De La Soul – Stakes Is High

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Label:	Tommy Boy – TB 1149
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
Country:	US
Released:	1996
Genre:	Hip Hop
Style:	Conscious

Tracklist

A1	Supa Emcees Written-By – D. Jolicoeur, K. Mercer, V. Mason*	3:40
A2	The Bizness Featuring – Common Written-By – D. Jolicoeur, K. Mercer, L. Lynn, V. Mason	5:41
A3	Wonce Again Long Island Written-By – D. Jolicoeur, K. Mercer, V. Mason*	3:39
A4	Dinninit Producer – Spearhead X Written-By – D. Jolicoeur, K. Mercer, M. Jackson, V. Mason, X. Hargrove*	4:20
A5	Brakes Written-By – C. Jimenez, D. Jolicoeur, K. Mercer, L. Mack, R. Hobdy, V. Mason	4:06
A6	Dog Eat Dog Written-By – D. Jolicoeur, K. Mercer, V. Mason*	3:36
A7	Baby Baby Baby Ooh Baby Written-By – D. Jolicoeur, K. Mercer, V. Mason*	2:12
A8	Long Island Degrees Written-By – D. Jolicoeur, K. Mercer, V. Mason*	3:27
	A-Notha Side
B1	Betta Listen Written-By – D. Jolicoeur, K. Mercer, V. Mason*	4:28
B2	Itzsoweezee (Hot) Written-By – D. Jolicoeur, K. Mercer, V. Mason*	4:55
B3	4 More Co-producer – De La Soul Featuring – Zhane* Producer – Ogee* Written-By – D. Payne, D. Jolicoeur, E. Matthew, G. Scott, K. Mercer, M. Small, N. Hall, V. Mason	4:18
B4	Big Brother Beat Featuring – Mos Def Of Medina Green* Producer – Skeff Anselm Written-By – D. Beze, D. Jolicoeur, K. Mercer, S. Anselm, V. Mason*	3:42
B5	Pony Ride Featuring – Truth Enola Written-By – D. Jolicoeur, K. Mercer, S. Preston, V. Mason	5:26
B6	Stakes Is High Co-producer – De La Soul Producer – Jay Dee Written-By – D. Jolicoeur, J. Yancey, K. Mercer, V. Mason	5:30
B7	Sunshine Written-By – D. Jolicoeur, K. Mercer, L. Richie, T. McClary, V. Mason*	3:39

Companies, etc.

Recorded At – The World Recording Facility
Recorded At – Platinum Island Studios
Mixed At – Platinum Island Studios
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Tommy Boy Music, Inc.
Copyright © – Tommy Boy Music, Inc.
Manufactured For – Tommy Boy Music, Inc.
Distributed By – Tommy Boy Music, Inc.
Produced For – XAC Inc.
Published By – Tee Girl Music
Published By – Daisy Age Music
Published By – Danica Music
Published By – Entertaining Music
Published By – Slick Rick Music
Published By – Duchess Music
Published By – Music Corporation of America
Published By – Bill-Lee Music
Published By – Irving Music, Inc.
Published By – MJQ Music, Inc.
Published By – Soul Unlimited Music
Published By – Specificly Music
Published By – Neutral Gray Music
Published By – Zomba Songs Inc.
Published By – Def American Songs
Published By – Jana Music
Published By – Almo Music Corp.
Published By – Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.
Published By – Tonk Music
Published By – Prodisc Music
Published By – Tucci Tunes
Published By – Ephcy Music
Published By – Dynatone Publishing Co.
Published By – Unichappell Music, Inc.
Published By – Shubra Publishing
Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Published By – Jobete Music Co., Inc.
Published By – Brockman Enterprises, Inc.
Published By – Macawrite Music

Credits

Art Direction – De La*, Michelle Williams (3)
Design – Art Babe / MW*
Engineer [Assistant] – Sean Coffey
Executive-Producer – Attic Entertainment, De La Soul
Mastered By – Tom Coyne
Other [Styling] – Nicole King
Photography By – Eric Johnson (15)
Producer – De La Soul (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to B2, B5, B7)
Recorded By – Guido Osorio (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to A7, B1, B5), Tim Latham (tracks: A4, B2 to B4, B6, B7)

Notes

Recorded @ World Recording Facility
except "Dinninit", "Stakes Is High", "4 More", "Big Brother Beat", "Sunshine" & "Itzsoweezee (Hot)" recorded @ Platinum Island.

•"Supa Emcess" contains samples from:
- "La Di Da Di" (Slick Rick & Doug E. Fresh)
- "Summer Samba" (Walter Wanderley)
- "Adventures of Super Rhyme" (Jimmy Spicer)
•"Wonce Again Long Island" contains a sample from "Who's Making Love" (Lou Donaldson)
•"Dinninit" contains a sample from "Enchanted Lady" (Michael Jackson)
•"Brakes" contains samples from:
- "The Breaks" (Kurtis Blow)
- "P.S.K. What Does It Mean" (Schoolly D)
- "It's Your Rock" (Fantasy Three)
- "Children's Story" (Slick Rick)
•"Long Island Degrees" contains samples from "Before I Rest" (Les McCann) and "It Only Happen" (Aretha Franklin)
•"4 More" contains samples from:
- "Jimmy's Bonus Beat" (Jungle Brothers)
- "A Rose For Brooker" (The Chico Hamilton Quintet)
- "Never Give You Up" (Sharon Redd)
•"Stakes Is High" contains samples from "Mind Power" (James Brown) and "Swahililand" (Ahmad Jamal)
•"Sunshine" contains a sample from "High On Sunshine" (Commodores)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Text): 0-16998-11491-9
Barcode (Scanned): 016998114919
Matrix / Runout (Label side A): TB 1149A
Matrix / Runout (Label side B): TB 1149B
Matrix / Runout (Run-out area side A [hand-etched]): TB.1149-A Dmm
Matrix / Runout (Run-out area side B [hand-etched]): TB-1149-B Dmm
Rights Society: BMI
Rights Society (Tracks A4, A5, A7, B3, B7): ASCAP

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Stakes Is High (CD, Album)	Tommy Boy	TBCD 1149	US	1996
Recently Edited	Stakes Is High (CD, Album)	Tommy Boy	76974 2098 2	Canada	1996
	Stakes Is High (2×LP, Album)	Tommy Boy	TBV 1149	UK	1996
Recently Edited	Stakes Is High (LP, Album, Promo)	Tommy Boy	TB 1175	US	1996
Recently Edited	Stakes Is High (CD, Album)	Tommy Boy, Tommy Boy	TBCD 1149, tbcd 1149	UK & Europe	1996

Reviews

djandmurph May 2, 2022
Looking to buy a decent copy of this album for around $150-175 hit me up
NickCallan Feb 23, 2022
I have one of these with a Tommy Boy 20th Anniversary sticker advertising shows in Germany and also containing a Tommy Boy stencil.
Anybody else have that version?
acreativeusername86 Sep 18, 2021
The album is an easy 10/10… one of De La’s best! This pressing has great low end, only rating four stars because most of the skits that appear on the album are missing to cram all the songs on here. That said, at least all the songs are present!
highartisticlly Jan 30, 2021
The reason why we cant get a reissue is the conflict between De La and Tommy Boy for the past 10 years at least. Last we heard, Tommy Boy wanted to split royalties with the band 90/10. Deal fell through and Tommy holds the rights to bands first 6 albums. Try looking for it on any digital platform and you cant find it. So only hard copies are available. Which makes it pretty unique because what isn't on Apple music at this point?

Hearing this on vinyl is a decent listen. Nothing spectacular, but good low end. But man, they cut out so many skits, even small ones and if you've listened to this as originally intended its a little strange to not hear them in between the songs. Just silence and the next song. Music is definitely crammed, my record is mint, no flaws and still theres some surface noise between the songs.

Biggest complaint is they took off the intro! Which is one of De La's hardest and most fun beats. Could've taken off Baby, Baby or even Dog Eat Dog, two weaker tracks and kept the intro.
djclap Jul 25, 2018
One of the best hiphop albums ever. Realness and Greatness.