About this episode
The episode celebrates the 30th anniversary of De La Soul's landmark album 'Stakes is High' from 1996.
It's a limited episode series celebrating the year 1996! It's the 30th anniversary of many classic albums from that year and we chose twelve to "re-review!" De La Soul thrived at a time when most old school rappers would of fell off. Not only did they drop a new album in the highly competitive year of 1996, they dropped one of the best. The trio stood tall on perserving the culture at a time when money and fame began to dictate what "real" hip-hop music was. Stakes is High is a landmark album in the career of a legendary hip-hop group, and one of the greatest albums of all-time! Let's talk about it! S/O to the guest for this episode: illfam Check out his content here: https://www.youtube.com/@blackrasslin Support and become a HHNP Member on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm0tLSTDRtc_U_EM0Tx5EkA/join Support on CashApp: $Vegasworldinc77 Theme music is produced by McLovin Beatz (@mclovin-beatz) BlueSky/Twitter/Instagram/Tik Tok/Threads/Spill: @Vegasworldinc Become a YouTube Member today! HHNP Memberships
People in this episode
Host: Vegasworldinc
Guest: illfam
Topics covered
- 1996 hip-hop
- De La Soul
- album review
- music history
- cultural commentary
Keywords
- hip-hop
- 1996
- De La Soul
- Stakes is High
- album review
- music commentary
- cultural impact
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: De La Soul
Books & works: Stakes is High
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