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maro
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Thu Mar-03-11 02:23 PM

"Does the album STAKES IS HIGH deserve classic status? .... yes it does."


          

You got daym right it does!! As the first de la album not to be produced by Prince Paul, this has always been a sleeper classic to me...especially considering it's mid 90's competition.

From the impeccable lyrics, rhyme schemes and topics to the hooks, choruses and beats... shit....to the interludes..I find it to be the best of ALL the de la albums let alone one of the GOAT period. That is to say, I can listen to this album, 15yrs after it's release, from start to finish, over and over and over... I mean, if this shit dropped today, I would be like... dayum this is tight! It remains timeless. I can't do that with any other de la album ... let alone with many HipHop albums in general.

Where do you herald Stakes Is High in your catalog?



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Does the album STAKES IS HIGH deserve classic status? .... yes it does. [View all] , maro, Thu Mar-03-11 02:23 PM
 
Subject Author Message Date ID
buhloone better
Mar 03rd 2011
1
yup
Mar 03rd 2011
10
^^correct
Mar 03rd 2011
11
I have a hard time grasping the love of that album....
Mar 03rd 2011
13
indeed
Mar 03rd 2011
15
RE: buhloone better
Mar 04th 2011
29
Agreed, but they're both classics to me
Mar 04th 2011
62
classic imo. love it
Mar 03rd 2011
2
Excellent listen from beginning to end.
Mar 03rd 2011
3
Nope. But it is better than Grind Date.
Mar 03rd 2011
4
RE: Nope. But it is better than Grind Date.
Mar 03rd 2011
5
my first de la album
Mar 03rd 2011
6
yeah, catch up on their work if you get a chance.
Mar 03rd 2011
7
Wow, I wish I was you right now.
Mar 03rd 2011
9
      which one should i get next?
Mar 04th 2011
27
           RE: which one should i get next?
Mar 04th 2011
31
hell yeah the shit is classic, th' fuck?
Mar 03rd 2011
8
you know the lesson be having its
Mar 04th 2011
37
      lol @ it bein 'The Lesson', this album gets more love here than anywhere
Mar 04th 2011
43
my standard reply: Stakes Is High is boring.
Mar 03rd 2011
12
^^^^What this guy said
Mar 03rd 2011
16
it seems like this post comes up like every 3-6 months
Mar 04th 2011
17
      RE: it seems like this post comes up like every 3-6 months
Mar 04th 2011
30
           It's a mixed bag.
Mar 04th 2011
32
           you sir, are a scholar for this
Mar 04th 2011
61
           RE: it seems like this post comes up like every 3-6 months
Mar 04th 2011
60
4th best De La album....
Mar 03rd 2011
14
RE: Does the album STAKES IS HIGH deserve classic status? .... yes it d...
Mar 04th 2011
18
if you're 27, not sure u actually 'grow up with' as much as 'grew up on'
Mar 04th 2011
44
      35
Mar 04th 2011
46
      gotcha, #51
Mar 04th 2011
53
      RE: if you're 27, not sure u actually 'grow up with' as much as 'grew up...
Mar 04th 2011
54
           fair enough, I was thinking more in terms of noting the evolution from
Mar 04th 2011
55
                RE: fair enough, I was thinking more in terms of noting the evolution fr...
Mar 04th 2011
58
not a classic but "dinninit" is one of my favorite De La records
Mar 04th 2011
19
Classic? I'm not sure it's on the level of say, DE LA SOUL IS DEAD.
Mar 04th 2011
20
nice response claw
Mar 04th 2011
28
RE: Classic? I'm not sure it's on the level of say, DE LA SOUL IS DEAD.
Mar 05th 2011
64
they were in their mid-twenties when they made that album
Mar 04th 2011
21
good point
Mar 04th 2011
24
yup, then look at their 88/89 teenage output...
Mar 04th 2011
26
YES!
Mar 04th 2011
35
that maturity came from being in the game for 7+ years at that point.
Mar 04th 2011
33
there are dudes that have been in Hip Hop for longer than they were in i...
Mar 04th 2011
38
      I agree....but I think Stakes Is High is boring too.
Mar 04th 2011
39
           LOL
Mar 04th 2011
57
YES!
Mar 04th 2011
34
RE: they were in their mid-twenties when they made that album
Mar 05th 2011
71
absolute classic... co-sign
Mar 04th 2011
22
RE: Does the album STAKES IS HIGH deserve classic status? .... yes it d...
Mar 04th 2011
23
RE: Really, REALLY good album.
Mar 04th 2011
25
Yes...
Mar 04th 2011
36
Not to me...
Mar 04th 2011
40
this is pretty much how I feel, however I have come to realize that
Mar 04th 2011
42
When I first heard 3 feet high and rising I was ....
Mar 04th 2011
45
fair enough,I do see how 'De La Is Dead' w/all the jokes/skits/1/2 songs
Mar 04th 2011
51
its started the underground vs mainstream shit
Mar 04th 2011
50
      RE: its started the underground vs mainstream shit
Mar 04th 2011
52
^^where I'm at with this.
Mar 04th 2011
56
Definitely a classic in my book
Mar 04th 2011
41
THIS!
Mar 04th 2011
47
Funny this post makes me want to play Buhloon
Mar 04th 2011
48
RE: Funny this post makes me want to play Buhloon
Mar 04th 2011
49
absolutely. gets the most replay today of any de la album with me
Mar 04th 2011
59
Hmm. It's a dope hip hop album, yet it's a mediocre De La album
Mar 05th 2011
63
Definitely classic.
Mar 05th 2011
65
RE: Does the album STAKES IS HIGH deserve classic status? .... yes it d...
Mar 05th 2011
66
another scholar
Mar 05th 2011
67
fuck no, its boring. a few good songs but otherwise, zzzz
Mar 05th 2011
68
I liked it ....
Mar 05th 2011
69
RE: Does the album STAKES IS HIGH deserve classic status? .... yes it d...
Mar 05th 2011
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