo discussing an error in communication about a club.
*At the end of track 15, "Pony Ride", a homeless man discusses his struggle living on the streets, describing his periods of optimism and depression. While describing this situation, he remarks "stakes is high".
*The beginning and end of track 16, "Stakes is High" feature sound clips of people playing dice. The O.J. Simpson trials are discussed by a man nearby.
*The clip at the end of the final track, "Sunshine", closes the album with a young man saying "Yo, when I first heard "3 Feet High and Rising", I was" and then the clip is cut out. "3 Feet High and Rising" being De La Soul's first release and a very influential hip-hop album, held in a somewhat similarly high regard as well as "Criminal Minded", which is discussed at the beginning of the album.

Track listing

Album singles

*"Stakes Is High"
**Released: 1996
**B-side: "The Bizness"
*"Itzsoweezee (HOT)"
**Released: 1996
**B-side: "Stakes Is High" (remix)
*"4 More"
**Released: 1997
**B-side: "Sweet Dreams"


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