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A Tribe Called Quest Was An American Hip-Hop Group Formed In St. Albans Queens New York In 1985 Originally Composed Of Rapper And Main Producer Q-Tip Rapper Phife Dawg DJ And Co-Producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad And Rapper Jarobi White. The Group Is Regarded As A Pioneer Of Alternative Hip Hop Music. In 1991 The Group Released Its Jazz-Influenced Second Album The Low End Theory Regarded For Helping Shape Alternative Hip Hop In The 1990s. In 1998 The Group Broke Up Shortly Before Releasing Its Fifth Album The Love Movement But In 2006 The Group's Original Members Reunited And Toured The United States. In 2016 The Group Released Its Sixth And Final Album We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service Which Was Still Incomplete When Phife Dawg Died Suddenly In March 2016 And Was Completed By The Other Members After His Death. A Tribe Called Quest Was The Most Commercially Successful Act In The Native Tongues Collective With All Six Of Its Albums Certified Either Gold Or Platinum. John Bush Of AllMusic Called Them "the Most Intelligent Artistic Rap Group During The 1990s." The Source Gave The Group's Debut Album People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm 1990 A Perfect Rating Of Five 'mics ' Marking The First Time That The Magazine Awarded The Rating. In 2005 A Tribe Called Quest Received The Founders Award At The Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards And Two Years Later The Group Was Honored At The 4th VH1 Hip Hop Honors. In 2017 The Group Was Awarded The Brit Award For International Group. AllMusic Critic John Bush Called A Tribe Called Quest "without Question The Most Intelligent Artistic Rap Group During The 1990s" Further Stating That The Group "jump-Started And Perfected The Hip-Hop Alternative To Hardcore And Gangsta Rap." At A Time When James Brown Drum Breaks And P-Funk Basslines Dominated Hip Hop Production The Group Successfully Bridged The Gap Between Jazz And Hip Hop Incorporating Bebop And Hard Bop Samples And Recording With Double Bassist Ron Carter. The Group's Production Influenced Their Contemporaries Thus Changing The Sound Of Hip Hop Dr. Dre Produced His Highly Regarded Debut The Chronic After Being Inspired By The Low End Theory And Pete Rock Stated "There Were Times When I Would Walk Into A Record Store And See Tip Sitting On The Floor With His Glasses On Going Through Albums Looking For Beats ... I Was Like 'This Guy Is Serious.' Being Around The Group Made Me Step Up And Become Even More Serious Than I Was". Lyrically A Tribe Called Quest Has Been Regarded For Addressing Many Social Issues Through Q-Tip's Philosophical Viewpoints And Phife Dawg's Everyman Perspectives. People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm Influenced Several Hip Hop Artists Scarface Asserted That It "really Made Me Want To Rap" And Pharrell Williams Expressed That It Was "the Turning Point Which Made Me See That Music Was Art." Kierna Mayo Former Editor-In-Chief Of Ebony Said That The Low End Theory And Midnight Marauders "gave Birth To Neo-Everything. ... That Entire Class Of D'Angelo Erykah Badu Maxwell And Lauryn Hill—and Moving On To André 3000 Kanye West And Talib Kweli—everything That Is Left Of Everything Begins With Tribe." The Group Has Also Been Credited For Helping Launch The Solo Careers Of Busta Rhymes J Dilla And Consequence. The Group Was The Subject Of The Acclaimed 2011 Documentary Film Beats Rhymes & Life The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest Directed By Michael Rapaport. Studio Albums
People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm 1990 The Low End Theory 1991 Midnight Marauders 1993 Beats Rhymes And Life 1996 The Love Movement 1998 We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service 2016
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A Tribe Called Quest Was An American Hip-Hop Group Formed In St. Albans Queens New York In 1985 Originally Composed Of Rapper And Main Producer Q-Tip Rapper Phife Dawg DJ And Co-Producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad And Rapper Jarobi White. The Group Is Regarded As A Pioneer Of Alternative Hip Hop Music. In 1991 The Group Released Its Jazz-Influenced Second Album The Low End Theory Regarded For Helping Shape Alternative Hip Hop In The 1990s. In 1998 The Group Broke Up Shortly Before Releasing Its Fifth Album The Love Movement But In 2006 The Group's Original Members Reunited And Toured The United States. In 2016 The Group Released Its Sixth And Final Album We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service Which Was Still Incomplete When Phife Dawg Died Suddenly In March 2016 And Was Completed By The Other Members After His Death. A Tribe Called Quest Was The Most Commercially Successful Act In The Native Tongues Collective With All Six Of Its Albums Certified Either Gold Or Platinum. John Bush Of AllMusic Called Them "the Most Intelligent Artistic Rap Group During The 1990s." The Source Gave The Group's Debut Album People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm 1990 A Perfect Rating Of Five 'mics ' Marking The First Time That The Magazine Awarded The Rating. In 2005 A Tribe Called Quest Received The Founders Award At The Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards And Two Years Later The Group Was Honored At The 4th VH1 Hip Hop Honors. In 2017 The Group Was Awarded The Brit Award For International Group. AllMusic Critic John Bush Called A Tribe Called Quest "without Question The Most Intelligent Artistic Rap Group During The 1990s" Further Stating That The Group "jump-Started And Perfected The Hip-Hop Alternative To Hardcore And Gangsta Rap." At A Time When James Brown Drum Breaks And P-Funk Basslines Dominated Hip Hop Production The Group Successfully Bridged The Gap Between Jazz And Hip Hop Incorporating Bebop And Hard Bop Samples And Recording With Double Bassist Ron Carter. The Group's Production Influenced Their Contemporaries Thus Changing The Sound Of Hip Hop Dr. Dre Produced His Highly Regarded Debut The Chronic After Being Inspired By The Low End Theory And Pete Rock Stated "There Were Times When I Would Walk Into A Record Store And See Tip Sitting On The Floor With His Glasses On Going Through Albums Looking For Beats ... I Was Like 'This Guy Is Serious.' Being Around The Group Made Me Step Up And Become Even More Serious Than I Was". Lyrically A Tribe Called Quest Has Been Regarded For Addressing Many Social Issues Through Q-Tip's Philosophical Viewpoints And Phife Dawg's Everyman Perspectives. People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm Influenced Several Hip Hop Artists Scarface Asserted That It "really Made Me Want To Rap" And Pharrell Williams Expressed That It Was "the Turning Point Which Made Me See That Music Was Art." Kierna Mayo Former Editor-In-Chief Of Ebony Said That The Low End Theory And Midnight Marauders "gave Birth To Neo-Everything. ... That Entire Class Of D'Angelo Erykah Badu Maxwell And Lauryn Hill—and Moving On To André 3000 Kanye West And Talib Kweli—everything That Is Left Of Everything Begins With Tribe." The Group Has Also Been Credited For Helping Launch The Solo Careers Of Busta Rhymes J Dilla And Consequence. The Group Was The Subject Of The Acclaimed 2011 Documentary Film Beats Rhymes & Life The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest Directed By Michael Rapaport. Studio Albums
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The Low End Theory Is The Classic Second Album By American Hip-Hop Group A Tribe Called Quest. Released On September 24 1991 Through Jive Records The Album Produced Three Singles "Check The Rhime" "Jazz We've Got " And "Scenario" And Stands As One Of Hip-Hop’s Greatest And Most Influential Albums Of All Time. After A Tribe Called Quest's Debut Album People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm Jarobi White Left The Group To Study Culinary Art. Phife Dawg Learned That He Was Diabetic A Month After The Album's Release And After A Discussion With Fellow Member Q-Tip They Agreed To Increase His Participation On Their Second Album And To "step It Up In General As A Group. "Q-Tip Credited N.W.A's Album "Straight Outta Compton" As An Inspiration For The Record. The Group Hired Double Bassist Ron Carter On The Track "Verses From The Abstract". Q-Tip Stated "We Wanted That Straight Bass Sound And Ron Carter Is One Of The Premier Bassists Of The Century." Carter Agreed To Record Tracks On The Condition That The Group Avoids Profanity To Which Q-Tip Assured They Were Addressing "real Issues". The Low End Theory Is Stylistically Reminiscent Of Mid-1980s Hip-Hop. Producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad And Rappers Q-Tip And Phife Dawg Showcase How Rap Was Done Before Commercial Success Influenced Many Rappers' Creativity. The Album's Minimalist Sound Is "stripped To The Essentials Vocals Drums And Bass." The Bass Drum And Vocals Emphasize The Downbeat On Every Track. The Low End Theory Helped Shape Alternative Hip-Hop In The 1990s. It Established The Musical Cultural And Historical Link Between Hip-Hop And Jazz. Writer Oliver Wang Called The Album "a Consummate Link Between Generations" Which Took The Essence Of Jazz And Hip-Hop And "showing They Originated From The Same Black Center." The Group's "mellow Innovations" Helped Jazz Rap Gain Significant Exposure From 1992 To 1993. Rolling Stone Ranked The Album At Number 154 In "The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time" Stating That "people Connected The Dots Between Hip-Hop And Jazz -- Both Were Revolutionary Forms Of Black Music Based In Improvisation And Flow -- But A Tribe Called Quest's Second Album Drew The Entire Picture." In Time Magazine's "All-Time 100" Albums Josh Tyrangiel Called The Record An Exception To Jazz Rap Often Being "wishful Thinking On The Part Of Critics". He Described The Album As "socially Conscious Without Being Dull" And Likened A Few Tracks To "smoky Rooms Where Cool Guys ... Say Cool Things." Pitchfork Media Listed The Album At Number Fifty-Six In Its "Top 100 Albums Of The 1990s". The Low End Theory Was Voted At Number Thirty-Two In The Village Voice's 1991 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll. Allmusic Writer John Bush Who Declared It "the Most Consistent And Flowing Hip-Hop Album Ever Recorded" Summed Up The Record As "an Unqualified Success The Perfect Marriage Of Intelligent Flowing Raps To Nuanced Groove-Centered Productions." On February 1 1995 The Recording Industry Association Of America RIAA Certified The Album Platinum And The Album Is Usually Praised As The Group's Best Work.