“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.
@@trinitylegacygroup2481 True. I guess that line can be a double entendre. I immediately thought of the proper way to shoot, since so many gangsta rap depictions during that time featured shooters with the one hand sideways swag gesture, which screws with your aim and causes thugs to hit innocent bystanders.
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.
When I see creators I follow, also follow each other it confirms that circles of thoughts mimic each other. It’s not the “algorithm” it’s like minds finding each other.
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.
Funny I was detailing just days ago what was, in my opinion, the best 5yr time span in hiphop (92-97) to my nephew who's only 16 but loves ALL organic music but 90's era hip-hop especially...and going through this era of MY fav classics, landed me on SIH... Of everyone in our family, our love passion quality recognition and RESPECT for what I call Organic Rap , is unmatched. Soon as he wanted me to run it back, he asked if I knew the vocal sample. I was 16 when SIH was released and was and still amazed by Dilla's ear and sound quality, never thought to question the sample. Immediately, it came to me before 2nd half of chorus ...JB hands down! He was shocked I recognized on the fly.... Just like I was with him when he recognized Raphael Sadiq and Quiks -Lets get down , has a slight but major interpolation credit of Nirvana's Smells like Teen Spirit.... At 16 he caught that on the first play of the record! Blew me away!!! Didn't know that myself, after all these years
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
Each of their previous 3 could also be considered their "best" album. As a Day 1 fan, I usually go with Buhloon Mindstate. But you can say they dropped 4 straight classics.
@@KtotheGI agree, And would say that each album got better and better with their peak at Stakes is High! This album made a huge impact on us and Hip Hop as a whole! Classic!
@@DMoney505with the exception of AOI: Bionix, i would agree. That's probably their worse album and it's a banger. Then the grind date came out and that was much better.
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!
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)
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
So glad you covered this. Has to be my favourite album from De La Soul. Front to back, there's no skips. And to think most of us didn't have access to this masterpiece for 2 decades
Perfekt example for how awesome TH-cam content can be. A deep knowledge and sincere Love for the subject and a great sympathetic presentation. Great stuff
summer of 96 started with it was written by nas on repeat but by mid summer, stakes is high began to take over and by the end of the summer I realized that stakes is high was one of my favorite albums of all time and still is
I'm so glad that the D'angelo (Me & Those Dreamin' Eyes) Rmx was mentioned, I've been enjoying that track for numerous years now and still play it quite often even toady. Great informative video as usual bro.
I honestly didn't know that this track was so highly regarded, I've loved it since first getting it on tape in 96 and it's never been out of rotation for me since then. Classic.
Incredible album. My absolute fave of De La’s. The title track ranks as one of the best Hip-Hop cuts ever created, hands down. Incredible video and breakdown as well. Thank you for sharing, brother! RIP AJ, Dave, and Dilla! Three kings! 👑 #Vibrations
Bought book, thanks for the recommendation. Dilla is still the producer that I feel the most. He gave so much before his passing. Wish he was still here to shape the musical landscape.
“I’m sick of b itches shakin ases sick of n--- talkin bout blunts sick of Versace glasses, sick of half assed award shows sick of name brand clothes. Sick of r&b b itches over BS trends. cocaine and crack which brings sickness to blacks, traps and gats makin the whole sick world collapse….
Every time I see a new vid I’m happy, but when it’s about De La Soul I get really exited!! I always find myself making a beat right after you’re videos. Thanks for being inspirational ❤
PERFECT timing for this video man. Since De La’s catalog re-released on streaming platforms I’ve been obsessed with Stakes Is High. The album and the title track itself. Legendary song for Hip-Hop as a whole. Thank you for this vid to add on to the ever lasting obsession with De La Soul for me 😂‼️
Always love your videos. Story telling. Techniques. Punny jokes. Beats from my teenage years. Gotta love it. Always looking for more ATCQ videos! Cheers.
I'm very glad that you've linked up with House Shoes. He's one of the few that knows a lot about Jay Dee and has most of Dilla stuff, because remember he is a Dj, so Jay would give him stuff to play.
Most definitely one of the greatest hip hop tracks of all time IMO. True essence of the culture. It was made to bring awareness and push positivity all while having one of the hardest hip hop beats I’ve ever heard. It’s a masterpiece of the art.
Swahililand is incredible (I'm a big jazz fan). Stakes is High is objectively one of the best songs ever, partly cuz of how incredible the sample is and also J Dilla.
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."
Bro, this was a super interesting walk through one of my favorite albums from one of my favorite groups. Still have the cd my brother bought when it first came out, and it still gets played often. I don’t make music, but watching you replicate putting the samples together got me stoked to create something! Great video. You got my subscription.
I always wondered why the sound of hip hop sounded so grim in 95 and 96, From Bizarre Ryde to Labincalifornia, from LET and MM to BR& L, from De La Soul is Dead to Stakes is high everything was broody and somber.
Growing older and yoithful idealism falling away. Going deeper in the crates with jazz, psych-rock, obscure samples vs the brighter dance sound of classic funk/r&b. Hip-Hop's positive facade saying f*** it and showing its darker side. Loved living through it, the beauty and the ugliness.
I have loved them since '89!!! Grant it, I didn't own anything by them until the album, Buhloone Mindstate. I wore that out from beginning to end!! And I understand what they meant in regards to the other groups out then. I always felt they were the "Shakespeare" lyricists of their era. Hence, they didn't hit with a lot of people. And the 90's were like that with particular artists. Groups like P.M. Dawn and Digable Planets come to mind. Still, I loved them. And it was because they didn't rap and/or sound like everyone that I couldn't stop listening to them. So, I HIGHLY appreciate this breakdown. Because when I heard "Stakes Is High" for the first time I was floored!! All the sounds were phenomenal. Oh and the lyrics gave me chills! Thanks for the video.
LOVE your videos bro, from UK. you're right when you speak about the gap in music history - i was at a bar recently and there was a young 'hip hop dj' playing, i went up and asked him to play some de la soul, he had never heard of them! My mates had to hold me back no joke 😂. But it's good now the albums are available to stream they will be a fresh injection of good hip hop for some of the younger audience who may have missed it
You are my favorite hiphop related channel and I remember I accidentally stumbled upon one of your vids back when u had a few thousand subs SO FKIN HAPPY TO SEE YOUR GROWTH U DESERVE IT ALL AND EVEN MORE Love from Pakistan🇵🇰💚
These videos just keep getting better and better. Love to see how quickly your channel is growing because you deserve more subs! I've been around since your Soulquarians video.
Cool to hear House Shoes mention that Dilla Dreamin' Eyes mix. One of my favourite Dilla beats, and it's always blown my mind that it wasn't released on the original single, while a bunch of cheesy remixes were. Shows how ahead of his time he was.
This is my favourite De La album and definitely the one I have most played. I loved it's bounce and soul and tragedy of the harsh late-Capitalist era we live in. It wasn't until years later I realised it was J Dilla on production! Stakes is High & Amplified by Q Tip have my heart forever. Oh, and Zhane is on this 'hey mr dj'
I had the demo tape for this, Steaks and Potatoes. Only partial snippets of the songs w/ skits from the guest artists in between, I listened to it a lot!
Don't get me wrong. The remix goes hard. But Jay Dee's original is CLASSIC!!! Just the emotion of Ahmad Jamal's horns creating the music landscape to the message that De La was trying to convey is jut incredible!! Dilla MASTERED the art of using his music to speak without saying a word. 🐐
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So no longer staring at the camera at the end...exit stage left!
“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.
You need both hands to control the kickback.
@@KtotheGyou could also use both hands to box instead of using them to shoot someone.
@@trinitylegacygroup2481 True. I guess that line can be a double entendre. I immediately thought of the proper way to shoot, since so many gangsta rap depictions during that time featured shooters with the one hand sideways swag gesture, which screws with your aim and causes thugs to hit innocent bystanders.
@@KtotheG the kickback and the consequences.
@@trinitylegacygroup2481 agreed.
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.
Whoa, I would not expect you here. I like your videos!
I would love to see an Avalanches video. The sampling on Since I Left You is like nothing else.
When I see creators I follow, also follow each other it confirms that circles of thoughts mimic each other. It’s not the “algorithm” it’s like minds finding each other.
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.
Funny I was detailing just days ago what was, in my opinion, the best 5yr time span in hiphop (92-97) to my nephew who's only 16 but loves ALL organic music but 90's era hip-hop especially...and going through this era of MY fav classics, landed me on SIH... Of everyone in our family, our love passion quality recognition and RESPECT for what I call Organic Rap , is unmatched. Soon as he wanted me to run it back, he asked if I knew the vocal sample. I was 16 when SIH was released and was and still amazed by Dilla's ear and sound quality, never thought to question the sample. Immediately, it came to me before 2nd half of chorus ...JB hands down! He was shocked I recognized on the fly....
Just like I was with him when he recognized Raphael Sadiq and Quiks -Lets get down , has a slight but major interpolation credit of Nirvana's Smells like Teen Spirit.... At 16 he caught that on the first play of the record! Blew me away!!! Didn't know that myself, after all these years
The stakes is high the stakes is high! REST BREEZY J DILLA !
Stakes Is High is my all time favorite De La Soul album. The title track is a masterpiece. Dilla was in his BAG!!
It’s just such a cool sound
Stakes is high and Electric Relaxations. Best songs of all time. All Genres.
Agreed
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
Not corny my brother, that’s the art right there, the magic of DeLaSoul. Me myself and I video; was similar in my high school days. Peace.
A lot of K Dot music gives Native Tongues vibez just more raw, like he blends West and East, touch of jazz w/ soulful lyricism
Their best album... and man... WHAT A SINGLE. One of Dilla's best grooves
Agreed 🔥
Didn't discover "stakes is high" until 2000, thanks napster!
Didn't discover Dilla produced it until post mordem.
Each of their previous 3 could also be considered their "best" album. As a Day 1 fan, I usually go with Buhloon Mindstate. But you can say they dropped 4 straight classics.
@@KtotheGI agree, And would say that each album got better and better with their peak at Stakes is High! This album made a huge impact on us and Hip Hop as a whole! Classic!
@@DMoney505with the exception of AOI: Bionix, i would agree. That's probably their worse album and it's a banger. Then the grind date came out and that was much better.
J Dilla had a sound that was outside the box & creative he also Loved Music that's what makes it real
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.
One of the few Hip-Hop acts who delivered live. ❤
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!
Thank you 🙏 Check out these two videos I've done on Roots songs 🔥 th-cam.com/video/zYQswIkRB7A/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/vAKuv8G-l3U/w-d-xo.html
Sentiment shared✌️
Saw De La live three days ago, with Talib Kweli joining for Stakes Is High. They absolutely killed it.
I love this song...My favorite song off the album...Dilla and De La...AMAZING! RIP Dilla & Dove
4 More is great
I'm so happy to see De La Soul finally getting the attention they deserve! Keep up the great work!
Honestly, you should have 50 million subscribers for the quality of work you put out every single video. Thank you for your amazing work🙌🏾
Thank you 🙏 gotta do it right for the music 🔥
Why do I always have a chesssy ass grin on my face when he recreates a beat!?? 😁😁😁
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)
🙏🙏
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
One of the dopest produced songs EVEERRRRRRR!!!!! The stakes is high album is top 3 rap albums hands down
90’s kid. This song defined a lot of my rhythmic flavors for many reasons. I still get shivers and child when I hear the sample in Swahililand.
So glad you covered this. Has to be my favourite album from De La Soul. Front to back, there's no skips. And to think most of us didn't have access to this masterpiece for 2 decades
Perfekt example for how awesome TH-cam content can be. A deep knowledge and sincere Love for the subject and a great sympathetic presentation. Great stuff
This is a top 5 De La song & an All Time Rap Great! Thanks for this. Love the channel & how you’re doing it! 🙏🏽
Thank you so much for the support 🙏
Stakes is high is probably my favorite ever if not top 5. Every single part of the track is just perfect and heavy.
The live version of Stakes is High by the Suite For Ma Dukes Orchestra is phenomenal
Yes! 🔥
True dat. With his ma on stage.
"Hello Ma"
Thanks, in advance, for bringing this version to my attention.
summer of 96 started with it was written by nas on repeat but by mid summer, stakes is high began to take over and by the end of the summer I realized that stakes is high was one of my favorite albums of all time and still is
I'm so glad that the D'angelo (Me & Those Dreamin' Eyes) Rmx was mentioned, I've been enjoying that track for numerous years now and still play it quite often even toady. Great informative video as usual bro.
Such a great album with great remixes.
Stakes is High is one of the greatest albums of all time. De Le Soul was always a good group, but when this one came out, I literally was like 😮.
This was my isht in summer of 96. Thanks
I honestly didn't know that this track was so highly regarded, I've loved it since first getting it on tape in 96 and it's never been out of rotation for me since then. Classic.
It's beat and lyrical content are incredible and shifted all of hip-hop. Nothing has touched it since.
This album is one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time and one of my top 5.
I still bump this song and album today.
Incredible album. My absolute fave of De La’s. The title track ranks as one of the best Hip-Hop cuts ever created, hands down. Incredible video and breakdown as well. Thank you for sharing, brother! RIP AJ, Dave, and Dilla! Three kings! 👑 #Vibrations
Bought book, thanks for the recommendation.
Dilla is still the producer that I feel the most. He gave so much before his passing. Wish he was still here to shape the musical landscape.
Dave’s “Sick of …” verse hasn’t aged a day, genius
Best verse in all of hip hop IMO
Not ONE!
I always thought that verse was only such a big deal to me...
“I’m sick of b itches shakin ases sick of n--- talkin bout blunts sick of Versace glasses, sick of half assed award shows sick of name brand clothes. Sick of r&b b itches over BS trends. cocaine and crack which brings sickness to blacks, traps and gats makin the whole sick world collapse….
I love that verse because I was sick of all of those things too.
ANOTHER HOMERUN BROTHER! THANK YOU FOR THIS CHANNEL! THANK YOU HOUSE SHOES!
Dude! Are you spying on my Spotify? I was just listening to Stakes is High!
I AM EVERYWHERE 😂
That old low pass technique from the 90s is so classic. I love it.
You're incredible at illustrating the narratives of artists. And making/explaining music. Thankyou r
“There comes a time in everyman’s life that he’s gotta handle $hit on his own “ I see what you did there! Love your channel!
Digging the freaKin Greats my fav DeLa song & Dillia Beat 👍🏽👍🏽
Every time I see a new vid I’m happy, but when it’s about De La Soul I get really exited!! I always find myself making a beat right after you’re videos. Thanks for being inspirational ❤
This TH-cam channel is amazing. So happy i stumbled here. Time to binge.
Stumbled across your page and honestly absolutely love your content, your knowledge in music and hip-hop knowledge awesome. HIP-HOP HEADS
Thanks for the comprehensive analysis of one of the greatest Hip Hop tracks of all time. Love the way you connect the dots. Keep doin' the thing man.
PERFECT timing for this video man. Since De La’s catalog re-released on streaming platforms I’ve been obsessed with Stakes Is High. The album and the title track itself. Legendary song for Hip-Hop as a whole. Thank you for this vid to add on to the ever lasting obsession with De La Soul for me 😂‼️
I never knew Ahmed Jamal died this year. Absolute legend! I need to check out all his stuff
Great work as always. Salute!
Thank you so much for the support!
Always love your videos. Story telling. Techniques. Punny jokes. Beats from my teenage years. Gotta love it. Always looking for more ATCQ videos! Cheers.
Sweet as 🥭🥭🥭 mango
I'm very glad that you've linked up with House Shoes. He's one of the few that knows a lot about Jay Dee and has most of Dilla stuff, because remember he is a Dj, so Jay would give him stuff to play.
Classic Material
Album is Dope af
Most definitely one of the greatest hip hop tracks of all time IMO. True essence of the culture. It was made to bring awareness and push positivity all while having one of the hardest hip hop beats I’ve ever heard. It’s a masterpiece of the art.
Swahililand is incredible (I'm a big jazz fan). Stakes is High is objectively one of the best songs ever, partly cuz of how incredible the sample is and also J Dilla.
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."
One of the best TH-camrs out there. Love the second channel as well. Keep up the quality!
🙏🙏🙏
Great recreation of a J Dilla sample. I got goosebumps watching this video. Great work. 👍🏾🔥😎. Rest In Power Dave and J Dilla.
Man your TH-cam channel is way underrated, loving the content, I learn so much, keep it going!
Thank you!! My favorite hip-hop track ever (together with T.R.O.Y by Pete Rock and CL Smooth, wink wink), this one got me into dilla!!
I'm catching the hint - the list of songs to cover is getting too long
Just listened to this the other day! Love Dilla and De la Soul!
Love the channel, dude. You're breakdowns are meticulous and dope! Love to hear/see more bass breakdowns as well. Keep the fly sh!t comin'! ✌🏾
My Favorite DE LA SOUL SONG OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!
"Viiibe...Vibration!!!" Dilla and De La were all the way in they bag on this!!! 🔥🔥🔥
glad De La and JD are finally getting rewarded for the work they put in.Their albums are classics!
RIP Ahmad Jamal. Got to see him play all his hip hop samples. Next level shit.
An analysis of one of my favorite albums and my favorite producer. This one’s gonna be a banger of a video
Love this!!!! Thanx for all the effort. SIH is my favourite De La Soul song.
I'd love to see you do some vids on Nujabes (RIP🙏) seeing how much you cover Dilla, I think you'd love his work
Jeeez you know your stuff bro! Nuff respek😊
Still a legendary song :) Rip Plug and J Dilla my fav producer of all time
I would Loooooove to get the original demo version too! It’s 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Bro, this was a super interesting walk through one of my favorite albums from one of my favorite groups. Still have the cd my brother bought when it first came out, and it still gets played often.
I don’t make music, but watching you replicate putting the samples together got me stoked to create something!
Great video. You got my subscription.
Never clicked a video so fast, great video about an absolute banger of a tune, still slaps to this day
🔥🔥🔥
Trugoy's first verse on Stakes Is High is probably my favorite from the group
He set it off nicely!
Same. The first time I heard the song, I said, "FINALLY! An artist saying something I've wanted to hear about the (then) current music landscape!"
I always wondered why the sound of hip hop sounded so grim in 95 and 96, From Bizarre Ryde to Labincalifornia, from LET and MM to BR& L, from De La Soul is Dead to Stakes is high everything was broody and somber.
Growing older and yoithful idealism falling away. Going deeper in the crates with jazz, psych-rock, obscure samples vs the brighter dance sound of classic funk/r&b. Hip-Hop's positive facade saying f*** it and showing its darker side. Loved living through it, the beauty and the ugliness.
I have loved them since '89!!! Grant it, I didn't own anything by them until the album, Buhloone Mindstate. I wore that out from beginning to end!! And I understand what they meant in regards to the other groups out then. I always felt they were the "Shakespeare" lyricists of their era. Hence, they didn't hit with a lot of people. And the 90's were like that with particular artists. Groups like P.M. Dawn and Digable Planets come to mind. Still, I loved them. And it was because they didn't rap and/or sound like everyone that I couldn't stop listening to them.
So, I HIGHLY appreciate this breakdown. Because when I heard "Stakes Is High" for the first time I was floored!! All the sounds were phenomenal. Oh and the lyrics gave me chills!
Thanks for the video.
LOVE your videos bro, from UK. you're right when you speak about the gap in music history - i was at a bar recently and there was a young 'hip hop dj' playing, i went up and asked him to play some de la soul, he had never heard of them! My mates had to hold me back no joke 😂. But it's good now the albums are available to stream they will be a fresh injection of good hip hop for some of the younger audience who may have missed it
You are my favorite hiphop related channel and I remember I accidentally stumbled upon one of your vids back when u had a few thousand subs
SO FKIN HAPPY TO SEE YOUR GROWTH U DESERVE IT ALL AND EVEN MORE
Love from Pakistan🇵🇰💚
Thank you so much for the support 🙏 much love from the US!
Love this content. Thank you. Your genuine love for hip hop is coming out of your pores. 💪🏾
That song is a banger and still relevant now. J dilla production was insane and the bars are also just as fire
Stakes is High foretold so much of to come of hip-hop, breaks my heart.
"Illegal ain't illegal if its less than an ounce."
That taught me so much about the law.
thanks for showing us the remix of stakes is high, been a dilla head for years now and never heard that one 😮💨 one love
Check the link in the description for the whole thing
@@diggingthegreats way ahead of you! 😆
One of my favorite tracks!!!
These videos just keep getting better and better. Love to see how quickly your channel is growing because you deserve more subs! I've been around since your Soulquarians video.
"American classical music" is 1000% accurate!🙌🔥
One of the best hip hop grooves
Cool to hear House Shoes mention that Dilla Dreamin' Eyes mix. One of my favourite Dilla beats, and it's always blown my mind that it wasn't released on the original single, while a bunch of cheesy remixes were. Shows how ahead of his time he was.
i grew up listening to j dilla, nujabes, madlib and 9th wonder. can’t wait to share my taste in music with my son.
Dilla made hip-hop, beautiful to me…hearing stakes is high after hearing welcome 2 Detroit…man listen….smdh…salute J.D👑🙏🏾
This is my favourite De La album and definitely the one I have most played. I loved it's bounce and soul and tragedy of the harsh late-Capitalist era we live in. It wasn't until years later I realised it was J Dilla on production! Stakes is High & Amplified by Q Tip have my heart forever. Oh, and Zhane is on this 'hey mr dj'
Great content. Brilliant insights into the music creation and paradigm of the artist. Top notch. Thankyou.
I had the demo tape for this, Steaks and Potatoes. Only partial snippets of the songs w/ skits from the guest artists in between, I listened to it a lot!
Don't get me wrong. The remix goes hard. But Jay Dee's original is CLASSIC!!! Just the emotion of Ahmad Jamal's horns creating the music landscape to the message that De La was trying to convey is jut incredible!! Dilla MASTERED the art of using his music to speak without saying a word. 🐐
🎉 Phat episodes. I be stopping in my tracks just to watch and listen when you release ‘em 🔥
I love your videos bro. I watch them, then get hyped the F**k up to make beats! much love from switzerland
Forever ❤#DeLaSaoulClassic🌻
If you and The Company Man were to collaborate on a video, I think my world would explode you both are making the best hip hop content on TH-cam
Bernie Worrell of Parliament fame was like Ahmad Jamal, he drew from all musical sources and synthesized it (literally) into his own funky style.
As a white european I alwsys felt like De La Soul are like the beatles of rap music.
What's your skin colour got to do with it?