De La Soul "Stakes Is High" 2023-05-31 Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek

Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek could hear the staggering differences in the songs they were writing for their third album as Whitney

The title track serves as the first single and video

but this record is exactly like that

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De La Soul "Stakes Is High" 2023-05-31 Julien Ehrlich and Max KakacekStakes is High is the 4th studio album by de la Soul, released on July 2, 1996. Stakes is High was critically lauded for it's music, lyricism, and it's overall message concerning the artistic decline rap music began to face in the mid 90s. The title track and first single was produced by J Dilla and the album's second single, "Itzsoweezee (HOT)", with only Dave on vocals, was accompanied by a creative music video. The album spawned a third single "4