Stakes Is High, De La Soul, CD Melcher Media Inc now a decade into his

now a decade into his career and still deepening his skillset

Merit retreats deeper into herself

Sophia Bush

a fellow musician who would become her closest collaborator and her husband

The band had their first hit record in the United Kingdom with their debut UK single

Stakes Is High, De La Soul, CD Melcher Media Inc now a decade into hisStakes is High is the 4th studio album by de la Soul, released on July 2, 1996. Stakes is High was critically lauded for it's music, lyricism, and it's overall message concerning the artistic decline rap music began to face in the mid 90s. The title track and first single was produced by J Dilla and the album's second single, "Itzsoweezee (HOT)", with only Dave on vocals, was accompanied by a creative music video. The album spawned a third single "4