A Tribe Called Quest Apreciation Thread

Sparked the J, bout to run through this album. 

Anything Tribe related or Native Tongues in general will always be supported but I was skeptical at first as well, didn't even want to entertain the thought of this being a forced project.

Good to read all the positive feedback so far.

And 80's baby here  
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Dog....Busta on "Mobius" doe? Sheesh!! Ran that track back at least 5 times in a row.

Glad to see Consequence with them again, too. The vibes feel right on this joint. :pimp:
 
Haven't gotten through all of the new album yet, but really like what I've heard so far.

Won't lie that I got chills a little when I first heard a new Phife verse, knowing he'a not with us anymore.

*Also, it appears there are 2 Tribe appreciation threads in this forum. Someone should maybe combine them.
 
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i love how spacey the track with Kendrick is 

Busta went off on Mobius

Solid Wall of Sound  probably my favorite on here...Tip, Phife, Busta with Elton John on piano and Jack White on guitar!? 
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i need a video for that
 
For those who don't already know, ATCQ is the musical quest on SNL tonight. Dave Chappelle is hosting. :nthat: Looking forward to it.
 
This Ep of SNL has been on point!!!!

Rip Phife! [emoji]128577[/emoji]
 
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With the passing of Dilla (RIP), I was thinking the album had a huge Q-Tip solo jawn vibe but after looking at the credits, Ali Shaheed Muhammad didn't have much to do with the album. He didn't get nary a producing credit.

I read Ali was busy working on the Luke Cage soundtrack (which is phenomenal) with Adrian Younge & that he was on conference calls a lot during the production of We got it From Here but damn.

Production credits in spoiler mode below.


1. “Space Program”

Written by Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor and Jarobi White
Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / Alaric Publishing House (ASCAP)
Vocals by Q-Tip, Phife and Jarobi
Keyboards by Q-Tip and Masayuki “BIGYUKI” Hirano
Drums by Q-Tip
Bass by Louis Cato
Guitar by Chris Sholar

2. “We the People”

Written by Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor, Terrance Butler, Anthony Frank Iommi, John Osbourne and William Ward
Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / Essex Music International, Inc. (ASCAP/PRS)
Vocals by Q-Tip and Phife
Bass by Q-Tip
Keyboards by Q-Tip and Casey Benjamin
Drum Programming by Q-Tip
Contains a sample of Black Sabbath’s “Behind The Wall Of Sleep”

3. “Whateva Will Be”

Written by Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor, Jarobi White, Dexter Mills and Winston Jones
Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / Alaric Publishing House (ASCAP) / Songs by Cons Publishing (BMI) / Winston Jones Publishing
Vocals by Q-Tip, Phife, Jarobi and Consequence
Drums by Q-Tip
Consequence appears courtesy of Company of Greatness
Contains samples of Nairobi Sisters’ “Promised Land”

4. “Solid Wall of Sound”

Written by Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor, Trevor Smith and Jack White
Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / Tziah Music/Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI) / Peppermint Stripe Music (BMI)
Vocals by Q-Tip, Phife, Busta Rhymes, Jack White and Elton John
Drums by Q-Tip
Bass by Q-Tip
Keyboards by Masayuki “BIGYUKI” Hirano
Piano by Elton John
Acoustic Guitar by Jack White
Jack White appears courtesy of Third Man Records
Elton John appears courtesy of Mercury Records Limited

5. “Dis Generation”

Written by Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor, Jarobi White, Trevor Smith, Headley Bennett, Huford Brown, Lloyd Ferguson, Robert Lyn, Jackie Mittoo, Leroy Sibblis, Fitzroy Simpson, Holgar Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt and Damo Suzuki
Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / Alaric Publishing House (ASCAP) / Tziah Music/Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI) / Edward Kassner Associated Publishers Ltd./Downtown Music Publishing (ASCAP) / Music Sales Corporation (ASCAP) / Spoon Music (GEMA)
Vocals by Q-Tip, Phife, Jarobi and Busta Rhymes
Additional Phife Vocals Recorded by Michael Starita at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA
Assistant Engineers at Fantasy Studios: Laura Gonzalez and Robert Kirby
Keyboards by Q-Tip
Drum Programming by Q-Tip
Contains samples of Musical Youth’s “Pass the Dutchie” and Can’s “Halleluhwah”

6. “Kids…”

Written by Kamaal Fareed and André Lauren Benjamin
Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / BMG Monarch (ASCAP)/Gnat Booty Music (ASCAP)
Vocals by Q-Tip and André 3000
Drums by Q-Tip
Bass by Q-Tip
Keyboards by Casey Benjamin and Masayuki “BIGYUKI” Hirano

7. “Melatonin”

Written by Kamaal Fareed, Marsha Ambrosius, Hirano Masayuki and Louis Cato
Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / BMG Chrysalis Music (BMI) / Hirano Masayuki (ASCAP) / Louis Cato (ASCAP)
Vocals by Q-Tip, Marsha Ambrosius and Abbey Smith
Drums by Q-Tip
Additional Drums by Mark Colenburg
Bass by Thaddaeus Tribbett
Additional Bass by Louis Cato
Fender Rhodes by Casey Benjamin
Synthesizer by Masayuki “BIGYUKI” Hirano
Drum Programming by Q-Tip
Guitar by Chris Sholar

8. “Enough!!”

Written by Kamaal Fareed
Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP
Vocals by Q-Tip
Bass by Q-Tip
Keyboards by Masayuki “BIGYUKI” Hirano
Scratches by George “DJ Scratch” Spivey

9. “Mobius”

Written by Kamaal Fareed, Trevor Smith, Dexter Mills, Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, Philip Shulman and Raymond Shulman
Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Tziah Music/Songs of Kobalt Music Publishing (BMI) / Songs by Cons Publishing (BMI) / BMG Blue (PRS)/BMG Rights Management US LLC (BMI)
Vocals by Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes and Consequence
Bass by Q-Tip
Piano by Masayuki “BIGYUKI” Hirano
Organ by Casey Benjamin
Guitar by Blair Wells
Acoustic Guitar by Chris Sholar
Consequence appears courtesy of Company of Greatness
Contains a portion of the composition “Prologue,” written by Kerry Minnear, Derek Shulman, Philip Shulman and Raymond Shulman

10. Black Spasmodic

Written by Kamaal Fareed and Malik Izaak Taylor
Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC
Vocals by Q-Tip and Phife
Bass by Q-Tip

11. The Killing Season

Written by Kamaal Fareed, Jarobi White, Dexter Mills and Talib Kweli Greene
Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Alaric Publishing House (ASCAP) / Songs by Cons Publishing (BMI) / Pen Skills Music/Songs Of Windswept Pacific (BMI)
Vocals by Q-Tip, Jarobi, Consequence, Talib Kweli and Kanye West
Bass by Q-Tip
Keyboards by Masayuki “BIGYUKI” Hirano and Q-Tip
Guitar by Louis Cato
Consequence appears courtesy of Company of Greatness
Kanye West appears courtesy of Getting Out Our Dreams, Inc./Def Jam Recordings, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.

12. “Lost Somebody”

Written by Kamaal Fareed, Jarobi White, Holgar Czukay, Michael Karoli, Jaki Liebezeit, Irmin Schmidt and Damo Suzuki
Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Alaric Publishing House (ASCAP) / Spoon Music (GEMA)
Vocals by Q-Tip, Jarobi and Katia Cadet
Bass by Q-Tip
Piano by Chris Bower
Guitar by Chris Sholar
Guitar by Chris Parks
Contains a sample of Can’s “Halleluhwah”

13. “Movin’ Backwards”

Written by Kamaal Fareed and Brandon Paak Anderson
Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Watch and Learn Publishing (BMI)
Vocals by Q-Tip and Anderson .Paak
Drums by Q-Tip
Bass by Q-Tip
Keyboards by Casey Benjamin
Guitar by Chris Sholar
Anderson .Paak appears courtesy of Aftermath Records

14. “Conrad Tokyo”

Written by Kamaal Fareed, Malik Izaak Taylor and Kendrick Lamar Duckworth
Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Jazz Merchant Music (ASCAP)/Universal Music- ZTunes, LLC / WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)/Hard Working Black Folks Inc. (ASCAP) and Top Dawg Music (ASCAP) all rights o/b/o itself, Hard Working Black Folks Inc. and Top Dawg Music admin. by WB Music Corp.
Vocals by Phife and Kendrick Lamar
Drum Programming by Q-Tip

15. “Ego”

Written by Kamaal Fareed and Jack White
Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP / Peppermint Stripe Music (BMI)
Vocals by Q-Tip
Bass by Q-Tip and Louis Cato
Guitar by Jack White and Chris Sholar
Piano by Casey Benjamin
Scratches by George “DJ Scratch” Spivey

16. “The Donald”

Written by Kamaal Fareed
Published by U Betta Like My Muzik (ASCAP)/Songs of SMP
Vocals by Q-Tip, Phife and Busta Rhymes and Katia Cadet
Bass by Q-Tip
Guitar by Jack White and Louis Cato
Keyboards by Masayuki “BIGYUKI” Hirano
Scratches by George “DJ Scratch” Spivey

Executive Produced by ATCQ

Produced by Q-Tip
Co-Produced by Blair Wells
Recorded by Blair Wells and Q-Tip at the AbLab, NJ
Assistant Engineering: Gloria Kaba
Mixed by Q-Tip and Blair Wells at the AbLab, NJ except “The Space Program”, “We The People….”, “Solid Wall of Sound”, “Kids…”, “Melatonin”, “Enough!!” and “Lost Somebody”
Mixed by Q-Tip, Dave Kennedy and Blair Wells at the AbLab, NJ
Mastered by Vlado Meller at Vlado Meller Mastering
Mastering Assistant: Jeremy Lubsey
A&R: Michael Ostin and Kim Lumpkin
Project Consultation: Tracey Waples
A&R Admin: Bekah Connolly
Business Affairs: Stephanie Yu, Shane St. Hill and Robert Faulstich
Product Manager: Thom Skarzynski
Album Cover Designed by: Richard Prince
Epic Creative Director: Anita Boriboon
Management: Michael Ostin, Dion Liverpool, Monica Talavera, Kim Lumpkin
ATCQ Legal Representation: Julian K. Petty and Carron J. Mitchell for Nixon Peabody LLP
ATCQ Business Management: Kyle Tessiero for NKSFB, LLC.
 
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psk2310 said:
With the passing of Dilla (RIP), I was thinking the album had a huge Q-Tip solo jawn vibe but after looking at the credits, Ali Shaheed Muhammad didn't have much to do with the album. He didn't get nary a producing credit.
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I don't get what you meant by this. Q-Tip's last album was actually good and slept on.

and Tribe were better pre-Dilla and Q-Tip did nearly all the work.
 
When Dilla was alive, ATCQ albums had his imprint on them. Kapeesh?

If you're familiar with Tips solo work, then you'll know this album musically sounds a lot like this solo work. Not completely, but the same within the palette.
 
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When Dilla was alive, ATCQ albums had his imprint on them. Kapeesh?

If you're familiar with Tips solo work, then you'll know this album musically sounds a lot like this solo work. Not completely, but the same within the palette.
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What are you talking about? I'm familiar with Tribe's work.

Again, Tribe was better before Dilla and putting out classic albums.

The Love Movement was garbage. Beats was ehhhh.

Q-Tip did nearly all of Tribe's production up until Midnight. Nas and Mobb didn't go to Tribe for production, they went to Q-Tip. Because he was eclectic with his own **** doesn't mean he would necessarily do it wit Tribe.

A Dre solo album would be different from a Outkast album.

I'm not sure why you're getting defensive, kapeesh
 
Not getting defensive at all... :lol: Seems you're gettig bent out of shape over nothing.

If you don't get it or you disagree cool. :rolleyes

Why did you feel the need to say Tip's solo album was slept on? I wasn't inferring anything negatively about Tip & his production. I liked his last solo release alot.

I'm just saying this Tribe release sounded like Tip did a lot of the work production wise & musically where as the last couple of Tribe releases like Beats & LM was more Dilla-ish (Ummah).

Beats was a very solid album to me but not the classic that Low End & MM are. I'll agree Love Movement was meh or satisfactory.

This new Tribe release is spectacular. I was really wary because of the number of guest on the album but they managed to keep the spot light on the members of the group & the music with the guests adding some additional flavor.

No need to argue in ATCQ thread. :nthat:
 
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I gotta agree Love Movement was a good album but also my least favorite album but Dilla on the beats was never a bad thing. They even admitted that album was a little off because that was when their relationships with each other were crumbling. And Dilla also spoke on how Tip took credit for a lot of his production starting at Beats,Rhymes, & Life. And how the Ummah was primarily "The Dilla" at the end of the day. Just throwing that out there.
 
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I must be the only person who actually likes Love Movement better than BR&L.
 
I like Love Movement but it isn't close to being an album like Low End or MM is or even on the tier below as I think Beats is on.

Love this track...
 
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