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Track Listings
| 1. Intro |
| 2. Supa Emcees |
| 3. The Bizness |
| 4. Wonce Again Long Island |
| 5. Dinnint |
| 6. Brakes |
| 7. Dog Eat Dog |
| 8. Baby Baby Baby Ooh Baby |
| 9. Long Island Degrees |
| 10. Betta Listen |
| 11. Itzsoweezee (HOT) |
| 12. 4 More |
| 13. Big Brother Beat |
| 14. Down Syndrome |
| 15. Pony Ride |
| 16. Stakes Is High |
| 17. Sunshine |
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is the best de la soul album, and clearly a more mature piece of work. The trio have progressed from the reliance on punch-lines and antique samples to more socially concious rhymes and doper-than-dope head-nod compositions.
Three Feet is cool, but it lacks the maturity and depth of this work, and despite the amazing rhyme schemes in De La Soul Is Dead, it just had too many skits and not enough solid beats. Unlike the much overlooked Bulhoone Mindstate, Stake Is High has a perfect balance, every track is dope, with no exception, and it flows brilliantly. The Breaks and The Bizness are two of my favourite De La Soul songs, ill production and 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 and i'm swimming up stream", and here his flow really impresses. Common also steps up and guests on The Bizness, lighting up the mic as usual. Pos, Maseo and Dove really excel lyrically on this album, spitting the "microphone mathematics" and making it look easy.
Buy this record, and let these Supa Emcees tell you something about the self.
Three Feet is cool, but it lacks the maturity and depth of this work, and despite the amazing rhyme schemes in De La Soul Is Dead, it just had too many skits and not enough solid beats. Unlike the much overlooked Bulhoone Mindstate, Stake Is High has a perfect balance, every track is dope, with no exception, and it flows brilliantly. The Breaks and The Bizness are two of my favourite De La Soul songs, ill production and 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 and i'm swimming up stream", and here his flow really impresses. Common also steps up and guests on The Bizness, lighting up the mic as usual. Pos, Maseo and Dove really excel lyrically on this album, spitting the "microphone mathematics" and making it look easy.
Buy this record, and let these Supa Emcees tell you something about the self.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is my favourite De La Soul album, if you are a de la soul fan and 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
***BUY THIS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
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 smiling in 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 and the catchy beat tied in with the simplest of sounds it shows the craftmanship of Posda and Daves emceeing talent even though the track is just over a minute. Other good tracks are The Stakes Is High,The Bizness feat Common, and Big Brother Beat feat Mos Def.Also this album shows a good view into the state of some places in America not getting better at that point(1996).
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Sorry but giving Stakes 5* is fanboy blindness
I absolutely love De La Soul.
3 Feet and De La Soul is dead are easily snuggled within my top 5 all time albums. Buhloone is again in my top 10. Read more
3 Feet and De La Soul is dead are easily snuggled within my top 5 all time albums. Buhloone is again in my top 10. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Eric Blair
Underrated Classic!
Great to see so many other reviewers echoing what I'm feeling about this record - its absolute quality! Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2008 by Mr. R. D. Morgan
De La Soul's Greatest
The best, but also the most neglected De La Soul album in my oppinion. No real weak tracks here and it's got the fantastic title track; "Stakes is high" - one of my all time... Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2003 by Tore Eggen
Their best album by miles.
I have to say that this album is absolutely fantastic, and it is constantly in my CD player over 2 years after its release. Read more
Published on 27 Sep 2000
The Daisy Age is Dead
Three feet high and rising burst into my collection sometime in the early nineties and has been running riot ever since, it remains a surprisingly fresh, continuously amusing and... Read more
Published on 28 Mar 2000
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