Description

LABEL: Legacy
VINYL RELEASE DATE: 11 12 1996
ORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1991
VARIANT: Black Vinyl 2LP

de la Soul are remembered as the premier Native Tongues posse, those rappers who got low-key, self-consciously thoughtful, and jazzy in the face of gangsta s hardcore threats. But A Tribe Called Quest may have been even stronger, especially on their excellent second album, the bass-thumping, heavily jazz-sampled the Low End Theory. According to the opening Excursions, rapper Q-Tip s old man says the disc s jazz-rap reminded him of bebop, and Q calls himself prominent like Shakespeare. But if Charlie Parker had ever written poetic couplets and backed them with funky-drummer and Ron Carter-on-bass grooves this irresistible, he might have been as big as the Bard and Brother James combined. – David Cantwell.

TRACKLIST

1 Excursions
2 Buggin Out
3 Rap Promoter
4 Butter
5 Verses from the Abstract
6 Show Business
7 Vibes and Stuff
8 Infamous Date Rape
9 Check the Rhime
10 Everything Is Fair
11 Jazz (We ve Got)
12 Skypager
13 What?
14 Scenario