De La Soul - Stakes Is High (30th Anniversary) ARCHITECTS the album captures a sense

the album captures a sense of weightless melancholy

whose collaboration uncovers new contours of the SPELLLING sound

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The hiatus gave the band space to breathe and double down on who they areas artists

De La Soul - Stakes Is High (30th Anniversary) ARCHITECTS the album captures a senseDe La Soul's Stakes Is High captures the group at a crucial turning point: older, sharper, and completely locked in. Released in 1996, the album marked their fourth full length and their first without Prince Paul, opening the door to a tougher, more stripped back sound led in part by J Dilla on the title track. That lead single became one of De La Soul's signature statements, peaking at No. 53 on the Billboard Hot R&B Hip Hop Songs chart, while the