De La Soul - Stakes Is High (Official Audio)

[@bray3923]

RIP J Dilla & Plug 2 🕊 🙏 Such an amazing record

[@upkshabal274]

💯

[@montezeley777]

And now RIP Ahmad Jamal

[@giftedtaste]

also James Brown

[@Fleezy81]

I call this Dil La Soul

[@lensuber919]

De La Soul forever.🙏🙏

[@giovannizanocco7982]

Man... what a track, what an album, what a group! Rest in power Dave 🕊

[@StoicLoneWolf380]

This song is so damn deep. LOVE De La Soul... "A skin not considered equal, a meteor has more right than my people who be wasting time screaming who they've hated. That's why the Native Tongues has been officially reinstated." TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!

[@NatoShinobi]

More than ever

[@KiambuX]

Rest in power Kings (Dave and Dilla). Dave snapped on this joint 🫡.

[@jvinson]

One of my favorite songs he's done.

[@trenapier206]

So true!!!

[@kieronbuford6194]

2024 and The Stakes is STILL High!

[@Johnny_64]

1:10 best bars ever uttered in hip hop.

[@leshawnlee6402]

...INDEED!!!

[@richarda3514]

For real

[@badlt5897]

Every word I say should be a hip hop quotable. EPIC

[@shuajoblake1166]

Faccs

[@THERobertL2000]

💯

[@angeldsouza777]

2024 Stakes still high - maybe higher One ❤ my people

[@JWnFlorida]

One of the best ever to do it.

[@chrisdurso3325]

So many great lines and verses. Dave's first verse still resonates in todays hip hop culture. Postsas "gun control means using both hand in my land. "A meteor has more rights than my people" neighborhoods hoods cause nobody's neighbors just animals." No wonder where we live is called the projects. Young folk should really take a look at this song man.

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

Hope young folk are paying attention to their whole catalogue now! 🔥✊🏼

[@PatrickBorelli]

If you haven’t seen the live performance of “Stakes Is High” they did with The Roots on the Tonight Show you should check that out. It was unbelievable.

[@mattchildress4859]

The "meteor" line is brilliant. I admit, it took me years to understand that one 🥰🥰🥰

[@mariopantoja8259]

Life' can get all up in yo ass.

[@symmetryx]

Congrats on having your catalogue back. Classic track

[@chiwalker7325]

That’s the Biz CPT ✌🏾

[@Johnorekunow272]

Nothing is impossible.

[@jasminemorris6489]

MY favorite reocrd !!!! J DILLA and DE LA SOUL !!!❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥❤‍🔥

[@MrWrightNowTV]

This Video change the way I looked at music I mean a dude (Trugoy) was washing dishes, raking up leaves and doing his laundry in a music video was crazy in the 90’s with all the bling and hardcore stuff going on it was a breath of fresh air then. And they was spittin on top of that! We miss you Dave! RIP 🕊️🕊️🕊️🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@furnitureconsortium]

He was also riding a mechanical bull, lol I always cracked up when I saw that, De La Soul's sense of humor is sadly overlooked in their videos

[@honeybutterscotch3394]

They were always like that, from the jump

[@MrWrightNowTV]

@@honeybutterscotch3394 I know but de La wasn’t Really and option for me in the early 90’s I was in elementary school. Don’t get me wrong I heard a song here or there but Stakes Is High came out while I was in High School so that’s where De La starts for me personally. That’s why this album is a Top 5 Hip-Hop album for me.

[@bardock1415]

J Dilla never stop to surprise me even though he's gone... Crazy

[@Jerome-oz3jx]

R.I.P. PLUG 2 I FELT EVERY VERSE YOU EVER SPIT....DE LA SOUL IS AND WAS THE SOUND TRACK TO MY LIFE.My breath is your breath Miss and love you brother from another mother.BIG PEACE TO DE LA SOUL ...HOLD IT DOWN POS & MASEO.L.U.V. U BROTHERS LEARNING 2 UNDERSTANDING ONES VALUES.

[@Fleezy81]

FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!! IMMA PLAY THIS A MILLION MORE TIMES!!!! I SUGGEST YOU DO THE SAME!!!! #THANKYOUDAVE

[@barteechris]

One of THE GREATEST RAP SONGS EVER!! “Beats from THE EAST.” This song makes you LAUGH and CRY!! However, it BLAST you into the ATMOSPHERE!! I bought this CD…. LOVE THIS CD! Rest in Peace Trugoy!! This is the EPITOME of HIP HOP!! I Love De La Soul!🙏🏾

[@frizzyrascal1493]

The most important hip hop song ever written. My favorite De La Soul album.

[@WawaMarvel]

Most important how????? You can like it all you want, but most important for what reason?

[@timmoore8274]

​@@WawaMarvelWow...Good question. 😳 This is just a song. How could this impact someone's life at all? De La Soul has meant so much to Hip Hop since they came out in the 80's. Positive and Inspirational lyrics. Maybe this song...this album was what somebody needed to hear just to get them through a very difficult time in their life. I know that I needed to hear positivity when things got rough. I 1st heard this song 6yrs ago and still play 5x on repeat ea time. This song prob helped uplift Frizzyrascal in a difficult time. We don't judge.

[@kasino7132]

one of the greatest hip hop groups of all time. De La Soul Forever........

[@thomascrownbuerger]

We De La to the death, or at least until we break up

[@troysanders4206]

Daves verse is still relevant today…rip dave🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Jimmy1982Playlists]

Every verse on this track is still relevant! 🔥

[@1trl2]

Word, 27 years later. Rest peacefully Big Dave!🙏🕊🎤

[@preachproductions7087]

Yes sir!! It sure is

[@Ayevei23]

YO LETS GO STAKES IS HIGH

[@trex0416]

This is what I call hip hop. Salute to De La and Dilla..

[@mrsandmrhankerson4797]

Rest in peace Dave 🙏🏽 plug 2 🕊️🕊️😭😇🕊️

[@theprofilepod]

De La Soul are Hall of Famers! One of the greatest to ever do it!

[@Rosco-P.Coldchain]

We’re you witness

[@nac3205]

beat is insane

[@NickCollierWebb]

Whenever I'm afraid of doing something/progressing in life, I come back here and remind myself that THE STAKES IS HIGH!

[@HotdogJuice]

This song is a national treasure! Thank you De La Soul.

[@itsdeestardag1214]

LONGLiveDAVENDILLA

[@charliegoggles6961]

Song gives me chills, STAKES IS HIGHER!!

[@5burowz]

Rest In Plugs Dave

[@jmonty1738]

This song is great for my mental health.

[@BAGAKOOS]

De La Soul, tribe called quest, the roots, people under the stairs, J Dilla, the only hip hop I still listen to after all these years, and the amazing live musicians that keep this music alive!

[@martinnorwood5568]

De La Soul forever and a day...

[@dfont31]

In my mind, arguably the greatest song in the history of hip hop. I can’t explain what this song has meant to me since it came out in the 90’s.

[@newera5238]

Yes! 🙌 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@kevsstream6349]

Damn I got heavenly feels watching that Tonight show performance. Keep the real ones alive

[@ejjWalkin]

👏🏾👏🏾Ditto Brtha! A repeat on it tonight👍🏾🌍

[@angc1456]

MASTERPIECE

[@younghovah22]

Still gives me goosebumps when i hear it….. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Goatchild90]

Classic Hip Hop

[@MoNaCheebaCheeba]

DeLaDilla✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

[@Hypestyle]

i wish there would have been a tour with De La Soul and Hall & Oates. It would have been incredible.

[@skulpl82007]

i guess somebody said, "no go"

[@BEETSEEKA]

Essential

[@Fleezy81]

DIL LA SOUL!!

[@salsasoul4112]

The most important joint in Hip-Hop. Begin with this joint right here to educate the babies about the elements of Hip-Hop.

[@akinchinnery1167]

Now,"THIS" is THE BEST SONG on this album😁🙌🏿💚💛💖🙌🏿❣

[@tono6136]

Rap in the night.

[@ILLTRILLNEIL]

This song is Priceless

[@shillbill1299]

RIP J DILLA AND DAVE

[@djtimspaceking8306]

De La Soul producer to

[@leshawnlee6402]

Yesss......

[@unspokenwords5284]

FACTS!!! They left us way too early🙌🏼✨️💫🙌🏼

[@timmoore8274]

De La hit HARD with this one! 😐👍

[@missioncrowney]

Memories!!! 96 sh** experiments needles and skin connects, no wonder where we live is called the projects!!! fire!!!

[@jasminemorris6489]

Love, love , love this record !!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MD-xb1qw]

Relevant in 2024

[@sarahjackson1897]

When hip hop wasn't afraid to address real issues without apology

[@Rosco-P.Coldchain]

I was lucky enough to take my then Dutch girlfriend to see De La on there 3 feet tour in the late 80s at Leeds polytechnic college..I wished I would have kept that beautiful girl..Memories ❤

[@torreador1972]

Still and always relevant

[@mikelomez9313]

Now more than ever with inflation making top sirloin 18$/lb

[@mikelomez9313]

More relevant than ever now with inflation pushing top sirloin up to 18$ a pound 😉

[@Dante-qf9yd]

They finally put this up.

[@randyhaynie3403]

Dave went bananas on this track R.I.P 🕊

[@emo3275-q8l]

Masterpiece 💯

[@livefromplanetearth]

foundation

[@BAGAKOOS]

Everyone reading this should check out their performance of this on Fallon with the Roots. It is amazing!

[@RobbLoww2000]

To call something a classic means it transcends time. It’s relevant in any time. This group this album this song Is A Classic. From Junior high to Adelphi 🫡💯❤️🕊

[@DaSilvaCorredor]

Rip boy yancei

[@pfalztexter]

Bomb. I'm from Germany and I listened to everything that was on the market in the 1990s. Only very, very few tracks made a similar impression on me.

[@JurgenKranz]

Such a great and underrated hip hop album. This being the most angry chilling top. The field recording at the end pays listening to too. RIP Dave

[@yahtrunamepsalms6849]

That sign-of-the-time’s beat and vibe mixer’s!!

[@aquarian5219]

They gave such an important balance to the HIp HOp culture creativity all around!1of the greatest groups of all time!!

[@OnlyOriginalSongs]

thanks for upload

[@DaytonJoey]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Springs2024]

Best group in the world 👍

[@talmerkershaw401]

FAVORITE GROUP RIP PLUG 2

[@Burst644]

This song is great in every way conceivable!!!

[@hotlinewav]

what a blessing it is to have this here for us. de la forever

[@saint_of_saints]

Phife no longer with us, rest in peace 👑. Dave no longer with us, rest in peace 👑. Does this mean... A Tribe Called Soul? 👀

[@avgriffin]

but thank god they shared their energy with us we'll never forget to show the kids them

[@aidienizm]

​@avgriffin sad to say the kids aren't worth it..they lost in everything else

[@swipelee9324]

Dilla is no longer here

[@dennisandersen3107]

​@@aidienizm That's BS.

[@aidienizm]

@dennisandersen3107 yeah cause the kids are doing so well with the culture..show them Jesus

[@LiberdadeBatora]

Dilla and Trugoy saved my life 🍩🕊

[@bambam9721]

Solid!

[@FaygoGingerale]

Sept 2024 still here 😉

[@beesmokes8772]

This song is so good 🔥 vibes!

[@grinchoi1]

Let’s go De La ✊🏽

[@96.supreme9]

crazy how these lyrics still relevant today smh aint shit changed

[@mightynas1457]

Imagined Busta on the chorus doing his thing while the trumpets ringing out......Stakes is HIGH

[@rafeekgafoor8084]

Thank you Dave.

[@Karjalol]

STAKES IS HIGH GENTLEMEN ! DO YOUR BEST ALL TIME ALL OF THE TIME

[@mrbigg_handz7447]

I'm still here

[@idid1866]

RIP Dave🙏🏽

[@mordecaiharvey9262]

This track is glorious and hits different after the passing of Trugoy and Ahmad Jamal who created the track for Dilla to sample. Nothing but legends all through this one!

[@nollysmith8875]

Legends

[@newtbangem4855]

🕊🕊🕊🕊

[@richpowerfulfamous3244]

1:10 2024

[@antoniogambardella785]

This is rap classic 🎤🔝🎙🔥💣👊

[@ruledbyvenus2041]

0:07😊

[@supraise]

Ahmad Jamal - Swahililand - The genesis if this track. I have this on high rotation!!!!!!!!

[@lafille9424]

I love this song could listen to it again and again and again.... I've seen many De la soul concert in France and London, still remember when I had a quick chat with TrueGoy, that was in a London club called Subterania...in 1996 I believe...RIP Babe !!!! I am a true Hip Hop Girl and here my top 3 : Number one : Nas "the world is mine" Number 2 : Talib Kweli "Get by" Number 3 : De la soul : "The Stakes is high" !!!! 4 5 6....Anything from, Mob deep, A tribe called quest, Mos def, NTM (I am french) etc....

[@joselenrile8695]

RIP Ahmad Jamal. RIP Plug2. RIP Dilla.

[@kincamell]

Gratitude

[@user-ue9bi2ui2q]

LOVE THIS FOREVER

[@garrettgeisendorfer2456]

The lyrics... Oooohoooo

[@thecleaner71]

My favorite de la soul track🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@michaelfawole9974]

I had this on vinyl and it was brilliant, but still sounds good on here.

[@wise2583]

The biggest pivot while staying tru

[@swizzledizzle1542]

Sick of being sick perhaps....Still True and Dope in 24. Respect saw y'all at the Oakland Coliseum back in the day.

[@cedricwillis3295]

AH CLA$$IC 🔥🎤🎤🎤🎤🎤🔥

[@101iswhatsup]

"Life can get all up in yo azz, baybe you better work it out". Thanks for a kind, sensible, true push. Dilla, Tru, live In essence until. Bro...imagine how dope heaven may be. Dilla, Trugoy, mad Legends praising Him. IMO, a beautiful consideration. 🙏🏾