a tribe called quest reunion

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

This album is really good, after that disappointing ass de la soul album I was pleasantly surprised

I actually bought a physical copy of the De La cuz I was so excited and I sold it on Amazon within the week; even got most of my money back b/c it was like new.

just got to track 6 melatonin and it totally knocked me out. wow.

one of you fuckers needs to dropbox this to me or something plz plz

Does Jarobi rap on this?

I think so!

the Elton interpolation is well done btw