Stakes Is High
by De La Soul
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De La Soul bestography
Stakes Is High is ranked 4th best out of 14 albums by De La Soul on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by De La Soul is 3 Feet High And Rising which is ranked number 425 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,913.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Stakes Is High track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Stakes Is High rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 48 Music Albums of 1996 | 29/48 | 2 |
| 2026 |  pedro1976 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1996 | 23/25 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Larcx13 | Top 48 Music Albums of 1996 | 8/48 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | daCritic | Top 45 Music Albums of 1996 | 27/45 | 2 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 47 Music Albums of 1996 | 6/47 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 94 Music Albums of 1996 | 20/94 | 4 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 75 Music Albums of 1996 | 66/75 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 54 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 140 | |||
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Stakes Is High ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/25/2026 06:22 | Jonboy | 154 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2026 12:50 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,586 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2026 20:17 | Devilwoac | 1,537 | 97/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.4/100, a mean average of 74.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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pedro1976 07/25/2026 13:51 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Stakes Is High comments
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This album is the epitome of underrated, it should be considered a rap classic. It is subversive, political, funny, deep, so much happening, the lyrics are so rich it takes many listens to get all. I consider it by far the best De La Soul, and their 3 previous albums are all rap classics.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/31/2015 21:55 | #133447 | TOP COMMENT
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Much more focused than De La Soul is Dead, but still not at the level of their debut.
Larcx13 03/09/2023 23:55 | #294867 | TOP COMMENT
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under rated but I guess I can sort of understand why some people might skim by it...
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