Stacks is high! This week marks 23 years since De La Soul released Stakes is High, probably my favorite LP of their incredible catalog. I decided to play a few of the records they sampled in tribute. Tracklist: Commodores, Aretha Franklin, Jan Hammer, Les McCann, Walt Wanderley, Milt Jackson and the Ray Brown Big Band, Ahmad Jamal.

July 3 2019

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 111 (Stacks is High)

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Pullin from the Stacks - Episode 111 (Stacks is High)

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