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#ninergang
Prince Paul back 
Paul don't miss. Instacop.
Who am I kidding I was copping regardless
Paul don't miss. Instacop.
Who am I kidding I was copping regardless
De La Soul- Cabin In The Sky (New Album) November 2025
- Thread starter Ziggiy
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Tommy Gibbs
Superstar
Just put the preorder up and take my money NOW!!!
De La WITH Paul is a top 5 group for me, that trilogy is a top 3 album run (only have Cube and Ghost higher).
De La without Paul...I really respect but is just a dope group, I never really got into the Paul-less albums (including Stakes is High) that much.
De La without Paul...I really respect but is just a dope group, I never really got into the Paul-less albums (including Stakes is High) that much.
Awesome Wells
The Bobby Womack of Crack
Wait what, now this has my full attention
It's much needed.
I love Stakes Is High A LOT, but away from that, when they didn't work with Paul, I honestly just didn't care.
He brings a level of vision and direction that they were never able to pull off without him.
I love Latina women
Veteran
Awesome Wells
The Bobby Womack of Crack
Facts
Prince Paul is a producer’s producer
Definitely is.
Paul started working on Stakes Is High, but ended up bailing early on, so they just did it without him.
I still love that album, and run it back all the time. But that was the last time I actually f*cked with a De La project.
Majestyx
Duck Season
Paul doesn't get mentioned enough as one of the GOAT producers. He's always been in my top 5. The catalog is crazy and spans so many eras and styles. He's always been more leftfield than guys like Premo and Pete, and hasn't really been a go to for hire producer working with the biggest names since the early 90s, so he doesn't have them joints with Nas, Hov, Big etc that people go back to. But in terms of crafting a project from beginning to end, very little are better.
And not just the Stetasonic, De La and Gravediggaz work. But his solo discography is very underrated too. Plus Handsome Boy Modeling. Even that Paul Barman EP had fire beats.
And not just the Stetasonic, De La and Gravediggaz work. But his solo discography is very underrated too. Plus Handsome Boy Modeling. Even that Paul Barman EP had fire beats.
He also brings fun and charisma to the music. Maybe it's me, but I always associated De La with being a more fun group. After Paul left, those albums were pretty dark and didn't really feel like De La to me.
The albums felt dark after that because when "Buhloone Mindstate" came out the label threatened to drop them because rap was changing and they were deemed too "weird".
"Stakes Is High" is not just an album title, if that sh*t didn't land their careers would've been over. When you have that much riding on something it's hard to sound fun and happy. Pos was actually going to see a psychiatrist back then.
Fred.
NormanConnors
Detroit/MSU Spartan Life
I love Latina women
Veteran
Woo woo wooooahhhh now.
I fukks with Prince Paul heavy
But Stakes is High is a stone cold CLASSIC
