A Tribe Called Quest - The Anthology

Artist:

Tribe Called Quest (A)

See Also:

Q-Tip

Description:

A Tribe Called Quest: Phife, Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammed, Jarobi.
Additional personnel: Faith Evans (vocals); Trugoy, Leaders Of The New School, Charlie Brown, Dinco D., Busta Rhymes (rap vocals).
Producers: A Tribe Called Quest, Hoods, Q-Tip, The Ummah.
Includes liner notes by Selwyn Seyfu Hinds.
Digitally remastered by Tom Coyne (1999, Sterling Sound).
Emerging on the cusp of the `90s, Tribe quickly became that decade`s hip-hop icons. While Phife, Q-Tip, and Ali displayed unquestionable lyrical skills, they possessed a social consciousness that eschewed thuggish gangsta sensibilities, more concerned with communication than "street" bravado. ANTHOLOGY opens with "Check the Rhime" from Tribe`s masterful second album, THE LOW END THEORY. A quintessential Tribe cut, it features the trademark conversational interaction between Phife and Q-Tip, and observations that tell much about the group`s philosophy, as Phife declares "I`m far from a bully, and I ain`t a punk" and Q-Tip observes that "knowledge is the key."
Of course, Tribe was innovative and impressive straight out of the gate, as shown by its debut`s warm love song "Bonita Applebum," which mixes smooth `70s R&B with a sitar sample and the belief that "love never dies." Pioneers of the jazz/hip-hop alliance, Tribe sampled everyone from Dizzy Gillespie to Lonnie Smith, achieving the complex, polyphonic tapestry of Public Enemy without the anger. ANTHOLOGY shows that Tribe was always able to find just the right elements to combine for the backdrop to their fast-moving raps. From the breezy jazz guitar chords of "Electric Relaxation" to the Average White Band horn section on "Check the Rhime."

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Check the Rhime
2. Bonita Applebum - (remix)
3. Award Tour - (featuring Trugoy)
4. Can I Kick It?
5. Scenario - (featuring Leaders Of The New School)
6. Buggin` Out
7. If the Papes Come
8. Electric Relaxation
9. Jazz (We`ve Got)
10. I Left My Wallet in el Segundo
11. Hot Sex
12. Oh My God - (remix, featuring Busta Rhymes)
13. Stressed Out - (featuring Faith Evans)
14. Luck of Lucien
15. Description of a Fool
16. Keeping It Moving
17. Find a Way
18. Sucka Nigga
19. Vivrant Thing - (with Violator/Q-Tip)

Album Information

Release Date:

10/26/1999

Type:

Performer

Genre:

R&B

Subgenre:

Underground/Alt Rap

Label:

Jive Records (USA)

Catalog Number:

41679

Original Release Year:

1999

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Trugoy; Leaders Of The New School; Busta Rhymes; Faith Evans

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