De La's Stakes is High track might be the most timeless damn near prophetic song ever.

[George's Dilemma]

Sitting here zoning to this like I'm hearing it for the first time ever and it's crazy how relevant it is. Common's I Used to Love Her was good, Roots' Never Do was good too. And I appreciated Rockness tossing Big and Kim off the stage, and Rza telling these Mother Gooses that Hip Hop ain't funk or R&B.

But none of that had the substance of Stakes Is High. The stars aligned that day in the studio.

 

[Ohene]

ima bump this album at work tmw. thanks

 

[FukyourFort]

yeah its a classic. Aged great and still gets bumped

 

[Buckeye Fever]

This and Tribe's "1nce Again" always give me good vibes

 

[Doin2Much Williams]

Summer 96 is the goat hip hop year.


Getting ready for freshman year...


Rap City kept me eating good that season.



Best year of my life... All because of the music.



.

 

[Majestyx]

prophetic bars

 

[TillWeDie]

It's incredible

 

[Buckeye Fever]

Summer 96 is the goat hip hop year.


Getting ready for freshman year...


Rap City kept me eating good that season.



Best year of my life... All because of the music.



.

Maaaan, you ain't lyin'!!!

I was gettin' ready for senior year.

The music that came out that year is just

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

The snare

"A meteor has more rights than my people"

 

[Zero]

"People go through pain and still don't gain
Positive contact just like my main man
Who got others cleaning up his physical influence
His mind got congested, he got the nine and blew it
Neighborhoods are now hoods cause nobody's neighbors
Just animals surviving with that animal behavior"

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

Refreshing The energy was so different back then.

 

[Hardest Since MC Ren]

I can't find the version with the intro..

 

[Ohene]

Album ain't on Spotify im angry

 

[Vandelay]

Top 10 hip hop song to me

 

[darealvelle]