'Stakes is High' Changed Everything | De La Soul & J Dilla

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IMPORTANT FOOTNOTE: After publishing this video it's come to my attention that De La put the James Brown vocal in the beat, and also have co-production credit.

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De La Soul
Stakes is High
J Dilla
Jay Dee
A Tribe Called Quest
Native Tongues
Prince Paul
Production
Hip Hop
Music History
Remix
Unreleased
House Shoes
Ahmad Jamal
James Brown
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[blueknight]

“Gun control means using both hands in my land.” This line hit me hard as a young man. Helped me understand that the choices I made had permanent consequences.

[TheArmchairHistorian]

With the recent addition of De La Soul's discography on streaming platforms, it's cool to see their albums like Stakes is High getting attention. This is one of my favorite albums and songs, and I listen to Ahmad Jamal regularly, many songs on Jamal Plays Jamal are incredible jazz compositions. I'd love to see you do a video on the Avalanches, an Australian group that perhaps made an album with the most amount of samples ever used in it, Since I Left You.

[diggingthegreats]

IMPORTANT FOOTNOTE: After publishing this video it's come to my attention that De La put the James Brown vocal in the beat, and also have co-production credit.

[DOSOLTD]

The stakes is high the stakes is high! REST BREEZY J DILLA !

[samwest]

Why do I always have a chesssy ass grin on my face when he recreates a beat!?? 😁😁😁

[joelhenderson]

Stakes Is High is my all time favorite De La Soul album. The title track is a masterpiece. Dilla was in his BAG!!

[ARCHAICRUIZ]

This song, to risk sounding corny, opened my third eye. When I heard it in the 90s I knew there was gangster rap and more lyrical East coast hardcore like mobb deep and wu tang and I was aware of native tongues and loved tribe called quest, but this song introduced me to the IMPORTANCE of conscious hip hop . It changed the way I looked at hip hop and music forever, and as a hip hop artist myself, it’s one of the most important pieces of music of my entire life

[ByDobson]

Their best album... and man... WHAT A SINGLE. One of Dilla's best grooves

[FangedBeauty]

I was lucky enough to see De La perform live in the netherlands as a young teen. They were incredible live. So much raw talent.

[Gallas]

Saw De La live three days ago, with Talib Kweli joining for Stakes Is High. They absolutely killed it.

[butchbrown]

J Dilla had a sound that was outside the box & creative he also Loved Music that's what makes it real

[OfficialMikeyMoTheMC]

Stakes is high and Electric Relaxations. Best songs of all time. All Genres.

[akeemtinsley]

Some of their best lyrics, maybe my favorite rap lyric of all time:

"Neighborhoods are now hoods, because nobody's neighbors. Only animals survivin' with that animal behavior."

[EDCReviewz]

Oh man! This is probably my 14 yo daughter's favorite De La song! Thank you for this! The version that they did with the Roots with Black Thought on Jimmy Fallon brought us almost to tears. Speaking of the Roots, we can use some digging into their stuff!

[ezekielhenderson]

Ahmad Jamal was an absolute giant. J Dilla, James Brown De la Soul and J.Dilla my goodness! The merging of genius minds.

[moonshinei]

my favorite De La piece. there’s just so much going on from their world play and Dilla’s beat, all comes together just right and uncertain. stakes was high for them, and they showed out

[faithrestoredny]

The beat and lyrics are utterly profound. When I listened to "The Stakes is High". I knew that our world we live in at that moment, and today, in 2025, things were going to get very complicated.

[jaidarling]

This album is one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time and one of my top 5.

[RachelFlowersMusic]

This is Rachel. I love your break downs on my favorite jazz hip hop beats, which includes this song. Ahmad Jamal is one of my favorite historic pianist. Along with his Pershing album, I love his Spotlight Club album recorded after Pershing. I recreated this song for fun, listening to the Jamal track on a video to get the crazy piano chords (different from the section you played…) Anyway, love your videos. (smile)

[D-Almighty]

One of the dopest produced songs The stakes is high album is top 3 rap albums hands down