a tribe called quest reunion

tape of ATCQ London gig 1994
https://soundcloud.com/flip-the-script/a-tribe-called-quest-midnight

it is a dark complex beast

THIS is why Beats Rhymes & Life is great, it just always gets ignorec cause it doesn't have any certifiable jams like their other albums do. If anything, The Love Movement stands out as their weakest because it feels like a self-consciously "lighthearted" overcorrection to BR&L.

it just dawned on me that I haven't played BR&L in its entirety in over a decade

so yeah at a bare minimum the first four songs on BR&L are flawless

Phony Rappers is top 5 Tribe for me

Find a Way is probably at least top 10.

Too bad I only think about stuff like his after someone dies, but I was just reflecting on how different and powerful tribe seemed to me when their videos strangely got beamed into my 12-year-old DC middle class Jewish kid house. I mean all MTV was a strange experience at that age but I remember tribe videos in particular as something I liked a lot and wasn't totally sure how to process. The scenario video (and the lyrics - wtf were these guys talking about but it seemed amazing and creative and hilarious), that black and white jazz video that suddenly, jarringly goes into the bright colored Buggin Out. The whole different way that the three of them expressed masculinity that wasn't really like many other rappers or rock stars. (Obvs there were others but I'm talking about my limited range of knowledge at that age).

Later I think I backed away from them a bit, never disowning them but not wanting to be that white guy that always talks about Tribe.

wait waht?!

http://ambrosiaforheads.com/2016/08/a-tribe-called-quest-new-album/

Will Ron Carter be on it?

Pleasantly surprised to find this was not recorded after Phife passed

new album out 11/11/16

Maybe I'm just a cynical arsehole, but I can't imagine anything about a new Tribe Called Quest album in 2016 being anything other than an absolute train wreck.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/arts/music/a-tribe-called-quest-new-album-interview.html

Right now my expectations for this are about on par with De La Soul's latest album.

I think coming to these types of albums with zero expectations sometimes results in a pleasant listen

^

The guest spots from Jack White and Elton John are certainly promising.

This is definitely going to be better than Low End Theory

xp i'm going to pretend that i think you're kidding and not google that

even if that's serious, the Jack White song on Beyonce's album is fantastic so I'm not overly concerned about it

honestly it was the elton john note that gave me pause
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY2p7oE7Bpw

they're on SNL next weekend (11/12) with Dave Chappelle, so this is your alert to tape it

I might reserve judgement on this till I've actually heard it. I think I'm okay with being behind the trend on declaring it awful. And it's not impossible that it might be good.

Hey, this new album sounds great!

are you listening 2 it???

also s/o to ali shaheed for the luke cage soundtrack great stuff

Yes, I am listening to it now. I rarely download albums illegally anymore but I made an exception for this one. It sounds like a proper atcq album with a dash of psychedelia thrown in, a good deal of phife and some appropriate guest spots. Tip and Dre should form a duo.

i thought there were a few good things but overall it's meh

so is it out or did it leak or what exactly? Is there a streaming exclusive?

There's a leak. It will be out on the streaming services tomorrow.

cool, thanks!

This is all better than I expected.

I've only listened to the first two songs so far. Based on them, my first reaction is that this is the best album of the year.

it's kind of exactly what i need to hear right about now

wow this is great

damn, sweet CAN sample running under "Lost Somebody"

first track hits the ground running

first three tracks alone justify the hype

pleasantly surprised at how great this is! it's very much a tribe album without feeling like a retread of past albums.

i tweeted this but i'll repeat, this feels like it should have been the commercially unsuccessful but underated messy and darker followup to Midnight Marauders, basically like their version of De La's Buhloone Mindstate or Jungle Brother's J. Beez With the Remedy.

it feels so familiar yet new. like i bought a new version of a comfy old sweater i used to have. It really is just what i needed this week.

yeah this is really good on one listen

tip and andre 3000 should do an album together

Yeah, good description.

The buhloone/j beez comparison, that is.

It feels alive where brl and lm sounded a bit sterile

^^^^ absolutely

buhloone is secretly my second favorite de la album so yeah i'm feeling that comparison

"better than BRL and The Love Movement" are all the persuasion I need.

dis generation feels like a classic