A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory – CD

If A Tribe Called Quest had stopped with their first album, People’s Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm, they’d still be regarded as a seminal hip hop act. For one summer in 1990, alongside the strains of Madchester, the streets resounded to the sound of ‘Can I Kick It?’ and ‘I Left My Wallet In El Segundo’. The laid back style of Q-Tip and Phife Dawg over the jazz sampleology of Ali Shaheed Muhammad, along with the daisy age raps of De La Soul, almost single-handedly defined the alternative rap scene, where intelligence and musical nouse replaced guns, hos and bragging. So when they followed it up with as close to a perfect album, The Low End Theory, their place in history was assured.

1. Excursions
2. Buggin’ Out
3. Rap Prompter
4. Butter
5. Verses From the Abstract
6. Show Business
7. Vibes & Stuff
8. The Infamous Date Rape
9. Check the Rhime
10. Everything is Fair
11. Jazz (We’ve Got)
12. Skypager
13. What?
14. Scenario