Customer Reviews
Underrated Classic! - By: Mr. R. D. Morgan, 14 Aug 2008 
Great to see so many other reviewers echoing what I'm feeling about this record - its absolute quality!
Love the flow of it, every track is focussed & is a real pleasure to listen to - whilst most people have got/ heard 3 Feet High (and don't get me wrong it's a great album), far less people have heard Stakes is High & its a shame because it shows how much De La Have evolved as a group...
If you don't have it - buy it now! Then drop a review on Amazon telling everyone else how great it is!
Peace
MY FAV DE LA ALBUM, BUY THIS NOW!! - By: , 16 Sep 2005 This is my favourite De La Soul album, if you are a de la soul fan & you dont have this album you are mad!!! buy it now! this album is one of the most overlooked underhyped albums out there, forget '3 feet high' this is the must buy de la soul album out there, fav tracks are bizness, supa emcees, wonce again, dog eat dog, long island degrees, 4 more, you know what all of them there isnt a weak track on this album
***BUY THIS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
De La`s finest..... - By: , 10 Apr 2004 This has got to be De La Souls finest work yet. It is a more mature piece of work whilst containing the bouncy De La carfree style but this album has a very political view with lyrics such as "It seems smilingin public is against the law cos love dont get u through life no more" amongst others. The best track on the album has to be the intro simply because of the flowing freestyle like lyrics & the catchy beat tiedin with the simplest of sounds it shows the craftmanship of Posda & Daves emceeing talent even though the track is just over a minute. Other good tracks are The Stakes Is High,The Bizness feat Common, & Big Brother Beat feat Mos Def.Also this album shows a good view into the state of some placesin America not getting better at that point(1996).
de la soul mature - By: , 23 Nov 2003 This is the best de la soul album, & clearly a more mature piece of work. The trio have progressed from the reliance on punch-lines & antique samples to more socially concious rhymes & doper-than-dope head-nod compositions.
Three Feet is cool, but it lacks the maturity & depth of this work, & despite the amazing rhyme schemesin De La Soul Is Dead, it just had too many skits & not enough solid beats. Unlike the much overlooked Bulhoone Mindstate, Stake Is High has a perfect balance, every track is dope, with no exception, & it flows brilliantly. The Breaks & The Bizness are two of my favourite De La Soul songs, ill production & assertive lyrics match each other perfectly.
Mos Def makes an appearance on the classic Big Brother Beat, dropping some fresh rhymes "life be nothing but a river & i'm swimming up stream", & here his flow really impresses. Common also steps up & guests on The Bizness, lighting up the mic as usual. Pos, Maseo & Dove really excel lyrically on this album, spitting the "microphone mathematics" & making it look easy.
Buy this record, & let these Supa Emcees tell you something about the self.
De La Soul's Greatest - By: , 28 Aug 2003 The best, but also the most neglected De La Soul albumin my oppinion. No real weak tracks here & it's got the fantastic title track; "Stakes is high" - one of my all time favourites.
Enjoy!
